Last weekend was Hackaday Europe 2024, and it was great. Besides having some time to catch up with everyone, see some fun new badge hacks, and of course all the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/the-long-and-the-short-of-it/)

Let the Solder Scroll Take Care of Your Feed Needs
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/let-the-solder-scroll-take-care-of-your-feed-needs/

[Victor]’s nifty tool the Solder Scroll is a handheld device that lets one feed solder out simply by turning something a little like a scroll wheel. It looks like an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/let-the-solder-scroll-take-care-of-your-feed-needs/)

Relatively Universal ROM Programmer Makes Retro Tech Hacking Accessible
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/relatively-universal-rom-programmer-makes-retro-tech-hacking-accessible/

There’s treasures hidden in old technology, and you deserve to be able to revive it. Whether it’s old personal computer platforms, vending machines, robot arms, or educational kits based on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/relatively-universal-rom-programmer-makes-retro-tech-hacking-accessible/)

Solar Panel Keeps Cheap Digital Calipers Powered Up
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/solar-panel-keeps-cheap-digital-calipers-powered-up/

There’s no doubt that cheap digital calipers are useful, especially when designing 3D-printed parts. Unfortunately, cheap digital calipers are also cheap, and tend to burn through batteries quickly. Sure, you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/solar-panel-keeps-cheap-digital-calipers-powered-up/)

AM Radio Broadcast Uses Phasor To Let Eight Towers Spray One Big Signal
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/am-radio-broadcast-uses-phasor-to-let-eight-towers-spray-one-big-signal/

If you’re in the commercial AM radio business, you want to send your signal as far and wide as possible. More listeners means you can make more ad revenue, after …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/am-radio-broadcast-uses-phasor-to-let-eight-towers-spray-one-big-signal/)

Trolling IBM’s Quantum Processor Advantage With a Commodore 64
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/trolling-ibms-quantum-processor-advantage-with-a-commodore-64/

The experimental setup – a Commodore 64 is connected to a monitor through a composite video to HDMI converter, with the code cartridge inserted into the expansion
port.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/commodore_64_sparse_pauli_dynamics_setup.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/commodore_64_sparse_pauli_dynamics_setup.jpg?w=800">There’s been a lot of fuss about the ‘quantum advantage’ that would arise from the use of quantum processors and quantum systems in general. Yet in this high-noise, high-uncertainty era …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/trolling-ibms-quantum-processor-advantage-with-a-commodore-64/)

An Open-Source Gaming Mouse
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/21/an-open-source-gaming-mouse/

It’s a shame, that peripherals sold as of higher performance for gaming so often deliver little but aggressive styling. [Wareya] became frustrated with the fragile switches on his choice of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/21/an-open-source-gaming-mouse/)

From Z80 to eZ80: Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 to the TI-84+ CE
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/21/from-z80-to-ez80-porting-8-bit-sonic-2-to-the-ti-84-ce/