Qubits & Bytes
June 18, 2024 
Having bought a Qidi X-smart 3 printer back in December 2023, it's about time we wrote a review of our experience using the printer over the past 6 months.
June 10, 2024 
We covered the Dell Wyse 3040 in a few articles now, and have a certain fondness for the little machines. We have a mix of both 8GB and 16GB models, as well as having a couple of 12V versions to go with the more common 5V versions. We power all of our 3040s using USB […]
May 30, 2024 
The Ikea Åkerbär is a low cost mini greenhouse, which makes an ideal housing for indoor plants. Getting a pot to utilise all of the available space is tricky, so I decided to make my own.
March 21, 2024 
The Nintendo 3DS dock uses a proprietary charging port. This guide shows you how to replace this with a USB type C port.
February 18, 2024 
The Raspberry Pi 5 provides a PCIe breakout slot, allowing PCIe devices to connect to the Pi. In this article, we test out an addon board allowing an NVMe drive to take advantage of this connector.
January 10, 2024 
If you're running an up-to-date Linux distro, you might encounter a symbol lookup error when trying to start Da Vinci Resolve. This article explains how you can fix it.
November 23, 2023 
The Dualshock 3 controller is the first Sony controller to feature an internal rechargeable battery. Given their age, it's no surprise many are failing. This post shows you how to replace your PS3 controller battery with one used in the PS4 controller.
November 13, 2023 
When your mini fridge breaks, the repair can be surprisingly cheap and easy to do. We take a look at a broken mini fridge, and show you how we fixed it.
October 28, 2023 
The original PS Vita is a great handheld console, but is let down by the use of a proprietary charging port. In this post, we'll make an adaptor to allow the Vita to charge through USB C, without modding the console itself.
September 5, 2023 
The Dell Wyse 3040 is a great little thin client, but is limited by the 8/16GB of internal storage. We tested a mod to add extra internal storage to the 3040, and we'll show you how to do it too.
July 10, 2023 
The UP Core is an interesting single board computer, based on an Intel Cherry trail chipset. In this article, we take a look at its features, and see how it stacks up against a Pi Compute Module.
April 29, 2023 
Driver changes in Linux 6.3 could have removed Dualshock 4 support from your system. This article explains the changes, and what you need to do to get your controller working again.
January 9, 2023 
We recently came across a faulty PS2 memory card. Naturally, we tried to fix it. This article documents the process.
November 9, 2022 
I have a few different M.2 drives, with a mix of SATA and NVMe, full length and shorter drives. This article compares the drives' performance. The results...are rather interesting.
October 7, 2022 
Ever wanted to build your own space shuttle? Well now you can, with the Space Shuttle Discovery 3D model kit from Phyx.
September 12, 2022 
This Numskull Pacman 1/4 scale arcade cabinet is one of just 10,000 produced worldwide. In this post, we take a look at what is going on inside.
