We’re no stranger to homemade CPUs on these pages, but we think that [Jiri Stepanovsky]’s 16-bit serial CPU might be a little special. Why? It has an astonishingly low chip …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/only-8-chips-make-a-cpu/)
Hackaday Links: August 20, 2023
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/hackaday-links-august-20-2023/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/hackaday-links-august-20-2023/
In some ways, we’ve become a little jaded when it comes to news from Mars, which almost always has to do with the Ingenuity helicopter completing yet another successful flight. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/hackaday-links-august-20-2023/)
Tiny Spheres Hiding in Your Display
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/tiny-spheres-hiding-in-your-display/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/tiny-spheres-hiding-in-your-display/
Liquid crystal and Organic LED displays have revolutionized portable computing. They’re also made of glass. Which presents a problem: How do we get electrical signals from fiberglass circuit boards to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/tiny-spheres-hiding-in-your-display/)
2023 Hackaday Prize: A Reusable Plant Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/2023-hackaday-prize-a-reusable-plant-monitor/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/2023-hackaday-prize-a-reusable-plant-monitor/
[Ovidiu] cares for their house plants, trying to dial in the perfect soil humidity and light levels. However, many cheap monitors tend to rust after a few weeks of sitting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/20/2023-hackaday-prize-a-reusable-plant-monitor/)
Building a Hydraulic Lego Excavator Using Standard Pneumatic Cylinders
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/building-a-hydraulic-lego-excavator-using-standard-pneumatic-cylinders/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/building-a-hydraulic-lego-excavator-using-standard-pneumatic-cylinders/
Everyone already knows that Lego Technic is pretty rad when it comes to existing, pre-made kits, but there’s also quite a bit of hacking potential left. One such area is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/building-a-hydraulic-lego-excavator-using-standard-pneumatic-cylinders/)
Adding MMIO RAM On The RP2040
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/adding-mmio-ram-on-the-rp2040/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/adding-mmio-ram-on-the-rp2040/
[Dmitry Grinberg] is an adept tinkerer who wanted a much larger RAM space on his Raspberry Pi 2040 (RP2040) than the measly 264kb on-board SRAM. The chip does support 16MB …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/adding-mmio-ram-on-the-rp2040/)
The Clathrate Gun Hypothesis: Unearthing Puzzles of Warming Events Past
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/the-clathrate-gun-hypothesis-unearthing-puzzles-of-warming-events-past/
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/the-clathrate-gun-hypothesis-unearthing-puzzles-of-warming-events-past/
As the Earth continues to warm at a worrying rate, scientists continue to work to understand the processes and mechanisms at play. Amidst the myriad of climate-related theories and discussions, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/the-clathrate-gun-hypothesis-unearthing-puzzles-of-warming-events-past/)