1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (230+ words) Hackaday As useful as USB-to-M.2 SSD adapters are, sometimes you come across a bit of a dud A case in point is the Orico-branded TCM2-C3 that features both an attractive clear case and in its earlier revisions a JMicron controller-based circuit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (226+ words) Hackaday Game companies might not like physical media much anymore, but gamers sure do There’s nothing like pawing over your collection to find what to play, and inserting a cartridge with a satisfying click before sitting down to an…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (35+ words) Sometimes you see a project and immediately, before going into the details, your mind throws up the old refrain: "coulda used a 555" -- well, [Hulk] actually agrees when it comes to his ESP32-based, 3......

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (229+ words) Hackaday With Nintendo’s 3DS experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, prices for functioning systems have shot through the roof Getting a busted one with a broken screen is a lot cheaper, but then you run into the eye-watering price…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (38+ words) Many older hackers will have at some point gotten rid of an old piece of hardware that they later ended up regretting. All those ISA cards were next to useless back in 2006, but now their relative rar......

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) Hackaday Between the speed and reliability of modern desktop 3D printers and the abundance of powerful single-board computers, there’s never been a better time to build a personal computing device that bucks traditional forms for something more bespoke Whether you…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (35+ words) Recently [Bits und Bolts] found himself in a bit of a pickle, when on boot his PC would complain about a connected USB device drawing too much power, before shutting down again. After unplugging vario......

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (31+ words) With the PCB fabrication services available to the modern hobbyist, it's become increasingly common to see replacement boards designed for all sorts of devices. Even so, it's sometimes still a little......

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (29+ words) In between playing Doom on the most ergonomically challenged devices, [Aaron Christophel] likes to take a relaxing break with reverse-engineering Xiaomi Mi Band fitness trackers and writing custom fi......

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (34+ words) If you need to store some data on a resource-constrained embedded platform, the prospect of dragging in a dependency for something like FAT filesystem access to flash or other storage medium can seem......