38C3: It’s TOSLINK, Over Long Distance Fibre
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/38c3-its-toslink-over-long-distance-fibre/

If you’ve owned a CD player or other piece of consumer digital audio gear manufactured since the 1980s, the chances are it has a TOSLINK port on the back. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/38c3-its-toslink-over-long-distance-fibre/)

Try a PWMPot
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/try-a-pwmpot/

[Stephen Woodward] is familiar with digital potentiometers but is also familiar with their limitations. That spurred him to create the PWMPot which performs a similar function, but with better features …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/try-a-pwmpot/)

A Street For Every Date
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/a-street-for-every-date/

Different cultures have their own conventions for naming locations, for example in the United Kingdom there are plenty of places named for monarchs, while in many other countries there are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/a-street-for-every-date/)

Retro Big Iron for You
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/retro-big-iron-for-you/

Many of us used “big iron” back in the day. Computers like the IBM S/360 or 3090 are hard to find, transport, and operate, so you don’t see many retrocomputer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/retro-big-iron-for-you/)

All-Band Receiver Lets You Listen to All the Radio at Once
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/all-band-receiver-lets-you-listen-to-all-the-radio-at-once/

There are many ways to build a radio receiver, but most have a few things in common, such as oscillators, tuned circuits, detectors, mixers, and amplifiers. Put those together in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/all-band-receiver-lets-you-listen-to-all-the-radio-at-once/)

3DBenchy Starts Enforcing its No Derivatives License
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/3dbenchy-starts-enforcing-its-no-derivatives-license/

Nobody likes reading the fine print, least of all when you’re just downloading some 3D model. While printing a copy for personal use this is rarely an issue, things can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/3dbenchy-starts-enforcing-its-no-derivatives-license/)

Physical Media is Dead, Long Live Physical Media
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/physical-media-is-dead-long-live-physical-media/