Once a pioneer in videocards, S3’s legacy is today mostly found in details like texture compression as well as the strong presence of S3-branded videocards in the retro-computing world. There’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/why-some-s3-videocards-have-a-brightness-issue/)

Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/flipper-zero-transmits-aprs-with-no-extra-parts/

APRs is an amateur radio protocol allowing the exchange of short packets of data. It’s commonly used to transmit a GPS position, though it can find other applications. The Flipper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/flipper-zero-transmits-aprs-with-no-extra-parts/)

SuperDisk: The Better Floppy That Never Caught On
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/superdisk-the-better-floppy-that-never-caught-on/

Once the microcomputer era got going in earnest, the floppy disk quickly supplanted the tape as the portable storage method of choice. They were never particularly large, but they were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/superdisk-the-better-floppy-that-never-caught-on/)

CAN Bus Analyzer Runs In Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/can-bus-analyzer-runs-in-your-browser/

If you’ve got a modern car, truck, or tractor, it’s probably got a CAN bus or three that is bouncing data all around the vehicle. Listening in on these transmissions …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/can-bus-analyzer-runs-in-your-browser/)

The Splice Must Flow
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-splice-must-flow/

There are plenty of electronic components out there, but the one we tend to forget is the most basic: wire. Sure, PC boards have largely replaced wire with copper traces, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-splice-must-flow/)

2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Low Power Distraction Free Writing Tool
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-low-power-distraction-free-writing-tool/

Distraction free writing tools are a reaction to the bells and whistles of the modern desktop computer, allowing the user to simply pick up the device and write. The etyper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-low-power-distraction-free-writing-tool/)

Analog Circuitry Lets You Blow This LED Out
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/analog-circuitry-lets-you-blow-this-led-out/

LED candles are neat, but they’re very suboptimal for wish-making: you can’t blow them out. Unless you take the circuit from [Andrea Console]’s latest project that lets you do just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/analog-circuitry-lets-you-blow-this-led-out/)

The Electromechanical Computer of the B-52’s Star Tracker
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-electromechanical-computer-of-the-b-52s-star-tracker/