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

Catching Those Old Busses

The PC has had its fair share of bus slots. What started with the ISA bus has culminated, so far, in PCI Express slots, M.2 slots, and a few other …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Curious Keyboards

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards …read more

Thorium-Metal Alloys And Radioactive Jet Engines

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more

Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode …read more

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Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible

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By Jenny List | December 20, 2025

Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering environments, and they packed in a surprising amount of useful stuff. …read more
Reverse-Engineering The Intel 8087 Stack Circuitry

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By Maya Posch | December 19, 2025

Although something that’s taken for granted these days, the ability to perform floating-point operations in hardware was, for the longest time, something reserved for people with big wallets. This began …read more
Improving The Cloud Chamber

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By Al Williams | December 19, 2025

Want to visualize radioactive particles? You don’t need a boatload of lab equipment. Just a cloud chamber. And [Curious Scientist] is showing off an improved miniature cloud chamber that is easy …read more
915 MHz Forecast: Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station

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By Matt Varian | December 19, 2025

There are a lot of options for local weather stations; most of them, however, are sensors tied to a base station, often requiring an internet connection to access all features. …read more
Cheap 3D Printer Becomes CNC Wood Engraver

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By Lewin Day | December 19, 2025

3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion platforms, and can be readily repurposed to other tasks. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s …read more
Decapsulating A PIC12F683 To Examine Its CMOS Implementation

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By John Elliot V | December 19, 2025

In a recent video, [Andrew Zonenberg] takes us through the process of decapsulating a PIC12F683 to take a peak at its CMOS implementation. This is a multipart series with five …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 350: Damnation For Spreadsheets, Praise For Haiku, And Admiration For The Hacks In Between

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By Jenny List | December 19, 2025

This week’s Hackaday Podcast sees Elliot Williams joined by Jenny List for an all-European take on the week, and have we got some hacks for you! In the news this …read more

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