GuitarPie Uses Guitar as Interface, No Raspberries Needed Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
We’ve covered plenty of interesting human input devices over the years, but how about an...
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ESP32 Decodes S/PDIF Like A Boss (Or Any Regular Piece of Hi-Fi Equipment) Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
S/PDIF has been around for a long time; it’s still a really great way to...
Apple’s Continuing Failing Repair Score With the AirPods Pro 3 Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
It takes quite a bit of effort to get a 0 out of 10 repairability...
Splashflag: Raising the Flag on a Pool Party Matt Varian | usagoldmines.com
Some things are more fun when there are more folks involved, and enjoying time in...
Hackaday Links: October 5, 2025 Dan Maloney | usagoldmines.com
What the Flock? It’s probably just some quirk of The Almighty Algorithm, but ever since...
Divining Air Quality With A Cheap Computer Vision Device Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
There are all kinds of air quality sensors on the market that rely on all...
Optimizing a QuickTake Image Decoder for the Apple II’s 6502 Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
The idea of using the Apple II home computer for digital photography purposes may seem...
Wearable Neon Necklaces Run On Battery Power Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
We typically think of neon signs as big commercial advertisements, hanging inside windows and lofted...
3D Printing A New Kind Of Skateboard That Is Ultimately Unsafe Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Skateboards were organically developed in the 1940s and 1950s; 30 years would then pass before...
Simple Counter Mechanism in an Asthma Inhaler Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
The counter wheel and white worm gear inside the counter. (Credit: Anthony Francis-Jones, YouTube) Recently...
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Digital Logic With Analog Components Bryan Cockfield | usagoldmines.com
noticed recently that a large number of projects recreating discrete logic tend to do...
How To Design Custom LCDs For Your Own Projects Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
These days, you can buy full graphical LCD or OLED displays for just a few...
Open Source Controller for Old and Expensive Industrial Robots Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
The Zynq-7000 usage at the core of the robot controller. (Credit: Excessive Overkill, YouTube) Industrial...
3D Printing A Cheap VR Headset Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
The modern era of virtual reality really kicked off in earnest just over a decade...
Serial and UPDI Handled Together With One Convenient Circuit Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Sometimes it’s nice when you can do everything you need to do with just one...
How Do the Normal People Survive? Elliot Williams | usagoldmines.com
It was one of those weeks last week at Hackaday’s home office. My mother-in-law handed...
A High Resolution DAC From Scratch Bryan Cockfield | usagoldmines.com
It’s a well-known conundrum that while most computers these days are digital in nature, almost...
How Your SID May Not Be As Tuneful As You’d Like Jenny List | usagoldmines.com
The MOS Technologies 6581, or SID, is perhaps the integrated circuit whose sound is most...
Building A Ham Radio Data Transceiver On The Cheap Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little...
When USB Charger Marketing Claims are Technically True Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
The 600W is not the output rating, despite all appearances. (Credit: Denki Otaku, YouTube) We...