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To the surprise of almost nobody, the unprecedented build-out of datacenters and the equipping of them with servers for so-called ‘AI’ has led to a massive shortage of certain components. …read more

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There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while our American friends seem to prefer a font with …read more

Hackaday Links: December 21, 2025

It’s amazing how fragile our digital lives can be, and how quickly they can fall to pieces. Case in point: the digital dilemma that Paris Buttfield-Addison found himself in last …read more

Bare Metal STM32: Increasing The System Clock And Running Dhrystone

When you start an STM32 MCU with its default configuration, its CPU will tick along at a leisurely number of cycles on the order of 8 to 16 MHz, using …read more

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Building A High-Performance Shifter For Sim Racing

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By Lewin Day | December 25, 2025

These days, sim racing is more realistic than ever. There are better screens, better headsets, and better steering wheels with better force-feedback, all of which help make you feel like …read more
Printing With Metal On The Ender 3 Using Only A Friction Wheel

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By Maya Posch | December 24, 2025

Printing metal as easily as it is to printed with thermoplastics has been a dream for a very long time, with options for hobbyists being very scarce. This is something …read more
Mesh “Lens” Lets Your Camera Make Weird Pixel Art

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By Lewin Day | December 24, 2025

We seldom talk about 3D printing lenses because most techniques can’t possibly produce transparent parts of optical quality. However, you can 3D print something like a lens, as [Luke Edwin] demonstrates, …read more
Abusing X86 SIMD Instructions To Optimize PlayStation 3 Emulation

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By Maya Posch | December 24, 2025

Key to efficient hardware emulation is an efficient mapping to the underlying CPU’s opcodes. Here one is free to target opcodes that may or may not have been imagined for …read more
Disposable Camera Viewfinder Becomes 3D Printed Lens

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By Lewin Day | December 24, 2025

Disposable cameras are a fun way to get into classical photography. However, they can also be a valuable source of interesting parts that can be put to other uses. For …read more
DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like A Book

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By Lewin Day | December 24, 2025

There are plenty of lovely e-readers out on the market that come with an nice big e-paper display. There aren’t nearly as many that come with two. [Martin den Hoed] developed the …read more
Roll Your Own Hall Effect Sensor

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By Al Williams | December 24, 2025

If you read about Hall effect sensors — the usual way to detect and measure magnetic fields these days — it sounds deceptively simple. There’s a metal plate with current …read more

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