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Soldered RAM is becoming very common in laptops of all shapes and sizes -- but is that a good thing?

Introduction I can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened, but there was a time, between 2018 and 2020, when LED cubes were a bit of thing in the world of hobby electronics. On Twitter, I followed day-by-day the journey of kbob (aka Bob Miller) as he tried to come up with the best possible 3D printed solution. The end result was amazing. He also wrote a blog post with a history of LED cubes as well as some implementation details. At the Hackaday Superconference 2019, Greg Davill took things t...

ButterStick ECP5 FPGA-based development board 1:21 pm The ButterStick is an ECP5 FPGA-based development board from Greg Davill (also the creator of the Orange Crab). Building from the previously released OrangeCrab, the ButterStick’s primary focus is exposing lots of fast I/O pins. To achieve this goal, the board makes use of the SYZYGY peripheral connector standard. It also features high-speed USB and gigabit Ethernet for high-speed input/output to a computer. Additionally, there is up to 1G...