The switch from analog telephone exchanges to a purely digital network meant a revolution in just about any way imaginable....
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Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick...
Our hacker wrote in to let us know about a video he put together to explain the design of his...
had an ancient HP 545A logic probe, which was great for debugging SMT projects. The only problem was that being...
When asked ‘what makes you tick?’ the engineers at Vacheron Constantin sure know what to answer – and fast, too....
When we do textbook analysis, we tend to ignore the real-world concerns for the sake of learning. So, a typical...
For as mysterious, fascinating, and beautiful as lightning is at a distance, it’s not exactly a peaceful phenomenon up close....
Film maker wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers...
The inside of this AF117 transistor can was a thriving whisker ecosystem. (Credit: Anthony Francis-Jones) AF114 germanium transistors and related...
submitted their Ham Radio foxhunt transmitter project for the 2025 One Hertz Challenge. This is a clever Spartan build. In...
You are probably familiar with initiatives like Seti@Home, where you donate unused computer power to some science project that needs...
While we know that many of you are reading Hackaday via our Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed, we suspect that...
If you’ve worked with germanium transistors, you’ll know that many of them have a disappointingly low maximum frequency of operation....
You would think detecting lightning would be easy. Each lightning bolt has a staggering amount of power, and, clearly, you...
After the fire and fury of liftoff, when a spacecraft is sailing silently through space, you could be forgiven for...
So far in the “Field Guide” series, we’ve mainly looked at critical infrastructure systems that, while often blending into the...
Radio Shack, despite being gone for a number of years, is still in our cultural consciousness. But Tandy, the company...
Few electronic ICs can claim to be as famous as the 555 timer. Maybe part of the reason is that...
Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time...
Normally when a government extends a piece of copyright law we expect it to be in the favour of commercial...
Your design task, should you decide to accept it: given an input voltage, square it. Ok, that’s too hard since...
Well, here’s an interesting idea: the service loop. Ever heard of it? We haven’t! In the video, the presenter explains...
In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer....
Time series of O2 (blue) and VGADM (red). (Credit: Weijia Kuang, Science Advances, 2025) In an Earth-sized take on the...
We take it for granted that we almost always have cell service, no matter where you go around town. But...
