Embedded systems & DIY electronics Videos Recommended on Hacker News (92)
Embedded systems & DIY electronics is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 92 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 208 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Embedded and maker electronics: microcontrollers, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, firmware, home automation, hardware hacking, hobby projects, cheap chips, sensors.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on 8-bit computer update: “I think I learned more from Ben Eater’s “Building an 8-bit breadboard computer” series [0] than my intro to computer architecture course at universit…” — an HN commenter, 2022.
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12 mo on HN8-bit computer update
12 mo on HNReverse emulating the NES to give it SUPER POWERS!
11 mo on HN“Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1
8 mo on HNShenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED
8 mo on HN"Programming a 144-computer chip to minimize power" - Chuck Moore (2013)
7 mo on HNThe world's worst video card?
6 mo on HNHow does a USB keyboard work?
4 mo on HNBrick Assembly
4 mo on HN"Z2" - Upgraded Homemade Silicon Chips
4 mo on HNE-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
4 mo on HNC++ Exceptions for Smaller Firmware - Khalil Estell - CppCon 2024
4 mo on HNBuilding a 6800 CPU on an FPGA with nMigen (part 1)
3 mo on HNHead Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
4 mo on HNThe Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
3 mo on HNMy old BBC Micro system
3 mo on HNI BOUGHT A WHOLE CHURCH ORGAN - Part 1 The Organs Removal
3 mo on HNThe Commodordion
3 mo on HNI made a talking banana
3 mo on HNSega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 years
3 mo on HN電磁祭囃子 in NEO TOKYO 🏮
3 mo on HN(Sponsored) KiCad STM32 + USB + Buck Converter PCB Design and JLCPCB Assembly - Phil's Lab #11
3 mo on HN"Uptime 15,364 days - The Computers of Voyager" by Aaron Cummings
3 mo on HNDesign Your Own Keyboard!
3 mo on HNGrowing Human Neurons on a Home Made Electrode Array
3 mo on HNEEVblog #1132 - The 3 Cent Microcontroller!
3 mo on HNKiCad 6 STM32 PCB Design Full Tutorial - Phil's Lab #65
2 mo on HNPulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT
3 mo on HNThe Art of the Bodge: How I Made The Emoji Keyboard
3 mo on HNDIY mass spectrometer measures potassium in dietary salt substitute
3 mo on HNAn Intro to KiCad – Part 1: How PCBs Are Made | DigiKey
3 mo on HNHomebrew NMOS Transistor Step by Step - So Easy Even Jeri Can Do It
2 mo on HNSensor Fusion on Android Devices: A Revolution in Motion Processing
2 mo on HNMilitarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes
2 mo on HNEEVblog #555 - 555 Timer Kit
2 mo on HNBuild an electroluminescent glass panel display -- an Apollo DSKY
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