Production KiCad Template Covers All Your Bases <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Ever think about all the moving parts involving a big KiCad project going into production? You need to provide manufacturer documentation, assembly instructions and renders for them to reference, every

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Production KiCad Template Covers All Your Bases

Ever think about all the moving parts involving a big KiCad project going into production? You need to provide manufacturer documentation, assembly...

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Production KiCad Template Covers All Your Bases

Ever think about all the moving parts involving a big KiCad project going into production? You need to provide manufacturer documentation, assembly...

FLOSS Weekly Episode 858: YottaDB: Sometimes the Solution is Bigger Servers <img width="800" height="484" src=" alt=""/>This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across multiple processes without a daemon? Why

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FLOSS Weekly Episode 858: YottaDB: Sometimes The Solution Is Bigger Servers

This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across ...

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FLOSS Weekly Episode 858: YottaDB: Sometimes The Solution Is Bigger Servers

This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across ...

Why LLMs are Less Intelligent than Crows <img width="800" height="464" src=" alt=""/>The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one’s actions and daily life. Despite the very fuzzy definition of ‘human intelligence‘,

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Why LLMs Are Less Intelligent Than Crows

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one&#8217;s actions and daily lif...

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Why LLMs Are Less Intelligent Than Crows

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one&#8217;s actions and daily lif...

Cheap 10x10cm Hotplate Punches Above Its Weight <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>For less than $30 USD, you can get a 10×10 centimeter hotplate with 350 Watts of power. Sounds mighty fine to us, so surely there must be a catch? Maybe

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Cheap 10x10cm Hotplate Punches Above Its Weight

For less than $30 USD, you can get a 10&#215;10 centimeter hotplate with 350 Watts of power. Sounds mighty fine to us, so surely there must be a ca...

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Cheap 10x10cm Hotplate Punches Above Its Weight

For less than $30 USD, you can get a 10&#215;10 centimeter hotplate with 350 Watts of power. Sounds mighty fine to us, so surely there must be a ca...

Failed 3D Printed Part Brings Down Small Plane <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed. The aircraft was a total loss, but thankfully, the pilot

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Failed 3D Printed Part Brings Down Small Plane

Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed. The aircraft was a total loss, but thankfull...

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Failed 3D Printed Part Brings Down Small Plane

Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed. The aircraft was a total loss, but thankfull...

A Musically-Reactive LED Christmas Tree <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Regular Christmas trees don’t emit light, nor do they react to music. If you want both things in a holiday decoration, consider this build from [dbmaking].  An ESP32-D1 mini runs

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A Musically-Reactive LED Christmas Tree

Regular Christmas trees don&#8217;t emit light, nor do they react to music. If you want both things in a holiday decoration, consider this build fr...

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A Musically-Reactive LED Christmas Tree

Regular Christmas trees don&#8217;t emit light, nor do they react to music. If you want both things in a holiday decoration, consider this build fr...

Putting KDE On Raspberry Pi OS Simpler Than Expected <img width="800" height="449" src=" alt=""/>Raspberry Pi boards are no longer constrained – these days, you can get a quad-core board with 8 or 16GB of RAM to go around, equip it with a heatsink,

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Putting KDE On Raspberry Pi OS Simpler Than Expected

Raspberry Pi boards are no longer constrained &#8211; these days, you can get a quad-core board with 8 or 16GB of RAM to go around, equip it with a...

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Putting KDE On Raspberry Pi OS Simpler Than Expected

Raspberry Pi boards are no longer constrained &#8211; these days, you can get a quad-core board with 8 or 16GB of RAM to go around, equip it with a...

MagQuest: Measuring Earth’s Magnetic Field with Space-Based Quantum Sensors <img width="800" height="533" src=" alt=""/>Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in the final phase have now moved on to launching their satellites within https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/magquest-measuring-earths-magnetic-field-with-space-based-quantum-sensors/ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/magquest-measuring-earths-magnetic-field-with-space-based-quantum-sensors/

Making Glasses That Detect Smartglasses <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>[NullPxl]’s Ban-Rays concept is a wearable that detects when one is in the presence of camera-bearing smartglasses, such as Meta’s line of Ray-Bans. A project in progress, it’s currently focused

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Making Glasses That Detect Smartglasses

[NullPxl]&#8217;s Ban-Rays concept is a wearable that detects when one is in the presence of camera-bearing smartglasses, such as Meta&#8217;s line...

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Making Glasses That Detect Smartglasses

[NullPxl]&#8217;s Ban-Rays concept is a wearable that detects when one is in the presence of camera-bearing smartglasses, such as Meta&#8217;s line...

G4 iMac Becomes a Monitor with a MagSafe Secret <img width="800" height="500" src=" alt="A computer monitor which was formerly an iMac G4 with a hemispherical white base sits on a table. The table and wall are likely white, but pink light is washing the scene making them and the monitor base appear pink. An iPhone sits above a piece of rounded plastic jutting out from the monitor base."/>The G4 iMac is one of the more popular computers in the restomodding scene given its charm and unparalleled ergonomics. Most modern machines that people squeeze in don’t have a

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G4 IMac Becomes A Monitor With A MagSafe Secret

The G4 iMac is one of the more popular computers in the restomodding scene given its charm and unparalleled ergonomics. Most modern machines that p...

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G4 IMac Becomes A Monitor With A MagSafe Secret

The G4 iMac is one of the more popular computers in the restomodding scene given its charm and unparalleled ergonomics. Most modern machines that p...

A Deep Drive Deep Dive Into a Twin-Rotor Motor <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Compromise is key to keeping a team humming along. Say one person wants an inrunner electric motor, and the other prefers outrunner. What to do? Well, if you work at https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/a-deep-drive-deep-dive-into-a-twin-rotor-motor/ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/a-deep-drive-deep-dive-into-a-twin-rotor-motor/

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the C64 Keyboard <img width="800" height="484" src=" alt="Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands."/>[Jean] wrote into the tips line (the system works!) to let all of us know about his hacked and hand-wired C64 keyboard, a thing of beauty in its chocolate-brown and

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Keebin&#8217; With Kristina: The One With The C64 Keyboard

[Jean] wrote into the tips line (the system works!) to let all of us know about his hacked and hand-wired C64 keyboard, a thing of beauty in its ch...

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Keebin&#8217; With Kristina: The One With The C64 Keyboard

[Jean] wrote into the tips line (the system works!) to let all of us know about his hacked and hand-wired C64 keyboard, a thing of beauty in its ch...

Super Simple Deadbuggable Bluetooth Chip <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>We’re all used to Bluetooth chips coming in QFN and BGA formats, at a minimum of 30-40 pins, sometimes even a hundred. What about ten pins, with 1.27 mm pitch? https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/super-simple-deadbuggable-bluetooth-chip/ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/super-simple-deadbuggable-bluetooth-chip/

PCB Design Review: TinySparrow, A Module For CAN Hacking, v2 <img width="800" height="464" src=" alt=""/>A year ago, I’ve design reviewed an MCU module for CAN hacking, called TinySparrow. Modules are plenty cool, and even more so when they’re intended for remaking car ECUs. For

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PCB Design Review: TinySparrow, A Module For CAN Hacking, V2

A year ago, I&#8217;ve design reviewed an MCU module for CAN hacking, called TinySparrow. Modules are plenty cool, and even more so when they&#8217...

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PCB Design Review: TinySparrow, A Module For CAN Hacking, V2

A year ago, I&#8217;ve design reviewed an MCU module for CAN hacking, called TinySparrow. Modules are plenty cool, and even more so when they&#8217...

The EFF Nails It: What’s Wrong With UK Digital ID <img width="800" height="400" src=" alt=""/>It sometimes seems as though we are in a constant tussle over privacy between governments and the governed, with each year bringing fresh attempts to extend surveillance, and consequent battles.

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The EFF Nails It: What&#8217;s Wrong With UK Digital ID

It sometimes seems as though we are in a constant tussle over privacy between governments and the governed, with each year bringing fresh attempts ...

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The EFF Nails It: What&#8217;s Wrong With UK Digital ID

It sometimes seems as though we are in a constant tussle over privacy between governments and the governed, with each year bringing fresh attempts ...

LED Hourglass is a Great Learning Project <img width="800" height="452" src=" alt=""/>An hourglass tells you what it is in the name — a glass that you use to measure an hour of time passing by. [EDISON SCIENCE CORNER] has built a

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LED Hourglass Is A Great Learning Project

An hourglass tells you what it is in the name &#8212; a glass that you use to measure an hour of time passing by. [EDISON SCIENCE CORNER] has built...

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LED Hourglass Is A Great Learning Project

An hourglass tells you what it is in the name &#8212; a glass that you use to measure an hour of time passing by. [EDISON SCIENCE CORNER] has built...

RP2350 Done Framework Style <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Ever want a microcontroller addon for your laptops? You could do worse than match one of the new and powerful microcontrollers on the block to one of the most addon-friendly

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RP2350 Done Framework Style

Ever want a microcontroller addon for your laptops? You could do worse than match one of the new and powerful microcontrollers on the block to one ...

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RP2350 Done Framework Style

Ever want a microcontroller addon for your laptops? You could do worse than match one of the new and powerful microcontrollers on the block to one ...

The Engineering That Makes A Road Cat’s Eye Self-Cleaning <img width="800" height="414" src=" alt=""/>Although most people manage to navigate roads without major issues during the day, at night we become very reliant on the remaining navigational clues. The painted marks on the asphalt

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The Engineering That Makes A Road Cat’s Eye Self-Cleaning

Although most people manage to navigate roads without major issues during the day, at night we become very reliant on the remaining navigational cl...

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The Engineering That Makes A Road Cat’s Eye Self-Cleaning

Although most people manage to navigate roads without major issues during the day, at night we become very reliant on the remaining navigational cl...

Build Yourself A Graphing Weather Display <img width="800" height="449" src=" alt=""/>These days, Internet connectivity is ubiquitous, so you can look up live weather data on just about any device around you. Regardless, [Jozerworx] wanted a simple, clean, independent weather display,

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Build Yourself A Graphing Weather Display

These days, Internet connectivity is ubiquitous, so you can look up live weather data on just about any device around you. Regardless, [Jozerworx] ...

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Build Yourself A Graphing Weather Display

These days, Internet connectivity is ubiquitous, so you can look up live weather data on just about any device around you. Regardless, [Jozerworx] ...

One Lucky 3DS Gets A Switch-Style Dock <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>The Nintendo Switch dock set a new bar for handheld docking user experience – just plug your console in to charge it, output image to your monitor, and keep it

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One Lucky 3DS Gets A Switch-Style Dock

The Nintendo Switch dock set a new bar for handheld docking user experience &#8211; just plug your console in to charge it, output image to your mo...

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One Lucky 3DS Gets A Switch-Style Dock

The Nintendo Switch dock set a new bar for handheld docking user experience &#8211; just plug your console in to charge it, output image to your mo...