Intercepting and Decoding Bluetooth Low Energy Data for Victron Devices
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/intercepting-and-decoding-bluetooth-low-energy-data-for-victron-devices/

[ChrisJ7903] has created two Ardiuno programs for reading Victron solar controller telemetry data advertised via BLE. If you’re interested in what it takes to use an ESP32 to sniff Bluetooth …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/intercepting-and-decoding-bluetooth-low-energy-data-for-victron-devices/)

Mouse Model Suggests Starch-Based Plastics Are Still Bad For You
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/mouse-model-suggests-starch-based-plastics-are-still-bad-for-you/

To paraphrase The Simpsons: plastics are the solution to – and cause of – all of mankind’s problems. Nowhere is this more clear in the phenomenon of microplastics. Some have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/mouse-model-suggests-starch-based-plastics-are-still-bad-for-you/)

2025 Pet Hacks Contest: A Barrel Of Fun For Your Dog
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/2025-pet-hacks-contest-a-barrel-of-fun-for-your-dog/

If you ask someone for a piece of received opinion about Bernese mountain dogs, the chances are that the tale of their carrying barrels of brandy round their necks for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/2025-pet-hacks-contest-a-barrel-of-fun-for-your-dog/)

Wayback Proxy Lets Your Browser Party Like It’s 1999
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/wayback-proxy-lets-your-browser-party-like-its-1999/

This project is a few years old, but it might be appropriate to cover it late since [richardg867]’s Wayback Proxy is, quite literally, timeless. It does, more-or-less, what it says …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/wayback-proxy-lets-your-browser-party-like-its-1999/)

A RISC-V Operating System Instruction Manual
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/a-risc-v-operating-system-instruction-manual/

To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware so …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/a-risc-v-operating-system-instruction-manual/)

Vintage Intel 8080 runs on a Modern FPGA
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/vintage-intel-8080-runs-on-a-modern-fpga/

If you’re into retro CPUs and don’t shy away from wiring old-school voltages, [Mark]’s latest Intel 8080 build will surely spark your enthusiasm. [Mark] has built a full system board …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/vintage-intel-8080-runs-on-a-modern-fpga/)

Automated Blinds Opener On The Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/27/automated-blinds-opener-on-the-cheap/