These days wireless microcontrollers featuring built-in WiFi and Bluetooth are all the rage, with Espressif’s range of ESP32 MCUs being the default option for commercial and hobbyist projects alike. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/qualcomms-new-qcc74x-appears-to-target-the-esp32-mcus/)

CGA As You Have Never Seen It Before
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/cga-as-you-have-never-seen-it-before/

An old-style graphics system as found on many 8-bit computers and on early PC graphics cards drew its characters by retrieving their bitmaps from a ROM. With a little sideways …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/cga-as-you-have-never-seen-it-before/)

NFC Record Player Promotes Intentional Listening
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/nfc-record-player-promotes-intentional-listening/

Streaming services have enabled many of us to have easy access to the world’s media library at the touch of a screen, but [Coconauts] thinks we’ve lost something along the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/nfc-record-player-promotes-intentional-listening/)

Hackaday Links: May 17, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/hackaday-links-may-17-2026/

To start things off, we’d like to extend a special thanks to everyone who joined us for Hackaday Europe this weekend in Lecco, Italy. It was 48 hours of fascinating …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/hackaday-links-may-17-2026/)

Turning a Junk Laptop Screen Into a Portable Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/turning-a-junk-laptop-screen-into-a-portable-monitor/

Sure, you can buy a portable monitor off your favorite e-tailer, but with perfectly fine displays in devices like laptops being tossed out every single day, why not repurpose those …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/turning-a-junk-laptop-screen-into-a-portable-monitor/)

A Status Screen For Bambu Labs Printers
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/a-status-screen-for-bambu-labs-printers/

If you’ve got a Bambu Labs printer, it’s usually pretty straightforward to keep an eye on it via the onboard display or the various apps the company has released. However, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/a-status-screen-for-bambu-labs-printers/)

Building a Working Replica of the Chernobyl Power Plant’s SKALA Display
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/building-a-working-replica-of-the-chernobyl-power-plants-skala-display/

In a recent video by the [Chornobyl Family] it’s shown how they made the SKALA status display which was featured at the recent 40-year memorial exhibition of the Chornobyl Nuclear …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/building-a-working-replica-of-the-chernobyl-power-plants-skala-display/)

Running a VPN Gateway on an ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/running-a-vpn-gateway-on-an-esp32/