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Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 video decoder support lands in mainline Linux: Collabora has announced that support for the VDPU381 and VDPU383 video decoder IP cores used in Rockchip’s RK3588 and RK3576 SoCs has been merged into the upstream Linux kernel. Th… ift.tt/P0KDHmh
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ESP32-P4-PC board from Olimex offers HDMI and MIPI support: The ESP32-P4-PC is an embedded development board based on Espressif’s ESP32-P4 RISC-V processor. Developed by Olimex and measuring 90 x 60 mm, the board provides HDMI output, MIPI CSI and DSI in… ift.tt/DFNaSRK
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Hackaday Links: March 1, 2026:
We’ll start this week off with a bit of controversy from Linux Land. Anyone who’s ever used the sudo command knows that you don’t see any kind of visual feedback while entering your password. This was intended as a securi… ift.tt/GzsW6M4
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Turning a Cast-Iron Radiator into a Water-Cooled PC:
Bottom of the cast-iron radiator gaming PC during plumbing. (Credit: Billet Labs, YouTube)
Water-cooled PCs generally have in common that there’s a radiator somewhere in the loop, yet nobody said th… ift.tt/OKcnFsT
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Fish Drives Tank:
Fish are popular animals to keep as pets, and for good reason. They’re relatively low maintenance, relaxing to watch, and have a high aesthetic appeal. But for all their upsides, they aren’t quite as companionable as a dog or a cat. A… ift.tt/qz4WDaX
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The Long Afterlife Of The Console Modchip:
For a late-1990s engineer with good soldering skills, many a free pint of beer could be earned by installing modchips on the game consoles of the day. Modchips were usually a small microcontroller connected wi… ift.tt/fuJV6nh
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CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review – Part 3: Ubuntu 25.10 on a mid-range AMD Ryzen 5 6600H laptop:
We’ve already checked CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 hardware in the first part of the review, before testing the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H laptop with Windows 11 Pro… ift.tt/8guK1Zd
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Color Mixing Spray Paint On The Fly:
One of the problems with being a graffiti artist is that you have to carry around a different spray can for each color you intend to use. [Sandesh Manik] decided to solve this problem by building a rig that can prod… ift.tt/4cbmI9H
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Computer Terminal Replica Inspired By 70s Hardware:
Not so long ago, most computer users didn’t own their own machines. Instead, they shared time on mainframes or servers, interacting with this new technology through remote terminals. While the rise of… ift.tt/wxfbHpg
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Vend-o-Vision: Trading Quarters for Watching TV in Public:
The timer mechanism of the Vend-o-Vision. (Credit: SpaceTime Junction, YouTube)
There was a time before portable TVs and personal media players when the idea of putting coin-operated TVs every… ift.tt/YgChkV6
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LILYGO Unveils RISC-V ESP32-P4 T-Halow Board and ESP32-S3 E-Paper S3 Pro Lite: LILYGO has released two new ESP32-based products: the T-Halow P4, a compact development board built around Espressif’s ESP32-P4 RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi HaLow support,… ift.tt/iq5kNr9
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This LED Strip Clock Aims to Make Your Next One Easier, Too:
At first glance, it may look like [Rybitski]’s 7-segment RGB LED clock is something that’s been done before, but look past the beautiful mounting. It’s not just stylishly framed; the back end… ift.tt/yaR9O6B
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Have you ever used a Tick Stick?:
Picture this: you have an irregular opening you need to fabricate a piece to fill. Maybe it’s the stonework of a fireplace; maybe it’s the curved bulkhead of a ship. How do you get that shape? The most “Hackaday” answe… ift.tt/lykmZJa
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Running a Desktop PC off AA Alkaline Cells:
Everyone is probably familiar with the concept of battery-powered devices, but generally, this involves a laptop with a beefy battery pack and hardware optimized for low power draw. You could also do the comp… ift.tt/Iorpm54
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The Only Snail You Want In Your Garden Is a Seed-Starting Hack:
As temperatures warm up in the Northern Hemisphere, one’s mind naturally turns to the outdoors and the garden — even if some of our gardens are still snow-covered. One secret to good garde… ift.tt/avVq8rb
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The Joys of 3D Printing:
Al and I were talking on the podcast today about a sweet 3D printed wide-format camera build, and we got to musing on why we 3D-print.
For Al, it’s an opportunity to experiment with 3D printing itself: tweaking his machines to… ift.tt/ScpBFzm
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3D Print This MRI Safe Torque Wrench If You’re Rich:
MRI machines come with a variety of safety warnings. Perhaps most importantly, you have to be very careful not to take ferrous metal objects anywhere near them, since strong magnetic fields can send … ift.tt/phj13Tr
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NaCl Casting Technique Really Earns Its Salt:
Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum and bronze. Which led to [Robinson Foundry] asking the question: can you cast sal… ift.tt/1e6pJdS
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Evolved Nerf RC Tank Now Leaves Welts:
[Joshua Clay] recently unveiled his newest RC Nerf Dart Robot and talks through his design choices, pointing out that in his aim to have it launch darts fast and hard he may have somewhat overshot the mark. He fou… ift.tt/baexFgA
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