Our Hackaday colleague [Bil Herd] is known for being the mind behind the Commodore 128, a machine which famously had both a 6502 and a Z80 processor on board. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/the-isetta-ttl-computer-makes-some-noise/)
Tiny UPS Keeps WiFi Online
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/tiny-ups-keeps-wifi-online/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/tiny-ups-keeps-wifi-online/
For any mission-critical computer system, it’s a good idea to think about how the system will handle power outages. At the very least it’s a good idea to give the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/tiny-ups-keeps-wifi-online/)
Making a Cardboard Airplane Wing
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/making-a-cardboard-airplane-wing/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/making-a-cardboard-airplane-wing/
Ideally, an aircraft would be made of something reasonably strong, light, and weather resistant. Cardboard, is none of those things. But that did not stop [PeterSripol] from building an ultralight …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/making-a-cardboard-airplane-wing/)
The Great ADS1115 Pricing and Sourcing Mystery
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/the-great-ads1115-pricing-and-sourcing-mystery/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/the-great-ads1115-pricing-and-sourcing-mystery/
Following up on the recent test of a set of purported ADS1115 ADCs sourced from Amazon [James Bowman] didn’t just test a genuine Ti part, but also dug into some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/the-great-ads1115-pricing-and-sourcing-mystery/)
Avoid Missed Connections with The Connectorbook’s Web Tool
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/avoid-missed-connections-with-the-connectorbooks-web-tool/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/avoid-missed-connections-with-the-connectorbooks-web-tool/
Connectors are wonderful and terrible things. Wonderful, in that splicing wires every time you need to disassemble something is really, really annoying. Terrible in that it can be just such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/avoid-missed-connections-with-the-connectorbooks-web-tool/)
Teaching Math with 3D Printers
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/teaching-math-with-3d-printers/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/teaching-math-with-3d-printers/
We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, electronics, robotics, chemistry, or physics, there’s something for everyone. A recent …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/teaching-math-with-3d-printers/)
Identifying Fake Small-Signal Transistors
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/identifying-fake-small-signal-transistors/
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/identifying-fake-small-signal-transistors/
It’s rather amazing how many electronic components you can buy right now are not quite the genuine parts that they are sold as. Outside of dedicated platforms like Mouser, Digikey …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/identifying-fake-small-signal-transistors/)