hardware

A Third World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better" https://lobste.rs/s/zeqgd4 #a11y #culture #hardware
https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/

The worst PDA of all time https://lobste.rs/s/gp6ysn #hardware
https://www.osnews.com/story/145764/the-worst-pda-of-all-time/

Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system https://lobste.rs/s/5pavqs #hardware #historical
http://www.righto.com/2026/07/ibm-604-trigger-tube-module.html

Turning My CASIO F-91W Into a Contactless Payment Device via @yashgarg https://lobste.rs/s/bhzp2z #hardware
https://hackernoon.com/how-i-hacked-and-turned-my-casio-f-91w-into-a-contactless-payment-device

.NET nanoFramework, C# for embedded systems https://lobste.rs/s/dp02mm #dotnet #hardware
https://nanoframework.net/

The Hidden CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers https://lobste.rs/s/ozfe71 #hardware #security
https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers

NightRun, Run a Local LLM on Raspberry Pi bare metal https://lobste.rs/s/zkevkv #hardware #osdev #vibecoding
https://www.hackster.io/news/run-a-local-llm-on-raspberry-pi-s-bare-metal-linux-not-necessary-6c7e3817293f

MSI PRO B850-P WIFI Dasharo v0.9.0 Released https://lobste.rs/s/p6701x #hardware #linux #release
https://blog.3mdeb.com/2026/2026-07-30-msi-pro-b850p-v090-release/

But can your calculator run Linux? https://lobste.rs/s/voozor #hardware #linux
https://raymii.org/s/articles/But_can_your_calculator_run_Linux.html

Rooting the Cadillac Part 1: Lay of the Land https://lobste.rs/s/34m4fl #hardware
https://surrealdev.com/rooting-the-cadillac-part-1-lay-of-the-land/

Can you make a Wii U gamepad from a Raspberry Pi? via @bd103 https://lobste.rs/s/fu3icq #video #hardware #reversing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=si-TUEwC5_M

Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working main camera https://lobste.rs/s/hisxut #hardware #mobile
https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera

VRAM Management Part 2: Beyond the Limits of Physical VRAM https://lobste.rs/s/zrpo4o #hardware #linux
https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/

Dabao Evaluation Board for Baochip-1x https://lobste.rs/s/n2wdnf #hardware
https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao

Fixing a bricked AMD 7040 series Framework 13” laptop with $20 tools https://lobste.rs/s/phisnd #hardware
https://quantum5.ca/2026/08/16/fixing-bricked-amd-7040-series-framework-13-laptop-with-20-tools/

Stratum 1 PTP Grandmaster: CM4 + SR1723U10 (Part 1) https://lobste.rs/s/mekgva #hardware
https://opscode.io/posts/ptp-grandmaster-cm4-sr1723u10/

Pocket Audio Deck: Web Radio and MP3 Player for M5StickS3 https://lobste.rs/s/w9wqgg #hardware #retrocomputing
https://www.hackster.io/norippy/pocket-audio-deck-web-radio-and-mp3-player-for-m5sticks3-3c0ea3

Converting a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device https://lobste.rs/s/klussk #hardware
https://bkovac.github.io/modem-thing/

World-first biological data center packs 16 mn living human neurons https://lobste.rs/s/0bvmeq #hardware
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/world-first-biological-data-center

Comu Fits a 144MHz CH32V203 RISC-V Board Inside a USB-A Port https://lobste.rs/s/3btbfb #hardware
https://linuxgizmos.com/comu-fits-a-144mhz-ch32v203-risc-v-board-inside-a-usb-a-port/

Tiny device hacks Boeing 737, alters flight paths under 60 seconds https://lobste.rs/s/wullln #hardware #security
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/tiny-device-hacks-boeing-737-flight-systems

Alibaba's TSMC-Built 5nm RISC-V Chip, XuanTie C950, Now Runs Qwen-3.8 27B Model Natively, Unlocking Massive Vertical Integration Tailwinds https://lobste.rs/s/5kw58e #hardware
https://wccftech.com/alibabas-tsmc-built-5nm-risc-v-chip-xuantie-c950-now-runs-qwen-3-8-27b-model-natively-unlocking-massive-vertical-integration-tailwinds/

Subnormal floating-point numbers are expensive… on Intel processors https://lobste.rs/s/hv3l4v #hardware #performance
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/15/subnormal-floating-point-numbers-are-expensive-on-intel-processors/

Millions of working #PCs are being trashed because of #software policy, not #hardware failure. What's the best solution? #Endof10 https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/12/software-policies-can-fuel-waste/

On the Capacity, Performance, and Reliability of microSD Cards https://lobste.rs/s/yaoves #hardware
https://www.bahjeez.com/the-great-microsd-card-survey/