We usually at least recognize old computer hardware and software names. But [Asianmoetry] taught us a new one: Pick OS. This ...

Robotic arms have a lot in common with CNC machines in that they are usually driven by a fixed script of specific positions ...

It could be argued that erasable programmable ROMs (EPROMs) with their quaint UV-transparent windows are firmly obsolete ...

Here at Hackaday HQ, we all have opinions about the way we like to do things. And no surprise, this extends to the way we ...

E-paper screens have opened up a wide variety of novel use cases that just wouldn’t work with the higher power draw of an LCD ...

[naturejab] shows off his solar powered pyrolysis machine which can convert scrap plastic into fuel. According to the video, ...

As the timebase for a clock, almost anything with a periodic oscillation can be used. Traditionally, that meant a pendulum, ...

As the march of time continues on, it becomes harder and harder to play older video games on hardware. Part of this is ...

If you’ve been following along our USB-C saga, you know that the CC wire in the USB-C cables is used for communications and polarity detection. However, what’s not as widely known is th… ...

‘Hearing voices’ doesn’t have to be worrisome, for instance when software-defined radio (SDR) happens to be your hobby. It can take quite some of your time and attention to pull voices from ...

Like many early microcomputers, the Commodore VIC-20 did not come with an interna real-time clock built into the system. [David Hunter] has seen fit to rectify that with an add-on module as his ent… ...

For those living in the continental US who, for whatever reason, don’t have access to an NTP server or a GPS device, the next best way to make sure the correct time is known is with the WWVB … ...