Considered by many to be just a dull output for sequential text, the command-line terminal is a veritable canvas to the creative software developer. With the cursor as the brush, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/a-gentle-introduction-to-ncurses-for-the-terminally-impatient/)

A DIY Version of the Franck-Hertz Experiment
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/a-diy-version-of-the-franck-hertz-experiment/

The Franck–Hertz experiment was a pioneering physics observation announced in 1914 which explained that energy came in “packets” which we call “quanta”, marking the beginning of quantum physics. Recently, [Markus …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/a-diy-version-of-the-franck-hertz-experiment/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Gaming Typewriter
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-gaming-typewriter/

Can you teach an old typewriter new tricks? You can, at least if you’re [maniek-86]. And a word to all you typewriter fanatics out there — this Optima SP 26 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-gaming-typewriter/)

Dead Amstrad Becomes Something New
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/dead-amstrad-becomes-something-new/

When you run into old hardware you cannot restore, what do you do? Toss it? Sell it for parts? If you’re [TME Retro], you hide a high-end mini PC inside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/dead-amstrad-becomes-something-new/)

The Most Trustworthy USB-C Cable is DIY
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/the-most-trustworthy-usb-c-cable-is-diy/

We like USB-C here at Hackaday, but like all specifications it is up to manufacturers to follow it and sometimes… they don’t. Sick of commercial cables either don’t label their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/the-most-trustworthy-usb-c-cable-is-diy/)

Making a Brushless DC Motor Winding Machine
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/making-a-brushless-dc-motor-winding-machine/

Over on his YouTube channel our hacker [Yuchi] is building an STM32 BLDC motor winding machine. This machine is for winding brushless motors because manual winding is highly labor intensive. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/making-a-brushless-dc-motor-winding-machine/)

StatusNotifierItem: How Standard Non-Standards Tear Linux Desktops Apart
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/statusnotifieritem-how-standard-non-standards-tear-linux-desktops-apart/

Theoretically when you write a GUI-based application for Linux there are standards to follow, with these all neatly documented over at the Freedesktop website. However, in reality, Freedesktop is more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/statusnotifieritem-how-standard-non-standards-tear-linux-desktops-apart/)