[Maker’s Fun Duck] has a recent video review of a cheap thermal camera from a company called Kaiweets, which you can see below. It checked all of his boxes: It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/a-review-that-asks-do-you-need-a-thermal-camera/)

A Die-Level Look at the Pentium FDIV Bug
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/a-die-level-look-at-the-pentium-fdiv-bug/

The early 1990s were an interesting time in the PC world, mainly because PCs were entering the zeitgeist for the first time. This was fueled in part by companies like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/a-die-level-look-at-the-pentium-fdiv-bug/)

Wire Rope: Never Saddle a Dead Horse
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/wire-rope-never-saddle-a-dead-horse/

If you’re into building large projects, you’ll eventually find yourself looking at wire rope. Multistrand steel wire used as antenna guy wires, bridge supports, and plenty of other uses.  The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/wire-rope-never-saddle-a-dead-horse/)

38C3: Xobs on Hardware Debuggers
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/38c3-xobs-on-hardware-debuggers/

If you just want to use a debugger for your microcontroller project, you buy some hardware device, download the relevant driver software, and fire up GDB. But if you want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/38c3-xobs-on-hardware-debuggers/)

Beam me Up: Simple Free-Space Optical Communication
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/beam-me-up-simple-free-space-optical-communication/

Photo by Bhushan Sadani on Unsplash
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/simple-optics-1200.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/simple-optics-1200.jpg?w=800">Let’s think of the last time you sent data without wires. We’re not talking WiFi here, but plain optical signals. Free-space optical communication, or FSO, is an interesting and easy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/beam-me-up-simple-free-space-optical-communication/)

38C3: Lawsuits are Temporary; Glory is Forever
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/38c3-lawsuits-are-temporary-glory-is-forever/

One of the blockbuster talks at last year’s Chaos Communications Congress covered how a group of hackers discovered code that allegedly bricked public trains in Poland when they went into …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/38c3-lawsuits-are-temporary-glory-is-forever/)

[Kerry Wong] Talks (and Talks) About a 300 MHz Oscilloscope
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/kerry-wong-talks-and-talks-about-a-300-mhz-oscilloscope/

There aren’t many people who could do an hour-long video reviewing an oscilloscope, but [Kerry Wong] is definitely one of them. This time, he’s looking at a UNI-T MSO2304X 300 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/kerry-wong-talks-and-talks-about-a-300-mhz-oscilloscope/)