An unavoidable part of old home computer systems and kin like the Commodore PET is that due to the age of their components they will develop issues...

Have you ever felt the urge to make your own private binary format for use in Linux? Perhaps you have looked at creating the smallest possible bina...

Lots of people swear by large-language model (LLM) AIs for writing code. Lots of people swear at them. Still others may be planning to exploit thei...

GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is. However, it isn’t withou...

Once the domain of esoteric scientific and business computing, floating point calculations are now practically everywhere. From video games to larg...

We’ve got a love-hate relationship with discount tool outlet Harbor Freight: we hate that we love it so much. Apparently, [James Clough] is ...

While low-cost professional PCB fabrication has largely supplanted making circuit boards at home, there’s still something to be said for bein...

[Ben Eater]’s breadboard 6502 computer is no stranger to these parts, so it was a bit of a surprise that when [Mark] wrote in asking us if we’d...

If you’re living your life right, you probably know what as MOSFET is. But do you know the MESFET? They are like the faster, uninsulated, Sch...

Bears! Are they scared of massive arcs that rip through the air, making a lot of noise in the process? [Jay] from the Plasma Channel sure hopes so,...