Hardware & electronics

Links about hardware & electronics that Hacker News readers keep rediscovering.

Hall of Fame: 31
Candidates: 90
Types: 8
Median span: 6.8 yrs

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31 items

Open-Source Home Automation

www.home-assistant.io Software & code 14 submissions · 14 people · 10.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-11 Resurfaced 2021-09-15

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Modern Microprocessors – A 90-Minute Guide (2001-2016)

www.lighterra.com Books & learning 14 submissions · 11 people · 14.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-10 Resurfaced 2021-05-02

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Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]

www.youtube.com Audio, video & images 21 submissions · 21 people · 16.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-08 Resurfaced 2022-08-18

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M5 MacBook Pro

www.apple.com Sites & organizations 8 submissions · 7 people · 13.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-10 Resurfaced 2025-10-15

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MicroPython

micropython.org Software & code 9 submissions · 9 people · 11.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2022-06-06

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New Mac Mini

www.apple.com Sites & organizations 6 submissions · 6 people · 10.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-01-17

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iPad Pro

www.apple.com Sites & organizations 13 submissions · 13 people · 11.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-06 Resurfaced 2017-06-05

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Exploring different microcontrollers less than $1

jaycarlson.net Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-04 Resurfaced 2024-04-30

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Linux on an 8-Bit Micro? (2012)

dmitry.gr Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 10.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-04 Resurfaced 2023-10-14

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Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (2016)

eater.net Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-10 Resurfaced 2025-03-31

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System Bus Radio: Transmits AM radio on computers without transmitting hardware

github.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 8.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-04 Resurfaced 2020-12-17

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The “high-level CPU” challenge (2008)

yosefk.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 16.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-08 Resurfaced 2025-08-12

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Myths Programmers Believe about CPU Caches (2018)

software.rajivprab.com Essays & writing 9 submissions · 5 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-06 Resurfaced 2025-10-31

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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2007)

britneyspears.ac Books & learning 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-11 Resurfaced 2025-11-16

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A Mind Is Born (2017)

linusakesson.net Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 8.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-04 Resurfaced 2021-03-19

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How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack

wiki.eth0.nl Books & learning 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-01 Resurfaced 2022-08-19

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Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

flipperzero.one Sites & organizations 7 submissions · 7 people · 4.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2024-01-21

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ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

remarkable.com Sites & organizations 8 submissions · 6 people · 4.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-05 Resurfaced 2024-09-04

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Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)

lcamtuf.coredump.cx Books & learning 5 submissions · 4 people · 13.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-04

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Should I buy ECC memory? (2015)

danluu.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 6 people · 7.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2024-05-08

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Mystery signal from a helicopter

www.windytan.com Research & data 6 submissions · 6 people · 9.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-01 Resurfaced 2023-01-24

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E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

www.noteslate.com Sites & organizations 8 submissions · 7 people · 5.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2015-10 Resurfaced 2015-10-02

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Benjamin Button Reviews the New MacBook Pro

blog.pinboard.in Essays & writing 6 submissions · 5 people · 5.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-10 Resurfaced 2021-10-19

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Reversing Sinclair's amazing 1974 calculator hack - half the ROM of the HP-35

files.righto.com Essays & writing 5 submissions · 5 people · 8.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-09 Resurfaced 2021-09-17

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So you want to build an embedded Linux system?

jaycarlson.net Books & learning 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-08 Resurfaced 2024-08-20

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A home-made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit

sam.zeloof.xyz Essays & writing 6 submissions · 6 people · 3.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-08 Resurfaced 2021-08-22

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Libreboot: Open Letter to the Free Software Community

libreboot.org Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-09 Resurfaced 2021-09-10

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What every programmer should know about solid-state drives

codecapsule.com Books & learning 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-05 Resurfaced 2022-05-23

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JPL Open-Source Rover Project Based on the Rovers on Mars

github.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 5.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-09 Resurfaced 2023-09-22

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My Business Card Runs Linux

www.thirtythreeforty.net Essays & writing 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-06 Resurfaced 2023-06-03

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Lotus 1-2-3 arbitrary resolution

lock.cmpxchg8b.com Essays & writing 5 submissions · 4 people · 3.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-10 Resurfaced 2023-05-09

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Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)

lcamtuf.coredump.cx Books & learning 5 submissions · 4 people · 13.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-04

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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2007)

britneyspears.ac Books & learning 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-11 Resurfaced 2025-11-16

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Myths Programmers Believe about CPU Caches (2018)

software.rajivprab.com Essays & writing 9 submissions · 5 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-06 Resurfaced 2025-10-31

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M5 MacBook Pro

www.apple.com Sites & organizations 8 submissions · 7 people · 13.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-10 Resurfaced 2025-10-15

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The “high-level CPU” challenge (2008)

yosefk.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 16.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-08 Resurfaced 2025-08-12

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Candidates

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Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine

longnow.org Essays & writing 29 submissions · 28 people · 15.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-09-07

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Reverse Engineering for Beginners

beginners.re Books & learning 13 submissions · 12 people · 11.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2016-07-29 archived copy

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Light Phone

www.thelightphone.com Sites & organizations 13 submissions · 13 people · 9.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-08-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Gallery of Processor Cache Effects

igoro.com Books & learning 13 submissions · 12 people · 16.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)

507movements.com Reference 12 submissions · 12 people · 12.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-09-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Wide-Band WebSDR – Shortwave Radio on the Internet

websdr.ewi.utwente.nl Tools, games & demos 16 submissions · 16 people · 13.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-04-20

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1 (2007)

lwn.net Research & data 10 submissions · 10 people · 17.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-01-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Buzzer

en.wikipedia.org Reference 15 submissions · 15 people · 15.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-11-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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What every programmer should know about memory [pdf]

people.freebsd.org Books & learning 15 submissions · 15 people · 10.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-02-05

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Homebrew Cray-1A

www.chrisfenton.com Books & learning 10 submissions · 9 people · 13.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-11-01

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Oxford Electric Bell

en.wikipedia.org Reference 11 submissions · 11 people · 13.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-10-06

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Node-RED: Low-code programming for event-driven applications

nodered.org Software & code 12 submissions · 12 people · 10.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-10-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Why three prongs?

amasci.com Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 14.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-07-08

Needs:5 submissions

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Mechanical Watch

ciechanow.ski Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-12-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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WebSDR: Software-Defined Radio receiver connected to the internet

websdr.org Tools, games & demos 8 submissions · 8 people · 15.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-10-26

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Homemade GPS Receiver (2013)

www.aholme.co.uk Research & data 9 submissions · 5 people · 10.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-12-27

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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What's new in CPUs since the 80s? (2015)

danluu.com Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 7.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-04-20

Needs:5 submissions

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Visual 6502 in JavaScript

visual6502.org Tools, games & demos 9 submissions · 9 people · 9.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-02-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Art of Picking Intel Registers (2003)

www.swansontec.com Books & learning 12 submissions · 4 people · 15.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-02-07

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Ultimate Hacking Keyboard

ultimatehackingkeyboard.com Sites & organizations 4 submissions · 4 people · 7.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-09-28

Needs:5 submissions

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360

randomascii.wordpress.com Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-03-13

Needs:5 submissions

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A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)

www.bloomberg.com Essays & writing 6 submissions · 6 people · 4.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-08-19

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

www.typewritten.org Reference 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-05-12

Needs:5 submissions

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Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-03-06

Needs:5 submissions

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Jacquard by Google

atap.google.com Sites & organizations 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-02-16

Needs:5 submissions

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First Atomic Clock Wristwatch

leapsecond.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 5 people · 12.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-01-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has transistors

www.righto.com Essays & writing 3 submissions · 3 people · 9.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-08-05

Needs:5 submissions

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Running a Unix-like OS on a home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler

fuel.edby.coffee Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-06-28

Needs:5 submissions

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555 timer teardown: inside the world's most popular IC

www.righto.com Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-06-04

Needs:5 submissions

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Cybiko

en.wikipedia.org Reference 7 submissions · 5 people · 14.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-01-07

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Secret colours of the Commodore 64

www.aaronbell.com Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-03-12

Needs:5 submissions

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Popcount CPU instruction

vaibhavsagar.com Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-08-13

Needs:5 submissions

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DB-19: Resurrecting an Obsolete Connector (2016)

www.bigmessowires.com Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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The Old Robots

www.theoldrobots.com Reference 5 submissions · 5 people · 16.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-09-02

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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PlayStation Architecture

www.copetti.org Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-06-03

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Analog TV Station on ESP8266

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-10-04

Needs:5 submissions

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Wokwi – Simulate IoT Projects in the Browser

wokwi.com Tools, games & demos 10 submissions · 8 people · 4.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-01-13

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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An open source, educational, low-cost modern analog computer

the-analog-thing.org Sites & organizations 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-11-19

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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The surprising subtleties of zeroing a register (2012)

randomascii.wordpress.com Essays & writing 6 submissions · 6 people · 8.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-11-04

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Apollo 11 vs. USB-C Chargers (2020)

forrestheller.com Essays & writing 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-12-27

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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