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Spin FV-1 Emulator Simplifies Sound Pedal Development
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (37+ words) If you've never heard of the Spin Semiconductors FP-1 digital signal processor chip, don't worry-- that just means you haven't been deep into guitar petals and audio effects hardware lately. [adamjvr]......
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: 16-Bit Homebrew Relay Computer
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (33+ words) You want Retro? We did, when we started our retrocomputing challenge. [Peter] decided that transistors weren't retro enough, and sent us this lovely homebrew relay computer, complete with 16- bit CPU,......
This Mac Is Open Source Hardware
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (39+ words) Apple hardware has always been proprietary, sometimes to an extreme. But that's not to say that it's impossible to make something that does the same job, which is what [DosFox1] appears to have done w......
The Heavy Disco-Ball Satellite Designed To Do… Nothing
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (32+ words) Launched in 1976, LAGEOS-1 (LAser GEOdynamic Satellite) is unusual in that it contains no instrumentation, no electronics, no power supply, and no means of propulsion. It's spherical, weighs just unde......
Looking At A TRS-80 12 MB External Hard Drive From 1983
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (35+ words) Although hard disks weren't a common feature yet in many home computers in the 1980s, they were becoming increasingly more affordable. For relative meanings of the word 'affordable', naturally. This i......
All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (35+ words) Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. The Jupiter Ace springs immediately......
Changing Nozzle Internal Geometry To Increase FDM Flowrate
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (36+ words) As FDM printers keep getting faster, we are forced to deal with a range of bottlenecks, all of which conspire to hold us back from another Benchie world record. A major physical limitation is that of......
3D Imaging Without A Lens
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (236+ words) Hackaday There are plenty of ways to capture 3D images or simulations of such if you know what youâre doing with camera hardware and fancy mathematics However, a little more unusual is the idea of capturing a 3D image while using…...
Open Source Acoustic Drone Detection
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (34+ words) Drones have become a potent military threat, particularly on the small scale. Nimble multi-rotor drones are fast, difficult to spot, and can cause plenty of harm if allowed to go about their work unhi......
3D Printable Lenticular Indicators
4+ day, 37+ min ago (37+ words) You can 3D print all kinds of things, from Yoda heads to little models of Pikachu. Eventually, though, most of us get to a point where we want to print something a little more interesting. The lenticu......