Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In 1977, a 16-pin chip with no RAM and no stack replaced racks of relays in industrial control. Nicola explores the Motorola MC14500B, the world's simplest programmable logic controller, and why it still matters.
Read more about it over on Hackaday: hackaday.com/2026/08/19/hackaday-europe-2026-the-1-bit-cpu-that-ran-factories
In 1977, a 16-pin chip with no RAM and no stack replaced racks of relays in industrial control. Nicola explores the Motorola MC14500B, the world's simplest programmable logic controller, and why it still matters.
Read more about it over on Hackaday: hackaday.com/2026/08/19/hackaday-europe-2026-the-1-bit-cpu-that-ran-factories
![Supercon 2022: [Liz McFarland] Builds Golden Wings, Shows You How](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mRPpeI6e95o/mqdefault.jpg "Supercon 2022: [Liz McFarland] Builds Golden Wings, Shows You How
Are you, by any chance, wondering about giving yourself wings? You should listen to [Liz McFarland] sharing her experience building a Wonder Woman suit, and not just any - the Golden Eagle suit from Wonder Woman 1984, adorned with a giant pair of wings. If a suit like that is in your plans, youll be warmly welcomed at a cosplay convention - and [Liz] had her sights on the San Diego Comic Con. With an ambitious goal of participating in the Comic Cons cosplay contest, the suit had to be impressive - and impressive, it indeed was, not just for its looks, but for its mechanics too.
Read more about it on Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2023/06/13/supercon-2022-liz-mcfarland-builds-golden-wings-shows-you-how/")
