Pi 5 Becomes ALSA-Compatible TOSLINK Sound Card
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/pi-5-becomes-alsa-compatible-sound-card-complete-with-toslink/

This is one of those hacks that makes you stop in your tracks and say, “wait, you can do that!?” — before realizing, oh, yes, of course you can do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/pi-5-becomes-alsa-compatible-sound-card-complete-with-toslink/)

An Analog Synth For The Modern World
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/an-analog-synth-for-the-modern-world/

We cover so many projects here at Hackaday that lead the author down a rabbit hole of technological investigation that distracts us from the task of bringing them to you. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/an-analog-synth-for-the-modern-world/)

IBM Home Director: Home Automation in 1996
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/ibm-home-director-home-automation-in-1996/

Back in the 1990s IBM had a pretty sizeable presence in the PC market, including its rather spiffy Aptiva series of PCs. Naturally their PCs had to feature heavily in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/ibm-home-director-home-automation-in-1996/)

C64 Finally Gets the SRAM Corporate Wouldn’t Pay For
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/c64-finally-gets-the-sram-corporate-wouldnt-pay-for/

If you think RAM is expensive now, try putting yourselves in the shoes of a Commodore engineer, circa 1981. RAM was eye-wateringly expensive by modern standards, and Jack Tramiel wanted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/c64-finally-gets-the-sram-corporate-wouldnt-pay-for/)

Die Casting Comes Home
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/die-casting-comes-home/

You don’t normally think of die casting as something to do at home. Pressurized fluids demand respect at all times, which is perhaps in part why we see most projects …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/die-casting-comes-home/)

Fixing a Dodgy Cheap Audio DAC
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/fixing-a-dodgy-cheap-audio-dac/

One of the attractions of buying at the bottom end of the electronics market by mail order from China is that you never quite know what will come your way. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/fixing-a-dodgy-cheap-audio-dac/)

A Brief History of the Crazy Old 7-Segment Display
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/a-brief-history-of-the-crazy-old-7-segment-display/