Hacker News with Generative AI: Hardware

Berkeley Humanoid Lite – Open-source robot (berkeley-humanoid.org)
Despite significant interest and advancements in humanoid robotics, most existing commercially available hardware remains high-cost, closed-source, and non-transparent within the robotics community.
Robotics, Open Source, Hardware, Humanoid Robots
59 points by ratsbane 3 hours ago | 3 comments
M5 Stack no longer shipping to US (m5stack.com)
M5Stack Cardputer with M5StampS3 v1.1
Hardware, Microcontrollers, Shipping, China
22 points by fnordpiglet 4 hours ago | 2 comments
First and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025 (arstechnica.com)
Google's oldest smart thermostats have an expiration date. The company has announced that the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats will lose support in October 2025, disabling most of the connected features.
Smart Home, Google, Obsolescence, Technology, Hardware
6 points by morkalork 9 hours ago | 0 comments
Next-Gen GPU Programming: Hands-On with Mojo and Max Modular HQ (youtube.com)
GPU Programming, Programming, Graphics, Hardware, Software
37 points by solarmist 10 hours ago | 15 comments
Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats (theverge.com)
Google has just announced that it’s ending software updates for the first-generation Nest Learning Thermostat, released in 2011, and the second-gen model that came a year later.
Google, Hardware, Software Updates, Consumer Electronics
10 points by ohmyblock 11 hours ago | 12 comments
Eurorack Knob Idea (mitxela.com)
To clean up our Eurorack panels, perhaps we need a new knob idea?
Eurorack, Music Production, Hardware, DIY
254 points by po 15 hours ago | 100 comments
Prepper Disk (prepperdisk.com)
Due to demand, orders placed today may not ship until Wed. April 30th. Thank you for your patience.
Prepping, Survival, Hardware, Technology, Business
40 points by Timothee 23 hours ago | 43 comments
Review: Ryzen AI CPU makes the Framework Laptop 13 the fastest has ever been (arstechnica.com)
With great power comes great responsibility and subpar battery life.
Hardware, Reviews, Laptops, Performance
20 points by freeqaz 1 day ago | 1 comments
A Tour Inside the IBM Z17 (community.ibm.com)
IBM, Hardware, Technology, Architecture
83 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 140 comments
Show HN: I made my own TRMNL e-ink device (stavros.io)
My obsession with e-ink displays continues<p>Some time ago, my friend George linked me to TRMNL, a new battery-powered e-ink display with an associated service that generates the images that the display will actually show.
DIY Projects, Hardware, E-Ink Displays, Technology
75 points by stavros 2 days ago | 23 comments
AMD Publishes Open-Source Driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap" (phoronix.com)
AMD has published as open-source their "GPU-IOV Module" used for virtualization with Instinct accelerators. It's also reported on their roadmap for bringing virtualization support to their client (Radeon) discrete GPUs.
AMD, Open Source, GPU Virtualization, Radeon, Hardware
194 points by davidlt 2 days ago | 59 comments
The VTech Socratic Method (leadedsolder.com)
We’ve had a lot of fun with VTech’s computers in the past on this blog. Usually, they’re relatively spartan computers with limited functionality, but they did make something very interesting in the late 80s. The Socrates is their hybrid video game console/computer design from 1988, and today we’ll start tearing into it.
Retro Computing, Video Games, Computers, Hardware
70 points by zdw 2 days ago | 8 comments
Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM (github.com/UnmappedStack)
TacOS is a UNIX-like kernel which is able to run DOOM, among various other smaller userspace programs. It has things like a VFS, scheduler, TempFS, devices, context switching, virtual memory management, physical page frame allocation, and a port of Doom. It runs both on real hardware (tested on my laptop) and in the Qemu emulator.
Operating Systems, Game Development, Software, Hardware
312 points by UnmappedStack 2 days ago | 81 comments
Clockwork Pico Calc (clockworkpi.com)
The ClockworkPi v2.0 series offers you an efficient and cost-effective MCU development solution.
Microcontrollers, Development, Hardware, Embedded Systems
6 points by tartoran 2 days ago | 0 comments
Commodore 64 from Scratch: CPU Design and Build [video] (youtube.com)
Hardware, Retro Computing, DIY, Electronics, Video
10 points by mariuz 3 days ago | 0 comments
Nvidia HGX B300 NVL16 Will Disrupt the AI NIC Market (axautikgroupllc.substack.com)
The NVIDIA HGX B300 NVL16 Will Disrupt the PCIe Retimer, PCIe switch, and AI NIC Markets
Nvidia, AI, Hardware, Networking, Market Disruption
3 points by colinprince 3 days ago | 0 comments
QEMU 10.0 Released with Apple Graphics Devices (phoronix.com)
QEMU 10.0 was released today as the newest version of this emulator code that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack.
Virtualization, Open Source, Linux, Emulation, Hardware
7 points by dmmalam 3 days ago | 0 comments
Adata Premier Extreme SD 8.0 Express card delivers up to 1600MB/s read speed (cnx-software.com)
ADATA Technology has launched the industry’s first SD 8.0 Express specification memory card with the Premier Extreme SD 8.0 Express memory card delivering up to 1,600 and 1,200 MB/s read and write speeds using a PCIe Gen3 x2 interface and the NVMe transfer protocol.
Hardware, Memory Cards, New Releases, Storage
4 points by awiesenhofer 3 days ago | 1 comments
Classic Computer Replicas (obsolescence.dev)
After World War II, computers evolved with amazing speed, discovering the path to modern computing.
History, Computing, Hardware
82 points by dbelson 3 days ago | 27 comments
The Dauug House - Dauug|36 minicomputer documentation (cs.wright.edu)
Dauug|36 is a 36-bit architecture for owner-built CPUs, controllers, and minicomputers. Only maker-scale assembly tools are necessary, so this architecture can be implemented anywhere on the planet without a semiconductor foundry. All you need is a bare circuit board, about 300 components, and some soldering practice.
Hardware, Computer Architecture, DIY, Open Source, Embedded Systems
32 points by kylebenzle 3 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: I open-sourced my AI toy company that runs on ESP32 and OpenAI realtime (github.com/akdeb)
🚀 ElatoAI: Realtime AI Speech for ESP32
Open Source, AI, Hardware, Robotics
175 points by akadeb 4 days ago | 94 comments
Tiny, hackable telepresence robot for under $100 (hackaday.com)
Robotics, DIY, Hardware, Telepresence
9 points by jkestner 4 days ago | 2 comments
RISC-V RVA23 Profile: A major milestone (riscv.org)
RISC-V, Hardware, Technology, Processors
78 points by fork-bomber 4 days ago | 32 comments
Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with 100+ hours of battery life (github.com/ericjenott)
Evertop is a portable PC that emulates an IBM XT with an 80186 processor and 1MB RAM. It can run DOS, Minix, and some other old 1980s operating systems. It also runs Windows up to version 3.0. Because it's based on a powerful yet very low power microcontroller, uses an e-ink display, packs two 10,000mAh batteries, and implements extreme power saving measures, it can run for hundreds or even thousands of hours on a single charge.
Retro Computing, Hardware, E-Ink, Battery Life, Operating Systems
557 points by harryvederci 4 days ago | 190 comments
The Future of Compute: Nvidia's Crown Is Slipping (mohitdagarwal.substack.com)
Demand consolidation, changing compute mix, custom silicon, and distributed training will hurt NVIDIA's pole position.
Nvidia, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Computing
142 points by wilson090 4 days ago | 120 comments
A M.2 HDMI capture card (interfacinglinux.com)
Have you ever looked at an NVMe drive and thought to yourself, ‘Hey, this would be 31.7% cooler with HDMI ports?’ Yeah, me neither, but I’ve always wanted to see how well (or if) one of these critters works on Linux.
Hardware, Linux, Capture Cards
174 points by Venn1 4 days ago | 89 comments
Blog hosted on a Nintendo Wii (infected.systems)
If you are reading this message, the experiment below is still ongoing. This page was served to you by a real Nintendo Wii.
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Web Development, Experimentation
611 points by edent 4 days ago | 103 comments
A Science Project: "Make the 486 Great Again!" - Modern Linux in an ancient PC (2018) (yeokhengmeng.com)
What is the oldest x86 processor that is still supported by a modern Linux kernel in present time?
Operating Systems, Hardware, Retro Computing
13 points by bradac56 4 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: BioLight – Passive entropy engine: raw randomness and 0 post-processing (github.com/Ladaxia)
BioLight is a transparent entropy engine designed to passively accumulate high-quality entropy samples from raw input states.
Hardware, Security, Open Source, Cryptography
6 points by ladaxia 4 days ago | 0 comments
Logitech prices are increasing by as much as 25%, and they're not alone (tomshardware.com)
Consumer Tech, Pricing, Hardware, Logitech, Market Trends
7 points by ksec 4 days ago | 1 comments