What can you do with a cheap Linux machine with limited flash and only a single free GPIO line? Probably...
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With as cheap and versatile as RTL-SDR devices are, it’s a good idea to have a couple of them on...
Everyone loves, and should respect, lithium-ion batteries. They pack a ton of power and can make our projects work better....
It is common these days to have a soldering iron where you can set the temperature using some sort of...
There’s a good chance you’ve seen “Nixie clocks” on the Internet that replace the classic cold cathode tubes with similarly...
Whether you have full use of your hands or not, a foot-operated keyboard is a great addition to any setup....
When the entry of a tech giant such as Apple into a market represents its liberation from exploitation, that market...
While version control used to be reserved for big corporate projects, it is very mainstream these days. You can attribute...
OpenWRT is a powerful piece of open-source software that can turn plenty of computers into highly configurable and capable routers....
While classroom learning isn’t for everyone, one awesome benefit of the Internet is that you have a variety of college...
For as useful as computers are in the modern ham shack, they also tend to be a strong source of...
wanted to use a low power TS555 in an ESR meter design. The problem is, he needed to handle significant...
wanted to build an authentic 1930s-style ham radio station that was portable. He’s already done a regenerative receiver, but now...
When you think of Sony, you probably think of a technology company that’s been around forever. However, as points out,...
The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that probably seems rather alien to...
Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines....
For almost as long as there have been microcomputers, there have been attempts with varying success to make tiny handheld...
NASA’s ACS3 (Advanced Composite Solar Sail System) is currently fully deployed in low Earth orbit, and stargazers can spot it...
If you follow the world of clean energy, you will probably have read all about the so-called hydrogen future and...
After 47 years it’s little wonder that the hydrazine-powered thrusters of the Voyager 1, used to orient the spacecraft in...
Your shiny new personal electronic device is likely to be designed solely as an app platform to run the products...
Docker and other containerization applications have changed a lot about the way that developers create new software as well as...
Exhibit A: A standard-issue banana. We love it when a community grabs hold of an idea and runs wild with...
The 8-bit home computers of yore that we all know and love, without exception as far as we are aware,...
There was a time when building a telescope was a rite of passage for budding astronomers, much as building a...
