When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch to redistribute energy from the input to the output. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/1950s-switching-power-supply-does-it-mechanically/)

Ultimate Power: Lithium-Ion Packs Need Some Extra Circuitry
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-packs-need-some-extra-circuitry/

A LiIon pack might just be exactly what you need for powering a device of yours. Whether it’s a laptop, or a robot, or a custom e-scooter, a CPAP machine, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-packs-need-some-extra-circuitry/)

The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics/

Maybe best known as the company which brought a splash of color to corporate and scientific computing with its Indigo range of computer systems, Silicon Graphics Inc. (later SGI) burst …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics/)

Royal Typewriter Gets a Second (or Third) Life
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/royal-typewriter-gets-a-second-or-third-life/

Usually when we are restoring something with a keyboard, it is some kind of old computer or terminal. But [Make it Kozi] wanted an old-fashioned typewriter. The problem is, as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/royal-typewriter-gets-a-second-or-third-life/)

A Brief History of Keyboard Encoding
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/a-brief-history-of-keyboard-encoding/

While typing away on our DIN, PS/2, USB or Bluetooth keyboards one of the questions which we rarely concern ourselves with is that of how the keyboard registers which keys …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/a-brief-history-of-keyboard-encoding/)

Query Your C Code
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/query-your-c-code/

If you’ve ever worked on a large project — your own or a group effort — you know it can be difficult to find exactly where you want to be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/query-your-c-code/)

PumpkinOS: A Modern Reimplementation of PalmOS for Today’s Platforms
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/pumpkinos-a-modern-reimplementation-of-palmos-for-todays-platforms/

PumpkinOS
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pumpkin.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pumpkin.png?w=475">In a world where the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become yet another retro computing system, it’s always nice when experiencing the software for such platforms can be done in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/pumpkinos-a-modern-reimplementation-of-palmos-for-todays-platforms/)

Bye Bye Green Screen, Hello Monochromatic Screen
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/bye-bye-green-screen-hello-monochromatic-screen/