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Build a Classroom Robot with Adafruit CRICKIT and CircuitPython
One CRICKIT board turns a Circuit Playground or Feather into a motor-driving, servo-swinging robot brain, no soldering iron required. Here's how to start.
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SPOKE: The RP2040 Touch Controller That Plays Music From Fruit
The SPOKE is a CD-shaped RP2040 board with 27 capacitive touch pads that turns copper tape, pencil lines, or even fruit into a playable…
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Build a Retro Handheld Inside an NES Gamepad with an ESP32-S2
A dead NES-style controller hides a full ESP32-S2 emulator that plays 8-bit classics and Doom for about $17. Here is the weekend build.
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DOGS2: A Palm-Sized ESP32 Bench Lab You Can Build This Weekend
Sergei's DOGS2 stuffs a programmable power supply, logic probe, frequency counter, and signal generator into one palm-sized ESP32 box. Build it this weekend.
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Voicebox FX: A Pocket Audio Looper on the Feather RP2350
Adafruit's Voicebox FX records 20-second clips and warps them live with pitch, reverb and delay, all running CircuitPython on a Feather RP2350.
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This Giant 16×2 Character Display Runs on an RP2040 and 1,000 LEDs
A maker rebuilt the classic 16×2 character LCD at 7x scale using 1,000+ addressable LEDs and an RP2040 that still speaks I2C to any…
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A Retro Game Console Crammed Inside an NES Gamepad (ESP32-S2)
Logic Gate Labs squeezed a full ESP32-S2 handheld emulator (and Doom) into an empty NES gamepad shell for about $17. Here is how the…
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Add Touch ID to Any Mac With a DIY ESP32-S3 Fingerprint Module
A developer built TinyTouch, an open source ESP32-S3 USB module that brings fingerprint unlock to any Mac, no pricey Apple keyboard needed. Here's how…
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Portable Commodore 64: A Raspberry Pi 3 Retro Handheld Build
A Raspberry Pi 3 plus a Pico turns the classic Commodore 64 into a solder-free portable handheld you can wire up and play over…
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Build a Working Apollo DSKY Replica with Raspberry Pi and Arduino
A maker rebuilt the Apollo DSKY with a Raspberry Pi, Arduinos, and open-source VirtualAGC. Every CAD file and schematic is free, so you can…
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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…
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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…