Reverse Engineering an Oil Burner Comms Board, with a Few Lucky Breaks
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/reverse-engineering-an-oil-burner-comms-board-with-a-few-lucky-breaks/

Here’s a question for you: How do you reverse engineer a circuit when you don’t even have it in hand? It’s an interesting problem, and it adds a level of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/reverse-engineering-an-oil-burner-comms-board-with-a-few-lucky-breaks/)

A 4-Player Arcade Hidden Inside a Coffee Table
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/a-4-player-arcade-hidden-inside-a-coffee-table/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbrYhASx1n4
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/coffeetable_arcade_4up.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/coffeetable_arcade_4up.png?w=800">[Ed] from 50% Awesome on YouTube wanted to build a retro gaming system with a decent screen size, but doesn’t have a great deal of space to site it in, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/a-4-player-arcade-hidden-inside-a-coffee-table/)

Laser Projector Built from an Old Hard Drive
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/laser-projector-built-from-an-old-hard-drive/

Spinning hard drives are being phased out of most consumer-grade computers in favor of faster technology like solid-state drives and their various interfaces. But there’s still millions of them in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/laser-projector-built-from-an-old-hard-drive/)

Tricorder Tutorial isn’t Just for Starfleet Cadets
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/tricorder-tutorial-isnt-just-for-starfleet-cadets/

For many of us, the most difficult aspect of a project comes when it’s time to document the thing. Did you take enough pictures? Did you remember all the little …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/tricorder-tutorial-isnt-just-for-starfleet-cadets/)

This Week in Security: TPM and BootGuard, Drones, and Coverups
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/this-week-in-security-tpm-and-bootguard-drones-and-coverups/

Full disk encryption is the go-to solution for hardening a laptop against the worst-case scenario of physical access. One way that encryption can be managed is through a Trusted Platform …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/this-week-in-security-tpm-and-bootguard-drones-and-coverups/)

Op-Amp Challenge: Interactive Analog LED Wave Array
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/op-amp-challenge-interactive-analog-led-wave-array/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21_mKkDrlQw
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Interactive-analog-LED-wave-array-featured.gif?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Interactive-analog-LED-wave-array-featured.gif?w=800">A while back, [Chris Lu] was studying how analog circuits, specifically op-amps can be used to perform mathematical operations and wondered if they could be persuaded to solve differential equations, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/op-amp-challenge-interactive-analog-led-wave-array/)

Hackaday Podcast 218: Open Source AI, The Rescue of Salyut 7, The Homework Machine
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/12/hackaday-podcast-218-open-source-ai-the-rescue-of-salyut-7-the-homework-machine/