Bending various proprietary devices to our will is a hacker’s rite of passage. When it comes to proprietary wall sockets, we’d often reverse-engineer and emulate their protocol – but you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/reusing-proprietary-wireless-sockets-without-wireless-hacking/)

Reverse-Engineering a Two-Wire LED Strip Protocol
https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/reverse-engineering-a-two-wire-led-strip-protocol/

Although Christmas may be several weeks behind us, various colorful LED contraptions can nowadays be found in our houses at any time of year. [Tim] got his hands on an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/reverse-engineering-a-two-wire-led-strip-protocol/)

Time And Accuracy in Las ATMegas
https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/time-and-accuracy-in-las-atmegas/

Do you ever have to ensure that an exact amount of time passes between two tasks in your microcontroller code? Do you know what’s the difference between precision and accuracy? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/time-and-accuracy-in-las-atmegas/)

Open Hardware 5V UPS Improves On Cheap Powerbank Design
https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/open-hardware-5v-ups-improves-on-cheap-powerbank-design/

Often, we need to power a 5V-craving project of ours on the go. So did [Burgduino], and, unhappy with solutions available, designed their own 5V UPS! It takes a cheap …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/open-hardware-5v-ups-improves-on-cheap-powerbank-design/)

Simple Setup Answers Complex Question on the Physics of Solids
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/simple-setup-answers-complex-question-on-the-physics-of-solids/

Thought experiments can be extremely powerful; after all, pretty much everything that [Einstein] came up with was based on thought experiments. But when a thought experiment turns into a real …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/simple-setup-answers-complex-question-on-the-physics-of-solids/)

Radio Amateurs & Skywatchers Rejoice, Sat Operators Worry: Solar Storm Incoming
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/radio-amateurs-skywatchers-rejoice-sat-operators-worry-solar-storm-incoming/

How do you look back over your life and divide it up? Maybe by decades, cultural moments, or geopolitical events. For radio amateurs with older callsigns there’s a temptation to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/radio-amateurs-skywatchers-rejoice-sat-operators-worry-solar-storm-incoming/)

How The Hunga Tonga Volcano Eruption Was Felt Around The World
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/how-the-hunga-tonga-volcano-eruption-was-felt-around-the-world/

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/how-the-hunga-tonga-volcano-eruption-was-felt-around-the-world/)

Analog Computer Made From LEGO Predicts Tides
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/analog-computer-made-from-lego-predicts-tides/