These days we don’t get too fussed about miniaturized electronics, not when you can put an entire processor and analog circuitry on a chip the size of a grain of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/teardown-of-casio-credit-card-sized-radio/)
Supercon 2024: A New World of Full-Color PCBs
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/supercon-2024-a-new-world-of-full-color-pcbs/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/supercon-2024-a-new-world-of-full-color-pcbs/
Printed circuit boards were once so simple. One or two layers of copper etched on a rectangular fiberglass substrate, with a few holes drilled in key locations so components could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/supercon-2024-a-new-world-of-full-color-pcbs/)
Tech in Plain Sight: Hearing Aids
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/tech-in-plain-sight-hearing-aids/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/tech-in-plain-sight-hearing-aids/
You might think you don’t need a hearing aid, and you might be right. But in general, hearing loss eventually comes to all of us. In fact, you progressively lose …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/tech-in-plain-sight-hearing-aids/)
FLOSS Weekly Episode 826: Fedora 42 and KDE
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/floss-weekly-episode-826-fedora-42-and-kde/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/floss-weekly-episode-826-fedora-42-and-kde/
This week, Jonathan Bennett chats with Neal Gompa about Fedora 42 and KDE! What’s new, what’s coming, and why is flagship status such a big deal? Website: https://neal.gompa.dev/ GitHub Sponsors: …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/floss-weekly-episode-826-fedora-42-and-kde/)
3D-Printed Scanner Automates Deck Management for Trading Card Gamers
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/3d-printed-scanner-automates-deck-management-for-trading-card-gamers/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/3d-printed-scanner-automates-deck-management-for-trading-card-gamers/
Those who indulge in trading card games know that building the best deck is the key to victory. What exactly that entails is a mystery to us muggles, but keeping …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/3d-printed-scanner-automates-deck-management-for-trading-card-gamers/)
Integrated BMS Makes Battery Packs Easy
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/integrated-bms-makes-battery-packs-easy/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/integrated-bms-makes-battery-packs-easy/
Lithium technology has ushered in a new era of batteries with exceptionally high energy density for a reasonably low cost. This has made a lot possible that would have been …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/integrated-bms-makes-battery-packs-easy/)
Fitting a Spell Checker into 64 kB
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/fitting-a-spell-checker-into-64-kb/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/fitting-a-spell-checker-into-64-kb/
By some estimates, the English language contains over a million unique words. This is perhaps overly generous, but even conservative estimates generally put the number at over a hundred thousand. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/fitting-a-spell-checker-into-64-kb/)
Why are Micro Center Flash Drives so Slow?
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-are-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-are-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/
Every year, USB flash drives get cheaper and hold more data. Unfortunately, they don’t always get faster. The reality is, many USB 3.0 flash drives aren’t noticeably faster than their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-are-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/)
Pi Pico Turns Atari 2600 into a Lo-fi Photo Frame
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/pi-pico-turns-atari-2600-into-a-lo-fi-photo-frame/
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/pi-pico-turns-atari-2600-into-a-lo-fi-photo-frame/