But sir, it is wafer-thin. That’s how they get you! Just when you couldn’t possibly justify building another keyboard, let alone owning one, along comes the Kambala by [aroum2]. Image by [aroum2] via reddit Now, ‘Kambala’ means a few things, but here it refers to fish, as evidenced by logo and matching themed PCB key […]
Until now, if you were seated at your Sega Genesis and wanted to check your stock portfolio, you were out of luck. You had to get a smartphone, or a computer, or maybe even a television to look up stock prices and understand your financial position. Thankfully, though, Sega’s neglect of its hero platform has […]
With the launch of Artemis II from Cape Canaveral potentially just weeks away, NASA has been releasing a steady stream of information about the mission through their official site and social media channels to get the public excited about the agency’s long-awaited return to the Moon. While the slickly produced videos and artist renderings might […]
Building a battery pack from 18650 cells traditionally requires patience, a spot welder, and a supply of nickel strip. But what if there was another way? [Ben] is here with Cell-Lock, a modular battery assembly system. At the system’s heart are a set of interlocking end caps and connection pieces that function as locking cams […]
[Jakub] is a musician, and found himself in need of a simple way to trigger samples via MIDI when on stage. So many commercial solutions exist, but most were overkill for the job or too messy and complicated to justify their use in a live environment. Thus, [Jakub] worked up Samplotron to do exactly the […]
LEGO SMART brick from its side. (Credit: EvilmonkeyzDesignz, YouTube) At the beginning of March this year LEGO released their new SMART brick, which looks like a 2×4 stud brick and is filled to the brim with sensors, LEDs, NFC and Bluetooth functionality, as well as a purported custom ASIC. The central idea behind it appears […]
If you’re working with surface mount components, you’re likely going to want a reflow plate at some point. [Vitaly] was in need of just such a tool, and thus whipped up a compact reflow plate that is conveniently powered via USB-C. This reflow rig is designed for smaller work, with a working area of 80 […]
Devices that were limited to only run a web browser were relatively common around 2000, as many people wanted to surf the Information Super Highway, but didn’t quite want to get a regular PC — being in many ways the retro equivalent of a Chromebook. The Compaq iPAQ IA-2 from 2000 that [Dave Luna] got […]
The BC250 is what AMD calls an APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit. It combines a GPU and CPU into a single unit, and was originally built to serve as the heart of certain Samsung rack mount servers. If you know where to find cheap surplus units of the BC250, you can put them to good […]
This week Jonathan chats with Valentyn Danylchuk about BreezyBox — an interactive shell and toolkit that provides various tools and a compiler on an ESP32 microcontroller. What was the inspiration for this impressive project, and what direction is it heading? Watch to find out! https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 https://www.linkedin.com/in/valdanylchuk https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/breezybox-a-busybox-like-shell-and-virtual-terminal-for-esp32/ Did you know you can watch the […]