--- title: Hackaday Podcast Episode 379: Driving E-ink DIY, NES On... description: Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi cover a range of hardware hacks including achieving 20 FPS on e-paper displays without dedicated drivers,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-podcast-episode-379-driving-e-ink-diy-nes-on-esp-and-the-other-irc-mtdciszgi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hackaday Podcast Episode 379: Driving E-ink DIY, NES On ESP, And The Other IRC | daily.dev og:description: Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi cover a range of hardware hacks including achieving 20 FPS on e-paper displays without dedicated drivers,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-podcast-episode-379-driving-e-ink-diy-nes-on-esp-and-the-other-irc-mtdciszgi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MtdcIsZgI.png og:image:alt: Hackaday Podcast Episode 379: Driving E-ink DIY, NES On ESP, And The Other IRC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hackaday Podcast Episode 379: Driving E-ink DIY, NES On ESP, And The Other IRC **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi cover a range of hardware hacks including achieving 20 FPS on e-paper displays without dedicated drivers, running a 60 FPS NES emulator on an ESP32, repurposing old SSDs as game cartridges, automated 3D printer pressure advance using bed-leveling sensors, a DIY X-ray machine from a vintage TV vacuum tube, and a YubiKey customization web tool. The episode also touches on a lesser-known IRC and the engineering challenges of catching rockets with nets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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