The bucket brigade device: An analog shift register(10maurycy10.github.io)

64 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 26 comments

Making a rickroll laser: A parametric speaker(10maurycy10.github.io)

179 points by pabs3 2 years ago | 49 comments

Making glow-in-the-dark Strontium Aluminate(maurycyz.com)

80 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 31 comments

The physics of airplane flight(10maurycy10.github.io)

148 points by luu 2 years ago | 151 comments

Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller(maurycyz.com)

227 points by zdw 5 months ago | 19 comments

Modifying a radiation meter for (radioactive) rock collecting(maurycyz.com)

58 points by 8organicbits 1 year ago | 1 comments

Radios, how do they work?(lcamtuf.substack.com)

613 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 101 comments

A blog post by lcamtuf giving a brief introduction to antennas, superheterodyne receivers, and signal modulation schemes for hobbyists.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

700 points by razin 4 months ago | 118 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog article explaining how a mechanical watch mechanism works, with draggable 3D demonstrations.

Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar(hforsten.com)

402 points by henrikf 2 years ago | 106 comments

Blog post describing the design and construction of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar, comparing FMCW and pulse radar architectures.

Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021)(digilent.com)

430 points by mtm 2 years ago | 142 comments

Digilent blog post explaining why resistors, capacitors and other components come in values like 47k and 22µF, based on preferred number E-series.

Your MCU likely escaped the eMudhra intermediate CA compromise(danielmangum.com)

47 points by hasheddan 5 days ago | 28 comments

Blog post explaining why microcontroller-based IoT devices are likely unaffected by the eMudhra intermediate CA private key compromise, due to minimal pinned root CA bundles.

Anatomy of a credit card rewards program(bitsaboutmoney.com)

1220 points by disgruntledphd2 2 years ago | 705 comments

A Bits about Money essay by Patrick McKenzie (patio11) explaining how credit card rewards programs work and are funded.