Linux Fu: Windows Virtualization the Hard(ware) Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/linux-fu-windows-virtualization-the-hardware-way/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/linux-fu-windows-virtualization-the-hardware-way/
As much as I love Linux, there are always one or two apps that I simply have to run under Windows for whatever reason. Sure, you can use wine, Crossover …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/linux-fu-windows-virtualization-the-hardware-way/)
How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/how-intels-386-protects-itself-from-esd-latch-up-and-metastability/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/how-intels-386-protects-itself-from-esd-latch-up-and-metastability/
To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections have to be made. Although this may seem straightforward, these …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/how-intels-386-protects-itself-from-esd-latch-up-and-metastability/)
Using the 74HC595 Shift Register to Drive 7-Segment Displays
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/using-the-74hc595-shift-register-to-drive-7-segment-displays/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/using-the-74hc595-shift-register-to-drive-7-segment-displays/
In a recent video our hacker [Electronic Wizard] introduces the 74HC595 shift register and explains how to use it to drive 7-segment displays. [Electronic Wizard] explains that understanding how to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/using-the-74hc595-shift-register-to-drive-7-segment-displays/)
This Pocket Multitool Weighs less than a Penny
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/this-pocket-multitool-weighs-less-than-a-penny/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/this-pocket-multitool-weighs-less-than-a-penny/
A multitool that weighs less than a penny? Yes, it exists. This video by [ToolTechGeek] shows his titanium flat-cut design tipping the scales at only 1.9 grams—lighter than the 2.5-gram …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/this-pocket-multitool-weighs-less-than-a-penny/)
Replicating the World’s Oldest Stringed Instrument
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/replicating-the-worlds-oldest-stringed-instrument/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/replicating-the-worlds-oldest-stringed-instrument/
Posts on Hackaday sometimes trend a little bit retro, but rarely do we cover hacks that reach back into the Bronze Age. Still, when musician [Peter Pringle] put out a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/replicating-the-worlds-oldest-stringed-instrument/)
Now that Commodore is Back, Could Amiga Be Next?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/now-that-commodore-is-back-could-amiga-be-next/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/now-that-commodore-is-back-could-amiga-be-next/
Now that Commodore has arisen from the depths of obscurity like Cthulhu awoken from R’lyeh, the question on every shoggoth’s squamose lips is this: “Will there be a new Commodore …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/now-that-commodore-is-back-could-amiga-be-next/)