CHIP 8: The Pong Game’s Afoot!

Writing a computer game has always been hard. It is only the nature of the difficulty that changes. A modern game is as much about graphics, sound, and storytelling as …read more

EV Batteries Are Proving Hardier Than Expected

Batteries have a habit of quietly getting worse. Anyone who has nursed an old smartphone through its final years knows the routine—it leaves the house at 100% and is begging …read more

DeviceTree For Hackers: Intro

Raspberry Pi has just leaked information on the Pi Zero 3W. They did it by publishing a DeviceTree file that describes the hardware of the Pi Zero. This is how …read more

UDP Broadcasting Meets The More Focused Multicasting

After previously exploring the basics of UDP broadcasting, why IPv4 subnets are an exciting feature that you really want to dive into, as well as the contentious topic of IPv6, …read more

Radon Active

When you think about nuclear radiation, you often think about power plants, but it turns out there’s radioactive stuff all over the place: smoke detectors, granite counters, bananas, and potatoes …read more

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Hacked Nixie Clock Waits For The Bus

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By Tom Nardi | November 13, 2026

Nixie clocks have become popular enough that these days there’s no shortage of turn-key options that let you experience that warm glow with a minimum of fuss. Many still come …read more
A Desktop OS For The ESP32-P4

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By Jenny List | November 12, 2026

The ESP32-P4 is Espressif’s high-end application processor, with two blistering fast RISC-V cores for a surprisingly reasonable price. As it’s a very capable computer in its own right, there have …read more
Hacking Meta’s Smart Glasses

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By Jenny List | November 12, 2026

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have attracted plenty of controversy in the relatively short time they have been available, given their potential for covert and unvanted surveillance. But given the chance …read more
Watch That Sound: Your Own Chladni Plate

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By Al Williams | November 12, 2026

What if you could see sound? A Chladni plate uses a speaker and small particles, like sand, to give you a visual representation of sound, and [CrazyScience] shows you how …read more
Upgrade Your CoCo The Modern Way

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By Jenny List | November 12, 2026

The Radio Shack TRS-80 Colour Computer may never have achieved the sales volume of its competitors from Commodore or Apple, but it offered a surprisingly capable set of hardware. There …read more
Baochip-1x: A Mostly-Open, 22nm SoC For High Assurance Applications

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By Maya Posch | November 12, 2026

For most people, just getting any old microcontroller or system on chip (SoC) from our favorite – or cheapest – vendor is more than good enough. But if you’re really …read more
Just Use QWIIC Already

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By Arya Voronova | November 12, 2026

Years ago, I wrote an article describing different I2C-on-a-connector ecosystems, explaining their strengths, weaknesses, and implementation details, as well as piling on a heap of fun stories. Looking back at …read more

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