In a recent video, [Andrew Zonenberg] takes us through the process of decapsulating a PIC12F683 to take a peak at its CMOS implementation. This is a multipart series with five …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/decapsulating-a-pic12f683-to-examine-its-cmos-implementation/)

Cheap 3D Printer Becomes CNC Wood Engraver
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/cheap-3d-printer-becomes-cnc-wood-engraver/

3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion platforms, and can be readily repurposed to other tasks. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/cheap-3d-printer-becomes-cnc-wood-engraver/)

915 MHz Forecast: Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/915-mhz-forecast-rolling-your-own-offline-weather-station/

There are a lot of options for local weather stations; most of them, however, are sensors tied to a base station, often requiring an internet connection to access all features. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/915-mhz-forecast-rolling-your-own-offline-weather-station/)

Improving the Cloud Chamber
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/improving-the-cloud-chamber/

Want to visualize radioactive particles? You don’t need a boatload of lab equipment. Just a cloud chamber. And [Curious Scientist] is showing off an improved miniature cloud chamber that is easy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/improving-the-cloud-chamber/)

Reverse-Engineering the Intel 8087 Stack Circuitry
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/reverse-engineering-the-intel-8087-stack-circuitry/

Although something that’s taken for granted these days, the ability to perform floating-point operations in hardware was, for the longest time, something reserved for people with big wallets. This began …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/reverse-engineering-the-intel-8087-stack-circuitry/)

Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/linux-on-a-floppy-still-just-about-possible/

Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering environments, and they packed in a surprising amount of useful stuff. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/linux-on-a-floppy-still-just-about-possible/)

Testing 8 Solder Flux Pastes After Flux Killed a GeForce2 GTS
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/testing-8-solder-flux-pastes-after-flux-killed-a-geforce2-gts/

Flux is one of those things that you cannot really use too much of during soldering, as it is essential for cleaning the surface and keeping oxygen out, but as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/testing-8-solder-flux-pastes-after-flux-killed-a-geforce2-gts/)