This DIY project may be the best use yet for old Stadia controllers

Breathe some new life into your old Stadia gamepads and play some modern games with your favorite PlayStation controllers.

8BitDo’s latest Retro Receiver brings wireless controller support to the Nintendo 64.

The new $24.99 adapter plugs into the N64’s front ports and serves as a wireless bridge for modern Bluetooth controllers ...
Hackaday

How A Belkin USB Charger Pulls Off A 3 Milliwatt Standby Usage

A well-known property of wall warts like power bricks and USB chargers is that they always consume some amount of power even ...
Hackaday

Arduino Code? On My 8051? It’s More Likely Than You Think

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980.  They’ve since discontinued that ...

8BitDo Revives The N64 Controller With A Wireless Twist And It Works On The OG Console

BitDo refreshes the 8BitDo 64 controller released for Analogue 3D with a cheaper 2.4GHz version that pairs to an adapter—though the adapter is also sold individually for use with standard Bluetooth ...
IGN

Valve Reveals that 59 Percent of Steam Players Use Xbox Controllers Along With Other Stats

Valve has published a report that highlights an increase in users who play their Steam games with a controller. More like this Steam Will Soon Encourage Players to Share PC Specs on Their Reviews The ...
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I built a cheap music-controlled RGB LED strip with ESP32 and it's better than any store-bought one

Smaller budget. No app or cloud.