news & releases
Circuit.Rocks Sponsors SparkFest 2026: GDG PUP Hackathon on July 9
Circuit.Rocks is an official hardware sponsor of SparkFest 2026 - the Google Developer Group PUP hackathon on July 9 at PUP Main Campus, Bulwagang…
raspberry pi
Build Your Own Rocky: A Raspberry Pi 5 AI Robot That Talks
A maker rebuilt Rocky from Project Hail Mary using a Raspberry Pi 5, seven servos, and Claude AI so it can chat and scuttle.…
diy projects
Adiuvo Explorer Board: $99 FPGA Development Made Accessible
The open-source Adiuvo Explorer Board puts an AMD Artix UltraScale+ FPGA in reach for $99 - USB-C powered, Pmod-ready, and built for makers.
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Pico Turns a Koi-Pond Guitar Into a MIDI Controller
Monique Evette's Koi-Tar pairs a Raspberry Pi Pico with capacitive lily-pad touch sensors to turn a resin sculpture into a runway-ready MIDI instrument.
diy projects
Build a 2 Hz to 33.5 MHz Signal Generator on One AVR EB Chip
One AVR chip, a keypad, and an OLED become a bench signal generator that covers 2 Hz to 33.5 MHz in 2 Hz steps…
robotics
Magnetic FMG Sensors and AI Give Prosthetic Hands Precise Control
Florida Atlantic University swapped noisy EMG for magnetic force myography sensors and a per-user AI model to give prosthetic hands far steadier control.
microcontrollers
ARDEP: An Open-Source STM32 Dev Board for Automotive Electronics
ARDEP is an open-source STM32 dev board packing dual CAN-FD, LIN, and 48V protection onto one PCB, so joining a car's network gets a…
esp32 & esp8266
RTK GPS on a Budget: Centimeter Accuracy with an ESP32 Rover
Standard GPS is off by 15 feet. See how an ESP32 rover and an affordable RTK kit hit half-inch accuracy for capstone and robotics…
raspberry pi
ATLAS: A Real-Life Tricorder Built on the Raspberry Pi RP2350
Meet ATLAS, a rugged handheld tricorder running on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 that reads radiation, CO2, and weather, then tells you in plain English…
microcontrollers
DEBIX T62P-01: Industrial Edge Computer With Real-Time Cores
The DEBIX T62P-01 blends four Cortex-A53 cores with two real-time R5F cores, bringing deterministic industrial control to compact edge computing.
microcontrollers
Clintech Pico Board: All 48 RP2354B GPIOs in a Pico 2 Footprint
Ran out of pins on your Pico 2? Clintech's new board exposes all 48 RP2354B GPIOs in the same footprint, with room for every…
diy projects
KENSAT: A Home-Built CubeSat Running a TinyLlama LLM in Orbit
A home-built 2U CubeSat runs a TinyLlama model on a Jetson Orin Nano and does its AI thinking in orbit before radioing results back…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Turns a Teensy Into a Pocket Music Studio
A Raspberry Pi 4 and Teensy 4.1 team up as a pocket M8-tracker music workstation you can build in a single weekend, screen and…