Building an Intel 8008 Computer “Clock” (2006)(8008chron.com)

27 points by elvis70 3 years ago | 0 comments

An interactive-speed Linux computer made of only 3 8-pin chips(dmitry.gr)

401 points by dmitrygr 1 year ago | 131 comments

Dmitry Grinberg's project write-up describing a simple-to-build kit computer that runs Linux at interactive speed using only three 8-pin chips.

The Intel 8088 processor's instruction prefetch circuitry: a look inside(righto.com)

178 points by matt_d 2 years ago | 42 comments

Building and programming a 16-bit Intel x86 breadboard computer [video](youtube.com)

40 points by surprisetalk 3 years ago | 11 comments

M8SBC-486 (Homebrew 486 computer)(maniek86.xyz)

106 points by rasz 9 months ago | 8 comments

The microcode and hardware in the 8086 processor that perform string operations(righto.com)

155 points by picture 3 years ago | 94 comments

Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter(bitsnpieces.dev)

1227 points by random_moonwalk 11 months ago | 205 comments

Blog post by Alastair Roberts describing a homemade, kid-friendly synthesizer with colorful knobs and a small display that he built for his daughter.

I built a drone with only one motor [video](youtube.com)

624 points by hakonjdjohnsen 7 days ago | 139 comments

YouTube video by Joshua Bird showing how he built and flew a drone that uses only a single motor.

Show HN: I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display(benholmen.com)

1056 points by benholmen 1 year ago | 135 comments

Blog post by Ben Holmen describing his six-year project building Kilopixel, a 1000-pixel wooden mechanical display that anyone online can draw on.

Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws(scimigo.com)

27 points by davidwshao 22 days ago | 10 comments

First lesson of SciMigo's Build with Python course, a browser-based beginner Python course using Pyodide where code draws pictures on a canvas.

CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”(aaedmusa.com)

443 points by hakonjdjohnsen 5 months ago | 54 comments

Aaed Musa's project page for CARA 2.0, a homemade quadruped robot dog that uses rope-based capstan speed reducers.

How to learn chess as an adult (2021)(alexcrompton.com)

492 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 255 comments

Personal blog post by Alex Crompton describing how he learned chess as an adult, improving from 300 to 1500 Elo in nine months.