It’s podcast time again, and this week Dan sat down with Elliot for a look back at all the cool hacks we’ve written about. We started off talking about Hackaday …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-304-glitching-the-rp2350-sim-sim-sim-and-a-scrunchie-clock/)

New Bambu Lab Firmware Update Adds Mandatory Authorization Control System
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/new-bambu-lab-firmware-update-adds-mandatory-authorization-control-system/

As per a recent Bambu Lab blog post, its FDM printers in the X1 series will soon receive a firmware update that adds mandatory authentication for certain operations, starting with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/new-bambu-lab-firmware-update-adds-mandatory-authorization-control-system/)

Android Head Unit Gets Volume Knob Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/android-head-unit-gets-volume-knob-upgrade/

Touch screen head units are pretty much the norm these days. Many compromise with annoying on-screen volume controls or tiny buttons. If you find yourself with such a unit, you  …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/android-head-unit-gets-volume-knob-upgrade/)

Trinteract Mini Space Mouse Does It In 3D
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/trinteract-mini-space-mouse-does-it-in-3d/

We’re not sure how we managed to miss this one, but better late than never, right? This is Trinteract, a 3-DOF input device that’s both open-source and Arduino compatible. There’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/trinteract-mini-space-mouse-does-it-in-3d/)

No Crystal Earpiece? No Problem!
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/no-crystal-earpiece-no-problem/

A staple of starting off in electronics ion years past was the crystal set radio, an extremely simple AM radio receiver with little more than a tuned circuit and a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/no-crystal-earpiece-no-problem/)

A Field Expedient Welder Only MacGyver Could Love
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/a-field-expedient-welder-only-macgyver-could-love/

If you needed to weld something in a pinch, what’s the minimum complement of equipment you could get away with? In [Professor Bardal]’s case, it’s a couple of motorcycle batteries …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/a-field-expedient-welder-only-macgyver-could-love/)

A PDA From An ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/a-pda-from-an-esp32/

The ESP32 series of microcontrollers have been with us for quite a few years now and appeared in both Tensilica and RISC-V variants, both of which deliver an inexpensive and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/a-pda-from-an-esp32/)

JTAG & SWD Debugging on the Pi Pico
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/jtag-swd-debugging-on-the-pi-pico/