Tiny Tapeout is a way for students, hobbyists, and home gamers to get their own ASICs designs fabbed into real custom chips. Tiny Tapeout 3 was the third running, with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/analog-asic-design-built-using-digital-standard-cells/)

Horrendous Mess of Wires
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/horrendous-mess-of-wires/

When do you post your projects? When they’re done? When they’re to the basic prototype stage? Or all along the way, from their very conception? All of these have their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/horrendous-mess-of-wires/)

Simple Add-On Makes Cheap Plasma Cutter Suitable for CNC Use
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/simple-add-on-makes-cheap-plasma-cutter-suitable-for-cnc-use/

Plasma cutters are ridiculously cheap these days, just cruise by the usual online sources or your local Harbor Freight if you’ve got any doubt about that. But “cheap” and “good” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/simple-add-on-makes-cheap-plasma-cutter-suitable-for-cnc-use/)

A 1970s Mask ROM Microcontroller Spills Its Secrets
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/a-1970s-mask-rom-microcontroller-spills-its-secrets/

If you buy any kind of electronic gadget today, chances are it’s powered by a microcontroller with a program stored in its internal flash ROM. That program’s code is often …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/a-1970s-mask-rom-microcontroller-spills-its-secrets/)

CNC Soldering Bot Handles Your Headers
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/cnc-soldering-bot-handles-your-headers/

Soldering pin headers by hand is a tedious task, especially when your project has a huge number of them. [iforce2d] has a large number of boards with a lot of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/cnc-soldering-bot-handles-your-headers/)

Micro Robot Disregards Gears, Embraces Explosions
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/micro-robot-disregards-gears-embraces-explosions/

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a tiny, proof of concept robot that moves its four limbs by rapidly igniting a combination of methane and oxygen inside flexible joints. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/micro-robot-disregards-gears-embraces-explosions/)

The Magic Of A Diode Sampler To Increase Oscilloscope Bandwidth
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/the-magic-of-a-diode-sampler-to-increase-oscilloscope-bandwidth/

Making an oscilloscope is relatively easy, while making a very fast oscilloscope is hard. There’s a trick that converts a mundane instrument into a very fast one, it’s been around …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/30/the-magic-of-a-diode-sampler-to-increase-oscilloscope-bandwidth/)

A Spinning Egg For Your Thoughts?
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/01/a-spinning-egg-for-your-thoughts/