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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An MP3 Player, Implemented As A Factorio Blueprint

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By Jenny List | November 15, 2026

Factorio is a factory simulation game that leads its players into many happy hours of building ever more complex factories, but it comes with a snag. Its built-in music is …read more
Reverse Engineer That USB Device In Style

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By Elliot Williams | November 15, 2026

Proprietary device drivers, dedicated applications, and their ilk are the bane of the open-source hacker. If only we could snoop on every device out there, recording the “secret” USB transactions …read more
Bringing A Cloud Based Monitor Home

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By Matt Varian | November 14, 2026

When setting up to grow plants hydroponically, it’s important to keep an eye on the numbers, temperature, pH, and electrical conductivity, to name a few. To do this, [Joziti] bought …read more
RPN Loved Honk If (or, Write Your Own PostScript Interpreter)

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By Al Williams | November 14, 2026

Maybe you like old laser printers. Maybe you were a fan of [Don Lancaster]. Maybe you like Forth, HP calculators, and everything RPN. Whichever it is, why not write your …read more
DIVINER: Occult Synth Firmware For The Cardputer

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By Elliot Williams | November 14, 2026

We see some strange software around these parts, but this is probably the strangest. DIVINER is a firmware for the M5 Cardputer, which is an interesting device in its own …read more
Warm Analog DSP, On The ESP

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By Elliot Williams | November 14, 2026

We love audio, and we love messing around with it. So when [mircemk] wrote in with his latest audio-mangling device, we had to give it a look. It’s a tube-sound …read more
A Hazeltine 1420 Lives Again

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By Al Williams | November 14, 2026

There was a time when buying a computer also meant picking out a compatible terminal. There were many to choose from, some good and some bad. While we were partial …read more

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