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/)

Ball Nut Modification Charts a Middle Course Between Building and Buying
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/ball-nut-modification-charts-a-middle-course-between-building-and-buying/

A lot of the projects we feature here on Hackaday engender the classic “build versus buy” argument. We’ve always been puzzled by that; if anyone can appreciate the sheer joy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/ball-nut-modification-charts-a-middle-course-between-building-and-buying/)

The Twisted History of Ethernet on Twisted Pair Wiring
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/30/the-twisted-history-of-ethernet-on-twisted-pair-wiring/

We all take Ethernet and its ubiquitous RJ-45 connector for granted these days. But Ethernet didn’t start with twisted pair cable. [Mark] and [Ben] at The Serial Port YouTube channel …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/30/the-twisted-history-of-ethernet-on-twisted-pair-wiring/)

Bringing OpenStreetMap Data into Minecraft
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/30/bringing-openstreetmap-data-into-minecraft/