One reason the x86 PC became the dominant game platform in the early 1990s was the availability of affordable sound cards like the AdLib and Sound Blaster. These provided a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/07/recreating-the-sounds-of-the-90s-with-a-ym3812-synthesizer/)

A Wheatstone Bridge Matches Your Pots
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/07/a-wheatstone-bridge-matches-your-pots/

Sometimes the simplest hacks can be the most useful or ingenious, and such is the case with [Keri Szafir]’s method of ensuring that potentiometers used in audio devices are matched. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/07/a-wheatstone-bridge-matches-your-pots/)

An Affordable And Programmable PLC
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/an-affordable-and-programmable-plc/

We’re all used to general purpose microcontroller boards such as the Arduino or its many imitators, but perhaps we don’t see as much of their industrial cousins. A programmable logic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/an-affordable-and-programmable-plc/)

Audio Amp Puts VFDs to Work in an Unusual Way
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/audio-amp-puts-vfds-to-work-in-an-unusual-way/

It’s safe to say that most projects that feature a VFD emphasize the “D” aspect more than anything. Vacuum fluorescent displays are solid performers, after all, with their cool blue-green …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/audio-amp-puts-vfds-to-work-in-an-unusual-way/)

Singapore Branches Out Into Internet of Trees
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/singapore-branches-out-into-internet-of-trees/

Five years ago, a 38-year-old woman was enjoying an outdoor concert with her family with one of her twin infants in her arms. In the week prior, it had been …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/singapore-branches-out-into-internet-of-trees/)

A Very Tidy ATX Bench PSU
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/a-very-tidy-atx-bench-psu/

If there’s one thing that for decades of desktop PCs have given us, it’s a seemingly endless supply of relatively capable power supplies. If you need 5 volts or 12 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/a-very-tidy-atx-bench-psu/)

Build a Better Mousetrap… But It Better be Better!
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/build-a-better-mousetrap-but-it-better-be-better/

As creative problem solvers, we like to “think outside the box,” and we should strive for that. But what happens if your strange idea isn’t kept in check by cooler …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/build-a-better-mousetrap-but-it-better-be-better/)

The Robots Of Fukushima: Going Where No Human Has Gone Before (And Lived)
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/the-robots-of-fukushima-going-where-no-human-has-gone-before-and-lived/