Over on his YouTube channel the inimitable takes a look at an electronic altimeter which replaces an old mechanical altimeter...
Hackaday
How hard can it be to create your own inductors? Get a wire. Coil it up. Right? Well, the devil...
Over on his blog our hacker restores a Prompt 80, which was a development system for the 8-bit Intel 8080...
Using digital techniques has caused a resurgence of interest in VLF — very low frequency — radio. Thanks to software-defined...
Back in 1966, a suitable toy for a geeky kid was a radio kit. You could find simple crystal radio...
Sometimes the old tricks are the best. learned an old trick about using a ‘scope to sniff RF noise and...
The picture on a TV set used to be the combined product of multiple analog systems, and since TVs had...
If you are interested in retrocomputers, you might be like us and old enough to remember the old systems and...
For certain situations, older hardware is preferred or even needed to accomplish a task. This is common in industrial applications...
The Neon glow of a Nixie tube makes for an attractive clock, but that’s not enough neon for some people....
To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections...
Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little else. These days, the hobby...
Now that Commodore has arisen from the depths of obscurity like Cthulhu awoken from R’lyeh, the question on every shoggoth’s...
comes up with some unusual gear. In his latest teardown and repair video, he has a vintage 1943 Danish oscilloscope, ...
Bus Pirate is nearly a household name in the hardware hacking world. The first version came out way back in...
Fnirsi is one of those brands that seem to pop up more and more often, usually for portable oscilloscopes and...
Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As...
If you are casually listening to the radio, you probably tune into a local station and with modern receivers and...
Even in the early days of the Cold War, it quickly became apparent that simply having hundreds or even thousands...
There are few computing collapses more spectacular than the downfall of Commodore, but its rise as a home computer powerhouse...
A multitool that weighs less than a penny? Yes, it exists. This video by shows his titanium flat-cut design tipping...
Although ham radio offers a wide array of bands to transmit on, not to mention plenty of modes to communicate...
When reported on NOAA’s statement that many of its polar birds were no longer recommended for use, he mentioned that...
Ever want to find your device on the map? Think we all do sometimes. The technology you’ll generally use for...
Neutrinos are exceedingly common in the Universe, with billions of them zipping around us throughout the day from a variety...
