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The average Hackaday reader hardly needs to be reminded of the incredible potential of the modern microcontroller. While the ...

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When I was a kid we used to go to a place we just called “The Book Barn.” It was pretty descriptive, as it was just a barn ...

For decades now, we’ve been able to quickly and reliably interface musical instruments to computers. These tools have ...

When Ethernet was originally envisioned, it would use a common, shared medium (the ‘Ether’ part), with transmitting and collision resolution handled by the carrier sense multiple access with ...

By the time this post hits the front page, we’ll be just a few days away from the kickoff of Hackaday Europe 2024! For those ...

Many of us misspent our youth fixing televisions. But fixing a 1970s TV is a lot different than today — the parts were big and tubes were made to be replaced. Have you torn into a big flat ...