How do you talk USB Power Delivery (PD)? Grab a PHY? Use a MCU with one built-in? Well, if you’re hardcore enough, you can do it with just a few …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/usb-pd-on-ch32v003-teaches-you-everything/)

Access To Fresh And Potable Water: An Ancient And Very Current Challenge
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/access-to-fresh-and-potable-water-an-ancient-and-very-current-challenge/

Tikal Mayan ruins Guatemala 2009 (Credit: chensiyuan, Wikimedia)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tikal_mayan_ruins_2009.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tikal_mayan_ruins_2009.jpg?w=800">Throughout history, clean and potable water has been one of the most prized possessions, without which no human civilization could have ever sustained itself. Not only is water crucial for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/access-to-fresh-and-potable-water-an-ancient-and-very-current-challenge/)

Make a Cheap Robot Mower Much Smarter
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/make-a-cheap-robot-mower-much-smarter/

The Parkside range of tools as sold in European Lidl stores may be reasonably priced, but it contains some products of far better quality than their modest cost would suggest. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/make-a-cheap-robot-mower-much-smarter/)

Putting Some Numbers on Your NEMAs
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/putting-some-numbers-on-your-nemas/

It’s official: [Engineer Bo] wins the internet with a video titled “Finding NEMA 17,” wherein he builds a dynamometer to find the best stepper motor in the popular NEMA 17 frame …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/putting-some-numbers-on-your-nemas/)

Instant Filament Drying Satisfies an Immediate Need
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/instant-filament-drying-satisfies-an-immediate-need/

Most 3D printer filament soaks up water from the air, and when it does, the water passing through the extruder nozzle can expand, bubble, and pop, causing all kinds of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/instant-filament-drying-satisfies-an-immediate-need/)

Google Drive Now Bootable
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/google-drive-now-bootable/

USB drives are incredibly useful, both storing files for transport between different computers and for creating bootable drives that let us use or install other operating systems on our computers. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/google-drive-now-bootable/)

Everyone Needs a 1950s Signal Generator in their Life
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/everyone-needs-a-1950s-signal-generator-in-their-life/

At Hackaday, we comb the world of tech in search of good things to bring you. Today’s search brought up something very familiar, [Jazzy Jane] has an Advance E1 tube …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/02/everyone-needs-a-1950s-signal-generator-in-their-life/)