Modern test equipment is great, but there’s something about a big meter with a swinging needle and a mirror for parallax correction that makes a device look like real gear. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/danish-vintage-lrc-meter-reveals-inside/)

Porting Modern Windows Applications to Windows 95
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/

Windows 95 was an amazing operating system that would forever transform the world of home computing, setting the standard for user interaction on a desktop and quite possibly was the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/)

Hackaday Links: April 14, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/hackaday-links-april-14-2024/

The Great American Eclipse v2.0 has come and gone, sadly without our traveling to the path of totality as planned; family stuff. We did get a report from friends in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/hackaday-links-april-14-2024/)

Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/voice-control-for-a-vintage-heathkit-radio/

Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it often. When a transmitter is in VOX mode, it starts …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/voice-control-for-a-vintage-heathkit-radio/)

A Buggy Entry in the Useless Robot Category
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-buggy-entry-in-the-useless-robot-category/

No one loves a useless robot more than we do here at Hackaday. But if anyone does it might be [ARC385] with her Bug Bite Bot. A true engineering marvel, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-buggy-entry-in-the-useless-robot-category/)

Waveform Generator Teardown is Nearly Empty
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/waveform-generator-teardown-is-nearly-empty/

We always enjoy [Kerry Wong’s] insightful teardowns, and recently, he opened up a UTG1042X arbitrary waveform generator. Getting inside was a bit of a challenge since there were no visible …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/waveform-generator-teardown-is-nearly-empty/)

How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/how-do-you-make-a-repairable-e-reader/

Mobile devices have become notorious for their unrepairability, with glued-together parts and impossible-to-reach connectors. So it’s refreshing to see something new in that field from the e-book reader brand Kobo …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/how-do-you-make-a-repairable-e-reader/)

Remembering Peter Higgs and the Gravity of His Contributions to Physics
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/remembering-peter-higgs-and-the-gravity-of-his-contributions-to-physics/