Sometimes it’s nice when you can do everything you need to do with just one single port. In this vein, [Nicola Strappazzon] ...
The MOS Technologies 6581, or SID, is perhaps the integrated circuit whose sound is most sought-after in the chiptune world.
We have seen many scam USB chargers appear over the years, with a number of them being enthusiastically ripped apart and ...
The modern era of virtual reality really kicked off in earnest just over a decade ago, when the Oculus Rift promised 3D worlds beyond your wildest dreams. Since then, nobody’s been able to ...
It’s a well-known conundrum that while most computers these days are digital in nature, almost nothing in nature is. Most ...
It was one of those weeks last week at Hackaday’s home office. My mother-in-law handed me her favorite power bank and said “it’s not charging”. She had every expectation that I’ll open it up, ...
When taking pictures of the night sky, any noise picked up by the sensor can obscure the desired result. One major cause of noise in CMOS sensors is heat—even small amounts can degrade the final ...
Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little else. These days, the hobby is altogether richer, with a wide range of fancy digital data modes to play with.
The tides! Such a unique thing, because on Earth, we don’t just have oceans full of liquid water—we also have a big ol’ moon called Moon to pull them around. You might like to keep ...
While not everyone agrees on the installation of wind turbines in their proverbial back yards, one thing not up for debate is ...
Supercon is the Ultimate Hardware Conference and you need to be there! Just check out this roster of talks that will be going ...
If you need to create a high vacuum, there are basically two options: turbomolecular pumps and diffusion pumps. Turbomolecular pumps require rotors spinning at many thousands of rotations per ...