When we met [Amy Makes Stuff] at the 2019 Hackaday Superconference, we were immediately impressed with the array of flexure mechanisms displayed on a board hanging around her neck. That …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/fabulous-flexure-mechanism-makes-for-resetting-cat-calendar/)

PCB Microsurgery Puts the Bodges Inside the Board
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/pcb-microsurgery-puts-the-bodges-inside-the-board/

We all make mistakes, and there’s no shame in having to bodge a printed circuit board to fix a mistake. Most of us are content with cutting a trace or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/pcb-microsurgery-puts-the-bodges-inside-the-board/)

A Programming Language To Express Programming Frustration
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/a-programming-language-to-express-programming-frustration/

Programming can be a frustrating endeavor. Certainly we’ve all had moments, such as forgetting punctuation in C or messing up whitespace in Python. Even worse, an altogether familiar experience is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/a-programming-language-to-express-programming-frustration/)

A Slim 7400 Logic VGA Board For All Your Retro Needs
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/a-slim-7400-logic-vga-board-for-all-your-retro-needs/

Over the years we’ve seen a number of hackers generate VGA with 74xx logic chips, but they’ve generally not been the most practical of builds. Often put together as part …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/14/a-slim-7400-logic-vga-board-for-all-your-retro-needs/)

Google’s T-Rex Game Ported To The ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/googles-t-rex-game-ported-to-the-esp32/

Most Chrome users will have come across a neat little Easter egg when their Internet connection has gone down – a game known as “T-Rex” where a dinosaur must be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/googles-t-rex-game-ported-to-the-esp32/)

You Can Always Use An ATtiny Instead Of A 555
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/you-can-always-use-an-attiny-instead-of-a-555/

It’s a constant of writing for Hackaday, that whenever a project appears using a 555 timer, someone will say “You could have used a microcontroller to do that!”. It’s something …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/you-can-always-use-an-attiny-instead-of-a-555/)

The Seductive Pull Of An Obsolete Home Movie Format
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/the-seductive-pull-of-an-obsolete-home-movie-format/

It’s dangerous for a hardware hacker to go into a second-hand store. I was looking for a bed frame for my new apartment, but of course I spent an age …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/15/the-seductive-pull-of-an-obsolete-home-movie-format/)