You can hear sound, of course, but what if you could see it with a laser? That’s what thought about,...
ESP32
An oscilloscope is usually the most sensitive, and arguably most versatile, tool on a hacker’s workbench, often taking billions of...
Looking for an educational microcontroller board to get you or a loved one into electronics? Consider the tinyCore – a...
These days, Internet connectivity is ubiquitous, so you can look up live weather data on just about any device around...
If you want to know when the train is coming, you could pull up a webpage on your phone, or...
Just about every laptop, desktop, and smartphone in your life can tell you the date, time, and current weather predictions....
upyOS is a modular, lightweight MicroPython-based operating system (OS) that provides a Unix-like experience on low-resource microcontrollers such as Espressif...
kv4p HT is an open-source hardware VHF or UHF radio designed to plug into the USB-C port of an Android...
Bus Pirate is nearly a household name in the hardware hacking world. The first version came out way back in...
wrote in with his newest clock build — and he did warn us that it was minimalist and maybe less...
If you want to save a little money on a thermal camera, or if you just enjoy making your own,...
Let’s say you want to build a Nixie clock. You could go out and find some tubes, source a good...
The original ESP32 may be a little long in the tooth by now, but it remains a potent tool for...
had a problem. He had an Onkyo AV receiver that did a great job… until it didn’t. A DSP inside...
We’ve seen tons of projects lately using the ESP32-C3, and for good reason. The microcontroller has a lot to offer,...
When was the last time you saw a computer actually outlast your weekend trip – and then some? Enter the...
There’s something cool about the visual design language used in the aviation world. You probably don’t get much exposure to...
The ESP32 series of microprocessors with their cheap high-power cores and built-in wireless networking have brought us a wide variety...
A desk companion that intercepts and plays encrypted radio communications—once popular during the Cold War era but still in use...
How do you get images downlinked from 30 km up? Hams might guess SSTV — slow scan TV — and...
Recently there was a panicked scrambling after the announcement by of a ‘backdoor’ found in Espressif’s popular ESP32 MCUs. Specifically...
There’s been a lot of buzz about Meshtastic lately, and with good reason. The low-power LoRa-based network has a ton...
Ever been at a party and landed in a heated argument about exactly where the International Space Station (ISS) is...
The ESP32 series of microcontrollers have been with us for quite a few years now, providing a powerful processor and...
If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that the only thing hardware hackers love more than a device festooned...
