There are 0x10 ways to look at ROM programmers: they’re either relatively low-cost tools that let you quickly get about the business of programming vintage ROMs and get back to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/a-low-cost-rom-programmer-with-an-ai-twist/)

It’s About Time
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/its-about-time/

I’m pretty good with time zones. After all, I live in Germany, Hackaday’s server is in Los Angeles, and our writers are scattered all over the globe. I’m always translating …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/its-about-time/)

New Pens For Old Plotters
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/new-pens-for-old-plotters/

Finding consumables is an ever-present problem facing anyone working with old computer hardware. Many of these devices ceased manufacture decades ago and what old stock remains is invariably degraded by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/new-pens-for-old-plotters/)

Tiny Signal Generator Revealed
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/tiny-signal-generator-revealed/

There was a time when test equipment was big and heavy. Those days are gone, and [Kiss Analog] shows us the inside of a Uni-T UTG962E arbitrary waveform generator. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/tiny-signal-generator-revealed/)

Building A Tribute Version of Mattel’s VertiBird Toy
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/building-a-tribute-version-of-mattels-vertibird-toy/

Mattel had a ton of hit toys in the 20th century. In the early 1970s, the VertiBird was one of them, letting kids pretend to fly a helicopter in circles …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/building-a-tribute-version-of-mattels-vertibird-toy/)

Clever E-Ink Driver Does 32 Levels of Grey, Avoids Update Flicker, And More
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/clever-e-ink-driver-does-32-levels-of-grey-avoids-update-flicker-and-more/

There’s a lot to like about E-Ink displays, and you might be about to like them even more with [antirez]’s MicroPython driver for the Badger 2040 (or any display based …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/clever-e-ink-driver-does-32-levels-of-grey-avoids-update-flicker-and-more/)

Interactive Cake Takes Your Picture
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/interactive-cake-takes-your-picture/

[Abigail] is a confectionery roboticist, and [Hazal] is a developer advocate at a robotics company. The two met recently and decided to collaborate on a smart cake, with amusing results. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/23/interactive-cake-takes-your-picture/)