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15 Sep 2026 edition

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Top topics: Hardware · General

Hardware

This cyberdeck is a… puppet?

The heart of the entire cyberdeck movement is personalization. Instead of shopping within the limits of what manufacturers deem to be marketable, cyberdeck builders can create designs that reflect their own personal…

Source: Arduino Blog Arduino Team
Hardware

An updated look for the Raspberry Pi Desktop

Some optional new features which might enhance your experience of the Raspberry Pi Desktop. The post An updated look for the Raspberry Pi Desktop appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Source: Raspberry Pi News Simon Long
Hardware

End-of-Life Advisory for ESP-IDF v5.2 Release Branch

Language English AR2026-008End-of-LifeReleased Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026Download: ar2026-008_end-of-life_advisory_for_esp-idf_v5.2_release_branch_en.pdfVersion: V1.0Advisories Status: ShowBody: ESP-IDF v5.2…

Source: Espressif News Anonymous
Hardware

Coffee Maker Steam Wand Gets a Safe Outlet

Sometimes a hacker has a specific sort of problem, and uses the tools they have to solve it in a way that just might be helpful to someone else. That’s …read more

Source: Hackaday Donald Papp
Hardware

Printed Matter’s 2026 New York Art Book Fair

From September 24th through the 27th, you can check out Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair for discussions, exhibitions, lectures, and book launches at MoMA PS1. Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) is the world’s…

Source: Adafruit Blog Takara
Hardware

wch-protocols helps document the use of WCH chips

GitHub user ch32-riscv-ug has developed wch-protocols, a knowledge base for the protocols behind flashing and debugging WCH’s CH32 RISC-V chips. The aim is a spec you can implement from without being tied to any one…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
Hardware

How can you not be romantic about UNIX domain sockets?

Writing on yuvalino.com, jachashx traced a demo crash at DEFCON 34 down to a 40 year old kernel bug. The demo was a VM running an SSH server inside an iOS app, with a userspace TTY built from a pair of connected UNIX…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
Hardware

Every ZX81 expansion card you ever wanted, all at once

NollKollTroll has published OpenSpand on Codeberg, an all-in-one expansion for the Sinclair ZX81 and its clones. It works much like the ZXpand+, with more functions and extended versions of the existing ones. OpenSpand…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
Hardware

This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5 — A6M-Zero

An anonymous writer at A6M-Zero set two rules for a hardware experiment: describe a board in plain English, then stay out of the design. The prompt asked for an RP2350 development board that drives an E-ink display.…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
Hardware

Converting a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device

The Modem Thing, image via GitHub Can a $20 hotspot help you conquer doomscrolling? bkovac on GitHub created this texting device from an inexpensive modem. The project combines a MSM8916-based 4G hotpsot (purchased for…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
Hardware

Hackaday Europe 2026: Bare Metal Made Easy

When we talk about programming in “bare metal,” it basically means writing software that runs right on the hardware with no operating system or abstraction layers in between. This gives …read more

Source: Hackaday Zoe Skyforest

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