The job of a dumb terminal was originally to be a continuation of that performed by a paper teletype, to send text from its keyboard and display any it receives …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/23/this-arduino-terminal-does-all-the-characters/)

Bring That Old Hi-Fi Into The 2020s
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/bring-that-old-hi-fi-into-the-2020s/

It’s a distressing moment for some of us, when a formerly prized piece of electronic equipment reaches a point of obsolescence that we consider jettisoning it. [Jon Robinson] ran into …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/bring-that-old-hi-fi-into-the-2020s/)

Capacitive Touch Controller for FPGAs
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/capacitive-touch-controller-for-fpgas/

Most projects that interface with the real world need some sort of input device. Obviously this article is being written from a standardized “human interface device” but when the computers …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/capacitive-touch-controller-for-fpgas/)

Dactyl Chimera Leaves the Learning out of the Curve
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/dactyl-chimera-leaves-the-learning-out-of-the-curve/

Have you been wanting to build your own keyboard, ergonomic or otherwise, but are hesitant to spend all that time and filament on something that may not be a good …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/dactyl-chimera-leaves-the-learning-out-of-the-curve/)

Tricky Screw Heads Have Disappearing Slots
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/tricky-screw-heads-have-disappearing-slots/

Perhaps you’ve seen them, demonstrations of a machined piece of metal that upon further inspection is actually two pieces machined so perfectly that they appear as one. With extremely tight …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/tricky-screw-heads-have-disappearing-slots/)

Is a Diode a Switch?
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/is-a-diode-a-switch/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJuoHVX2htA
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Snap-2021-10-20-at-21.37.04.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Snap-2021-10-20-at-21.37.04.png?w=800">Many hardware people around these parts will be familiar with devices used as switches, using at least three-terminals to effect this, an input, an output and a gate. Typical devices …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/is-a-diode-a-switch/)

Hackaday Links: October 24, 2021
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/hackaday-links-october-24-2021/

It seems that the engineers of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft have some ‘splaining to do. The $981M asteroid-seeking mission launched without a hitch, but when the two solar panels unfolded, one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/24/hackaday-links-october-24-2021/)