Al Williams wrote up a seemingly innocent piece on a couple of rules-of-thumb to go between metric and US traditional units, and the comment section went wild! Nothing seems to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/metric-imperial-and-flexibility/)

The Nibbler was Quite a Scamp
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/the-nibbler-was-quite-a-scamp/

The late 1970s were an interesting time for microcomputers. The rousing success of things like the 8080, the Z80, the 6800, and the 6502 made everyone wanted a piece of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/the-nibbler-was-quite-a-scamp/)

2025 One Hertz Challenge: STM32 Blinks In Under 50 Bytes
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/2025-one-hertz-challenge-stm32-blinks-in-under-50-bytes/

Many of us have run a Blink program on a microcontroller before. It’s effectively the “Hello, World!” of the embedded space. However, few of us have ever thought about optimizing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/2025-one-hertz-challenge-stm32-blinks-in-under-50-bytes/)

MorPhlex: The TPU Filament That Goes Soft After You Print It
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/morphlex-the-tpu-filament-that-goes-soft-after-you-print-it/

In FDM 3D printing cycles TPU is a bit of a special filament. Not so much because of its properties, but because it’s rather stretchy even as a filament, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/morphlex-the-tpu-filament-that-goes-soft-after-you-print-it/)

From Smartphone to a Home Server
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/from-smartphone-to-a-home-server/

Some people like their homelabs to be as big and fancy as possible, with racks of new or surplus server hardware sucking down power. [Hardware Haven] evidently has the opposite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/from-smartphone-to-a-home-server/)

A Second Chance for the Single Wheel Monorail?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/a-second-chance-for-the-single-wheel-monorail/

Lately, this peculiar little single wheel monorail came to our attention. Built by [extraglide1976], all from Meccano. His build started with modest tests: one gyro obviously flopped. Two gyros geared …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/a-second-chance-for-the-single-wheel-monorail/)

Commodore is Back Selling New C64s, but Should You Buy them?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/commodore-is-back-selling-new-c64s-but-should-you-buy-them/

It’s hard to argue with nostalgia, but you can toss a bucket of cold facts over it. In the case of the recent rescuing of the Commodore brand from the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/commodore-is-back-selling-new-c64s-but-should-you-buy-them/)

It’s a Pi, But it’s not Quite a Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/its-a-pi-but-its-not-quite-a-raspberry-pi/