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 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
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"Uptime 15,364 days - The Computers of Voyager" by Aaron Cummings
3 mo on HNDesign Your Own Keyboard!
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 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
2 mo on HNHow I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million
2 mo on HNDIY haptic input knob: BLDC motor + round LCD
2 mo on HNInternet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
2 mo on HNA simple guide to electronic components.
2 mo on HNMy personal fight against the modern laptop
2 mo on HNRopecon 2019: Essi Santala, Sampo Juustila: Odysseus – Where Code Meets Light and Sound
2 mo on HNScavenging rechargeable lithium cells from the roadside
2 mo on HN