A common part used to create a high voltage is a CRT flyback transformer, having been a ubiquitous junk pile component. So many attempts to use them rely on brute …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/flyback-done-right/)

Double Your Analog Oscilloscope Fun with this Retro Beam Splitter
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/double-your-analog-oscilloscope-fun-with-this-retro-beam-splitter/

These days, oscilloscope hacking is all about enabling features that the manufacturer baked into the hardware but locked out in the firmware. Those hacks are cool, of course, but back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/double-your-analog-oscilloscope-fun-with-this-retro-beam-splitter/)

Hackaday Links: November 24, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/

We received belated word this week of the passage of Ward Christensen, who died unexpectedly back in October at the age of 78. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/)

Aftershock II: How Students Shattered 20-Year Amateur Rocket Records
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/aftershock-ii-how-students-shattered-20-year-amateur-rocket-records/

When it comes to space exploration, we often think of billion-dollar projects—NASA’s Artemis missions, ESA’s Mars rovers, or China’s Tiangong station. Yet, a group of U.S. students at USC’s Rocket …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/aftershock-ii-how-students-shattered-20-year-amateur-rocket-records/)

Programmable Zener is Really an IC
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/programmable-zener-is-really-an-ic/

[Kevin] doesn’t stock zener diodes anymore. Why? Because for everything he used to use zeners, he now uses bandgap voltage references. These look like zener diodes but have an extra …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/programmable-zener-is-really-an-ic/)

Hacking Global Positioning Systems Onto 16th-Century Maps
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/hacking-global-positioning-systems-onto-16th-century-maps/

What if GPS had existed in 1565? No satellites or microelectronics, sure—but let’s play along. Imagine the bustling streets of Antwerp, where merchants navigated the sprawling city with woodcut maps. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/hacking-global-positioning-systems-onto-16th-century-maps/)

The Lancaster ASCII Keyboard Recreated
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/the-lancaster-ascii-keyboard-recreated/

It is hard to imagine that there was a time when having a keyboard and screen readily available was a real problem for people who wanted to experiment with computers. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/the-lancaster-ascii-keyboard-recreated/)