There are a lot of single board computers on the market these days, so you can be forgiven if you missed the LuckFox Lyra. Its main claim to fame seems …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/does-your-terminal-speak-morse-this-one-does/)

A High-Vacuum Controller for an Eventual Electron Microscope
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/a-high-vacuum-controller-for-an-eventual-electron-microscope/

[Chris Doble] has high ambitions: he’s making his own scanning-electron microscope, and as the first step he’s built a high-vacuum system. This required its own controller to manage the various …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/a-high-vacuum-controller-for-an-eventual-electron-microscope/)

Turning an Old 3D Printer Into a Vinyl Cutter for Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/turning-an-old-3d-printer-into-a-vinyl-cutter-for-cheap/

Replacing a 3D printer’s extruder with a cutting blade seems like an easy way to do things like vinyl cutting, but you cannot just put on any blade and expect …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/turning-an-old-3d-printer-into-a-vinyl-cutter-for-cheap/)

A Diffraction Grating Makes This Clock Readable
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/a-diffraction-grating-makes-this-clock-readable/

We’ve seen just about every possible way to make a clock here at Hackaday over the years. So it’s rare to have a first, but here we are with [Twisted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/a-diffraction-grating-makes-this-clock-readable/)

Game Dodecahedron Runs AArch64 Assembly
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/game-dodecahedron-runs-aarch64-assembly/

Operating systems are great things to have for general purpose computing, but sometimes they can just get in the way. There’s RAM overhead and processor cycles required for all that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/game-dodecahedron-runs-aarch64-assembly/)

But Just What is This ‘Artificial Intelligence’?
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/but-just-what-is-this-artificial-intelligence/

In the world of buzzwords, the acronym ‘AI’ has absolutely been the buzziest of buzzing buzzwords for at least a few years now. Where previously terms like ‘smart’ and ‘intelligent’ …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/but-just-what-is-this-artificial-intelligence/)

Hydraulic Drive For Your Lawn Tractor
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/hydraulic-drive-for-your-lawn-tractor/

Most larger ride-around landscaping machinery has a similar transmission, a transaxle containing a gearbox, or in some cases, a continuously variable drive. [Made In Garage] has a Toro lawn tractor …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/hydraulic-drive-for-your-lawn-tractor/)