Facing the horrifying realization that he’s going to graduate soon, EE student [Colin Jackson] AKA [Electronics Guy] needed a business card. Not just any business card: a PCB business card. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/pcb-business-card-plays-pong-attracts-employer/)
The World’s First Podcaster?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/
When do you think the first podcast occurred? Did you guess in the 1890s? That’s not a typo. Telefonhírmondó was possibly the world’s first true “telephone newspaper.” People in Budapest …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/)
FLOSS Weekly Episode 842: Will the Real JQ Please Stand Up
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/floss-weekly-episode-842-will-the-real-jq-please-stand-up/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/floss-weekly-episode-842-will-the-real-jq-please-stand-up/
We’re back! This week Jonathan chats with Mattias Wadman and Michael Farber about JQ! It’s more than just a JSON parser, JQ is a whole scripting language! Tune in to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/floss-weekly-episode-842-will-the-real-jq-please-stand-up/)
2025 One Hertz Challenge: A Game Of Life
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-game-of-life/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-game-of-life/
The 2025 One Hertz Challenge asks you to build a project that does something once every second. While that has inspired a lot of clock and timekeeping builds, we’re also …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-game-of-life/)
Digital Etch-A-Sketch Also Plays Snake
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/digital-etch-a-sketch-also-plays-snake/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/digital-etch-a-sketch-also-plays-snake/
The Etch-A-Sketch has been a popular toy for decades. It can be fun to draw on, but you have to get things right the first time, because there’s no undo …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/digital-etch-a-sketch-also-plays-snake/)
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Digital Clock Built With Analog Timer
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-digital-clock-built-with-analog-timer/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-digital-clock-built-with-analog-timer/
You can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem is that microcontrollers can’t track …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-digital-clock-built-with-analog-timer/)
Flyback Converter Revealed
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/flyback-converter-revealed/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/flyback-converter-revealed/
As [Sam Ben-Yaakov] points out in a recent video, you don’t often see flyback converters these days. That’s because there are smarter ways to get the same effect, which is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/flyback-converter-revealed/)