diy projects
Build a Touchless ESP32 Theremin With Capacitive Touch Sensing
An ESP32 turns hand distance into music with its capacitive touch pins and built-in DAC, no tuned oscillators or analog coils needed. Here's the…
diy projects
Build a Handheld Commodore 64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 and Pico
YouTuber Retro Dad crammed a full Commodore 64 into a Raspberry Pi 3 handheld, with a Pi Pico bridging authentic 9-pin joystick ports. No…
diy projects
Fruit Jam RP2350: Build a Retro Mini-Computer You Can Learn On
The Adafruit Fruit Jam RP2350 kit becomes a Mac Classic, Apple IIe, NES, or CP/M box, making a whole computer's layers visible to students.
esp32 & esp8266
ESP-KVM Turns an ESP32-P4 Into a $45 Open-Source IP KVM
A locked-up PC with no monitor nearby? ESP-KVM runs on an ESP32-P4 and hands you keyboard, mouse, and screen control from a browser for…
microcontrollers
Luxonis M8 Box: An RP2040 That Wires Edge AI to Machines
An RP2040 runs the I/O on Luxonis' new M8 Box, letting an edge AI camera flip 16 A relays and drive a CAN bus…
arduino
How These DIY Robot Legs Walk on an Arduino Mega 2560
Maker Oliver Paff built a working pair of walking humanoid robot legs using an Arduino Mega 2560, a PCA9685 driver, and eight hobby servos.…
raspberry pi
QuadBoat: Raspberry Pi Spider Robot That Rescues Swimmers
QuadBoat is a spider-inspired rescue robot that pulls drowning swimmers from the water, run by a Raspberry Pi 4 and a cluster of Arduino…
esp32 & esp8266
Get Full-HD Video From a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 Over USB
A new library pushes full-HD 1920x1080 video at 60Hz from a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 using a $20 USB display adapter and just…
microcontrollers
SensWear Puts an Open Source Wearable Stack on the nRF54L15
SensWear bundles an nRF54L15 board, swappable PPG, temperature and touch sensor modules, Zephyr firmware and open SDKs to fast-track wearable prototypes.
diy projects
Open Sauce 2026: Maker Builds You Can Recreate This Weekend
Seven takeaways from Open Sauce 2026, plus how to recreate the show floor's cleverest ESP32 and Raspberry Pi builds on your own desk this…
microcontrollers
ChronoWatch X2040: An RP2040 Smartwatch That Just Tells Time
An RP2040 and a Waveshare round touchscreen become a distraction-free smartwatch, coded in C on the Pico SDK with custom touch handling and swappable…
esp32 & esp8266
Build a Buzzing Hazard-Alert Wearable With an ESP32 and Gas Sensor
NC State's solar-powered patch buzzes when it senses toxic gas. Here's how to build a simpler ESP32 hazard-alert wearable this weekend.