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The longest-running hardware hacking blog on the internet, going strong since 2004. Hackaday covers everything from ESP32 projects and 3D-printed contraptions to retrocomputing deep dives and reverse engineering teardowns. The writing treats every project — from a blinking LED to a custom CPU — with the same genuine enthusiasm. It's the kind of site that makes you want to go build something.
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Driving WS2812Bs With Pure Logic
The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy to drive from just about any microcontroller you can think of. But what if you have a microcontroller at all? [Povilas Dumcius] decided to try and drive the LEDs with raw logic only. The project consists of a small board full of old-school ICs that can be used to drive WS2812Bs in a simplistic manner. A 74HC14 Schmitt trigger oscillator provides the necessary beat for this tune, generating an 800 kHz cl...
Building the Haxocorder
The Haxophone is an open source MIDI saxophone project that has achieved some popularity. It’s caught the attention of [Shieladixon] not because she is a saxophonist but because she plays the recorder and is dissatisfied with existing MIDI recorder peripherals. She’s set about modifying the device to produce the Haxocorder, a better MIDI recorder. The video below the break is the third of a series, of which part one and part two deal with the Haxophone and the shortcomings of her exi...
Bionode is Hand Truck Transformed into Mobile Computing Lab
[Steven K. Roberts] is the original digital nomad, having designed and built mobile computing for his own use since the 80s. His latest project is Bionode, a portable computing lab built into a hand truck that can accommodate a wide spectrum of needs for a person on the go. Far more than just a portable computer with wheels and a handle, Bionode is an integrated collection of systems with power management, a sensor suite, multiple computers, NAS for storage, networking, video production tools, a...
The Curse of the Everything Device
In theory having a single device that combines the features of multiple dedicated devices is a great idea, saving a lot of space, time and money. However, in reality it mostly means that these features now conflict with each other, force us to deal with more complex devices that don’t last nearly as long, and become veritable vampires for your precious attention. Whereas in the olden days a phone was just used for phone calls, now it’s also a video and photo camera, multimedia comput...
Easily Replaceable USB-C Port Spawned By EU Laws
The USB-C port has become a defacto connectivity standard for modern devices, largely supplanting the ugly mess of barrel jacks and micro USB connectors that once cursed us. While their reliability is good, they don’t last forever, and can be a pain to replace in most devices if they do fail. However, a new part from JAE Electronics could change that. The problem with replacing USB connectors in most hardware is that they’re soldered in place. To swap them out, you have to master bot...
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