How Good (Or Bad) Are Fake Power Semiconductors?
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/how-good-or-bad-are-fake-power-semiconductors/

We all know that there’s a significant risk of receiving fake hardware when buying parts from less reputable sources. These counterfeit parts are usually a much cheaper component relabeled as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/how-good-or-bad-are-fake-power-semiconductors/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 275: Mud Pulse Telemetry, 3D Printed Gears in Detail, and Display Hacking in our Future
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/hackaday-podcast-episode-275-mud-pulse-telemetry-3d-printed-gears-in-detail-and-display-hacking-in-our-future/

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi for a review of the best stories to grace the front page of Hackaday this week. Things kick off with the news …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/hackaday-podcast-episode-275-mud-pulse-telemetry-3d-printed-gears-in-detail-and-display-hacking-in-our-future/)

RIP Lynn Conway, Whose Work Gave Us VLSI And Much More
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/rip-lynn-conway-whose-work-gave-us-vlsi-and-much-more/

Lynn Conway, American engineer and computer scientist, passed away at the age of 86 from a heart condition on June 9th, at her Michigan home. Her work in the 1970s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/rip-lynn-conway-whose-work-gave-us-vlsi-and-much-more/)

2024 Business Card Challenge: BAUDI/O For the Audio Hacker
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/2024-business-card-challenge-baudi-o-for-the-audio-hacker/

https://github.com/spbkaizo/baudio/tree/main
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5431441717744449999-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5431441717744449999-featured.png?w=800">[Simon B] enters our 2024 Business Card Challenge with BAUDI/O, a genuinely useful audio output device. The device is based around the PCM2706 DAC, which handles all the USB interfacing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/2024-business-card-challenge-baudi-o-for-the-audio-hacker/)

Busted: Toilet Paper As Solder Wick
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/busted-toilet-paper-as-solder-wick/

It didn’t take long for us to get an answer to the question nobody was asking: Can you use toilet paper as solder wick? And unsurprisingly, the answer is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/busted-toilet-paper-as-solder-wick/)

A LEGO CNC Pixel Art Generator
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/a-lego-cnc-pixel-art-generator/

If you are ever lucky enough to make the trip to Bilund in Denmark, home of LEGO, you can have your portrait taken and rendered in the plastic bricks as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/a-lego-cnc-pixel-art-generator/)

Easy Retro 3D Look With Voxel Displacement Renderer
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/easy-retro-3d-look-with-voxel-displacement-renderer/

Voxels are effectively like 3D pixels, and they form an integral part of what is commonly referred to as a ‘retro 3D’ look, with pixelated edges sharp enough to cut …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/easy-retro-3d-look-with-voxel-displacement-renderer/)