Reverse-Engineering the Intel 8087 Stack Circuitry Although something that’s taken for granted these days, the ability to perform floating-point operations in hardware was, for the longest time, something reserved for people with big wallets. This began …read more #hacking #projects image
Improving the Cloud Chamber Want to visualize radioactive particles? You don’t need a boatload of lab equipment. Just a cloud chamber. And [Curious Scientist] is showing off an improved miniature cloud chamber that is easy …read more #hacking #projects image
915 MHz Forecast: Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station There are a lot of options for local weather stations; most of them, however, are sensors tied to a base station, often requiring an internet connection to access all features. …read more #hacking #projects image
Cheap 3D Printer Becomes CNC Wood Engraver 3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion platforms, and can be readily repurposed to other tasks. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s …read more #hacking #projects image
Decapsulating a PIC12F683 to Examine Its CMOS Implementation In a recent video, [Andrew Zonenberg] takes us through the process of decapsulating a PIC12F683 to take a peak at its CMOS implementation. This is a multipart series with five …read more #hacking #projects image