Running Apple ][ Software on a Commodore 64 — Silently
The computer business in 1984 was a bizarre mix of hobby-level companies, a few small companies that had made it big, and a lot of big companies starting to take …read more
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Developing Safer Alternatives to Lithium Batteries
Researchers Andong Liu (left) and Dian-Zhao Lin perform experiments in Yayuan Liu’s battery lab. CREDIT: WILL KIRK / JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY via Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University and the Toyota Research…
Pixel Watch 5 Demonstrates Good Repairability
Although we often find ourselves drowning in a seemingly unending sea of portable devices that are effectively e-waste once an internal component gives out, it’s good to remind ourselves that …read more
New Products 09/05/2026
We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here This week we debuted 1 New Product. Adafruit TMF8806 Time of Flight Distance Sensor – 10mm to 5m – STEMMA QT / Qwiic Visit www.adafruit.com/new for more info.
The Business Card That Lights Up Without Batteries
Kevin Tang made this circuit board business card with an NFC chip and LEDs. One nifty trick of the card is that it’s battery-less; when tapped to a phone, in addition to sharing your info, the card will draw power and…
Voicebox FX is a Blueprint for CircuitPython I2S Audio
[Adafruit]’s Voicebox FX gadget is a fun, well-documented project that serves another useful purpose: being a fantastic reference design for audio on CircuitPython, with I2S audio components. Be sure to …read more
If at First You Don’t Succeed…
… at least document what failed and give the failure analysis a good effort. And then later on, you can “try, try again” or let someone else carry on with …read more
Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 oscilloscope
A Tektronix TDS7104 oscilloscope picked up for $300 at the Silicon Valley Flea Market was the starting point for a detailed refurbishment. The scope is a 4-channel, 1 GHz instrument with a 10 Gs/s maximum sample rate on…
Running Generative AI on an RP2350
Driven by a desire for privacy, customization, and lower costs, there’s growing interest in AI models which can be run on local hardware. Few of them go as far as …read more
OpenTrailPaper transforms LILYGO T5 E-Paper S3 Pro devkit into a DIY e‑paper bike computer
OpenTrailPaper is an open-source, DIY e-paper bike computer project comprised of firmware for the ESP32-S3-based T5 E-Paper S3 Pro devkit and Android and iOS companion apps for maps, routes, and settings. It shows ride…
Free Your Rotary Telephone From Its Wire
It’s said that a teenager given a rotary telephone in 2026 would be mystified by its operation, yet there are enough surviving instruments for them to be an attractive target …read more
COSMAC Elf Turns 50
If you were interested in computers in the early 1970s, you struggled to get time on real computers since owning your own was all but impossible. In the middle of …read more
Parchment Paper Paired With 3D-Printed Grid Gives a Nice Glow
This custom enclosure for a 64×64 RGB LED matrix by [Davisan1001] not only provides a mount point for a Raspberry Pi, but presents a clean and smooth face with square …read more