Hacking Amazon Echo Show 8 3rd Gen via UART and eMMC
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/hacking-amazon-echo-show-8-3rd-gen-via-uart-and-emmc/

Even with Amazon’s Echo Show devices running Linux in the form of the Android-derived FireOS, using them for non-Amazon approved purposes can be a chore at best. In the case …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/hacking-amazon-echo-show-8-3rd-gen-via-uart-and-emmc/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 874: Really, We Do PDFs
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/floss-weekly-episode-874-really-we-do-pdfs/

This week Jonathan chats with Andrea Gallo about RISC-V! What does it mean for RISC-V to be an Open ISA? Where is RISC-V popping up, and what’s the new frontier? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/floss-weekly-episode-874-really-we-do-pdfs/)

Pi 5 Becomes ALSA-Compatible TOSLINK Sound Card
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/pi-5-becomes-alsa-compatible-sound-card-complete-with-toslink/

This is one of those hacks that makes you stop in your tracks and say, “wait, you can do that!?” — before realizing, oh, yes, of course you can do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/pi-5-becomes-alsa-compatible-sound-card-complete-with-toslink/)

An Analog Synth For The Modern World
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/an-analog-synth-for-the-modern-world/

We cover so many projects here at Hackaday that lead the author down a rabbit hole of technological investigation that distracts us from the task of bringing them to you. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/an-analog-synth-for-the-modern-world/)

IBM Home Director: Home Automation in 1996
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/ibm-home-director-home-automation-in-1996/

Back in the 1990s IBM had a pretty sizeable presence in the PC market, including its rather spiffy Aptiva series of PCs. Naturally their PCs had to feature heavily in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/ibm-home-director-home-automation-in-1996/)

C64 Finally Gets the SRAM Corporate Wouldn’t Pay For
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/c64-finally-gets-the-sram-corporate-wouldnt-pay-for/

If you think RAM is expensive now, try putting yourselves in the shoes of a Commodore engineer, circa 1981. RAM was eye-wateringly expensive by modern standards, and Jack Tramiel wanted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/c64-finally-gets-the-sram-corporate-wouldnt-pay-for/)

Die Casting Comes Home
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/die-casting-comes-home/

You don’t normally think of die casting as something to do at home. Pressurized fluids demand respect at all times, which is perhaps in part why we see most projects …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/die-casting-comes-home/)