Hackaday
Nixie Gear Indicator Shines Bright
Published: January 20, 2026, 9:00 pm
When you’re driving a car with a stickshift, it’s pretty easy to keep track of which gear you’re in. That can be a little bit more difficult on something like …read more
The Windows Interface You Didn’t Like, For Linux
Published: January 20, 2026, 7:30 pm
If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, there’s a reasonable chance that Windows 8’s Metro start …read more
What Isaac Roberts Saw Without a Space Telescope
Published: January 20, 2026, 6:00 pm
Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, …read more
Adafruit Blog
Orbigator – an analog orbit propagator
Published: January 20, 2026, 9:48 pm
Orbigator is an open‑source mechanical model that physically demonstrates how a satellite orbits the Earth. It uses a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 running MicroPython and precision DYNAMIXEL servo motors to move a pointer around a real globe, tracking a satellite’s ground track in real-time. The system computes complex orbital mechanics—including Kepler’s laws and J2 perturbation […]
The pedal for the Roland SP-404 MK2 has gotten even better
Published: January 20, 2026, 8:32 pm
Romain Dereu has released a free upgrade for the Romagnetics FS-404 MIDI pedal, a MIDI companion to the Roland SP-404 MK2, which can trigger samples and other commands using the switch and the selector. A user of the pedal contacted me and asked me to add new functionalities in order to toggle between the pads […]
A cyberdeck/portable computer inspired by the Alien universe
Published: January 20, 2026, 8:09 pm
Jeff Merrick has built the PS-85, a rugged barebones slate-style portable computer inspired by the Alien universe. Before I built the PX-88, I tried to modify the awesome Penkesu by Penk Chen to fit a hot-swap keyboard PCB. While I was somewhat successful, I wasn’t happy with the result and it lost the charm of the original. After […]
Electronics Weekly
Precision resistors achieve tolerances down to ±0.01%
Published: January 20, 2026, 4:31 pm
Rhopoint Components, the specialist distributor, has announced the availability of Exxelia Ohmcraft high‑stability precision resistors. Using proprietary Micropen thick‑film technology, these resistors achieve tolerances down to ±0.01%. And there are ...
AI is increasing data leaks
Published: January 20, 2026, 1:55 pm
.According to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, published by the World Economic Forum on January 12, data leaks through generative AI have become the leading cybersecurity concern related to artificial ...
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