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The most popular blog posts about hardware & electronics on Hacker News. 58 posts.
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Why Developers don't rush to create apps on new hardware/platforms.
A common fallacy is assuming that any new platform in an exciting market — recently, smartphones and tablet computers — will be flooded with developers as soon as it’s released, as if developers are just waiting outside the gates, hungrily waiting to storm in.
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Using Python to Encode Cassette Recordings for my Superboard II
See Part 3 to see real-time audio encoding/decoding used in conjunction with telnet.
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10.1 inch Notion Ink Tablet - $375
Hello Everyone! The most awaited day has finally arrived! It took some time, but now when as we look back, it seems more than worth it. This is a rather detailed post and I will try to answe…
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A Homebrew 8-Bit Computer
Sadly, I was born a couple years too late to grow up with an 8-bit home computer. (though I did use Apple IIs in elementary school.) In an attempt to compensate, and relive a childhood I never had, I've decided to design and build my own 8-bit home computer.
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Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you
One question that I have been asked frequently is “do laptop batteries fade faster if they are continuously plugged in?” A reader asked thi...
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DIY: Cheap, ultra low-power radios that communicate over thousands of miles
QRSS is a term used in ham radio to mean "very slow speed morse code". QRPp means "using a very low power radio transmitter". What happens when you combine
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Hacker builds working 1/10th scale Cray 1
No hackerspace is complete without it's own rockin' supercomputer - and when a Gibson isn't available, a Cray-1 will have to do. My 1/10-scale,
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14 Megapixel, Six Monitor Ubuntu Karmic Setup
I recently took the opportunity to reboot several pieces of my technology stack. The coolest perhaps is my new 6-monitor machine running Ubuntu Karmic. It is nontrivial to be comfortable that everything (CPU, GPUs, monitors, OS) will play nice together so I’ll detail exactly what I did so that others can repeat it…
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Space Shuttle computer has 1MB of RAM
NASA's space shuttle was controlled by a computer running on only 1 megabyte of RAM. The hardware was over 30 years old during its last flight.
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Marco Arment: The new MacBook Air
The new MacBook Air was released today, and it’s a hell of an upgrade. It got much better and it’s at an extremely compelling price.
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Oh look, an iPad
This morning, Apple updated the MacBook Pro line with new internal components, including new processors, new graphics chips, a higher-resolution screen option on the 15” (finally), and bigger batteries.
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A true single-sided circuit board.
In electronics, it is common to talk about single sided circuit boards. The most common type is a circuit board that only has printed wiring on one side, and components on the other side. There are also surface-mount boards, where all the wiring and components sit on one side. But aren’t all of those really just…
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BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries
Manufacturers take a conservative approach and specify the life of Li-ion in most consumer products as being between 300 and 500 discharge/charge cycles.…