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…
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…
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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…
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WeAct N006: A Credit-Card-Sized Jetson Orin NX Carrier Board
The credit-card-sized WeAct N006 crams a Jetson Orin NX and 40W of edge-AI power into a drone-ready board for about $130. Here is what…
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The Tanmatsu Handheld: An ESP32-P4 Palmtop Built for Hackers
Born a conference badge, the Tanmatsu is now a real open-source ESP32-P4 palmtop. Here is how the RISC-V handheld actually holds up a year…
3d printing
Build a 3D-Printed Fallout Laser Tag Blaster With a Pico 2 W
A maker spent a year turning a 3D printer and a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W into an arcade-grade, Fallout-themed laser tag system. Here's…
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Acid Drip: Build a Portable RP2040 TB-303 Acid Synth Clone
Maker Marcus Dunn cloned the legendary Roland TB-303 around an RP2040 and Mozzi - a portable acid synth with a drum machine you can…
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A $200 DIY Pick-and-Place Machine That Handles 0201 Parts
Industrial pick-and-place machines cost a fortune. One maker built a four-axis version for $200 that still nails 0201 parts. Here's how it works.
diy projects
How to Build a Piso WiFi Vendo in the Philippines (Full Guide)
Build your own piso wifi vendo with an Orange Pi and a coin acceptor. Full parts list, wiring, and LPB Piso WiFi setup -…
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Build a Handheld GPS Compass on the Adafruit Feather RP2350
Turn a Feather RP2350, a 9-DoF IMU, and a GPS module into a pocket navigator that draws a live compass rose and never needs…