Apollo-era PCB Reverse Engineering to KiCad
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/apollo-era-pcb-reverse-engineering-to-kicad/

image from Skyhawkson’s hackaday.io page
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/board-front-cropped.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/board-front-cropped.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">Earlier this year [Skyhawkson] got ahold of a Apollo-era printed circuit board which he believes was used in a NASA test stand. He took high quality photos of both sides …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/apollo-era-pcb-reverse-engineering-to-kicad/)

Experimental Drone Flies Like A Bird
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/experimental-drone-flies-like-a-bird/

Most RC planes follow a simple control scheme: elevators for pitch, rudder for yaw, and ailerons for roll. This one-to-one mapping keeps things straightforward, and fewer actuators means less weight. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/experimental-drone-flies-like-a-bird/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the TRON Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-tron-keyboard/

[Folaefolc] was craving a new keyboard build a few weeks ago and got inspired by the humble 3.5″ floppy disk. So much so that he decided to make a split …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-tron-keyboard/)

Square Roots 1800s Style — No, the Other 1800s
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/square-roots-1800s-style-no-the-other-1800s/

[MindYourDecisions] presents a Babylonian tablet dating back to around 1800 BC that shows that the hypotenuse of a unit square is the square root of two or 1.41421. How did …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/square-roots-1800s-style-no-the-other-1800s/)

E-Ink Screen Combined With Analog Dial Is Epic Win
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/e-ink-screen-combined-with-analog-dial-is-epic-win/

Analog dials used to be a pretty common way of displaying information on test equipment and in industrial applications. They fell out of favor as more advanced display technologies became …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/e-ink-screen-combined-with-analog-dial-is-epic-win/)

An Over-Engineered Basement Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/an-over-engineered-basement-monitor/

[Stephen] has a basement that depends on a sump pump. What that means is if the pump fails or the power goes out, the basement floods—which is rather undesirable. Not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/an-over-engineered-basement-monitor/)

Solar Orbiter Takes Amazing Solar Pictures
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/solar-orbiter-takes-amazing-solar-pictures/