The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98.  (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/kernel-hack-brings-windows-xp-to-the-486/)

Bit of OpenSCAD Code Caps off Wiremold
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/bit-of-openscad-code-caps-off-wiremold/

Wiremold is great stuff — it’s relatively cheap, easy to work with, and offers all sorts of adapters and angle pieces which take the hassle out of running (and hiding) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/bit-of-openscad-code-caps-off-wiremold/)

ESP32 Brings New Features To Classic Geiger Circuit
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/esp32-brings-new-features-to-classic-geiger-circuit/

There’s no shortage of Geiger counter projects based on the old Soviet SBM-20 tube, it’s a classic circuit that’s easy enough even for a beginner to implement — so long …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/esp32-brings-new-features-to-classic-geiger-circuit/)

Testing Large Language Models for Circuit Board Design Aid
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/testing-large-language-models-for-circuit-board-design-aid/

Beyond bothering large language models (LLMs) with funny questions, there’s the general idea that they can act as supporting tools. Theoretically they should be able to assist with parsing and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/testing-large-language-models-for-circuit-board-design-aid/)

The Book That Could Have Killed Me
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/the-book-that-could-have-killed-me/

It is funny how sometimes things you think are bad turn out to be good in retrospect. Like many of us, when I was a kid, I was fascinated by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/the-book-that-could-have-killed-me/)

Inside NFC
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/inside-nfc/

[Ken Shirriff] likes to take chips apart and this time his target is an NFC chip used in Montreal transit system tickets. As you might expect, the tickets are tiny, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/inside-nfc/)

Build Your Own Core Rope Memory Module?
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/build-your-own-core-rope-memory-module/

https://github.com/tioluigidev/core-rope-memory/blob/main/PCB%20Bottom%20Face.pdf
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-24-074327-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-24-074327-featured.png?w=800">[Luizão] wanted to create some hardware to honour the memory of the technology used to put man on the moon and chose the literal core of the project, that of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/build-your-own-core-rope-memory-module/)