microcontrollers
RFGEN44: An Open 4.4GHz RF Signal Generator on a PIC16
CircuitValley's RFGEN44 pairs a PIC16 with an ADF4351 to sweep 35MHz to 4.4GHz from a 65g box. Here's how to breadboard the same idea…
diy projects
A Homebrew Motorola 68000 Gets Two Working PCI Slots at 10 MHz
A 1979 CPU and a 1990s bus, wired together by hand: 10 MHz 68000, an FPGA host bridge, and PCI graphics and Ethernet cards…
diy projects
Three Corroded WiiMotes, One Working Controller and an ESP32-S3
Three bug-infested, battery-acid-ruined WiiMotes went into the teardown. One working controller came out. Here is the cleanup chemistry and the I2C bus behind it.
diy projects
This LED Staff Turns a Teensy 4.1 Into a Handheld PoV Display
A Teensy 4.1, a strip of addressable LEDs and an IMU turn a hand-spun staff into a persistence-of-vision display. Here is how to build…
diy projects
Clough42’s GPS Clock Spins Its Numbers with a Pico and TMC2208
A GPS module, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and two TMC2208 drivers spin machined wheels to show time that never needs setting. Here is how…
microcontrollers
PwrBlock 323: An STM32 Programmable PSU Built Into Your Test Rig
Everypin built a 1-32V programmable supply that bolts inside your test jig and takes SCPI commands over USB. No more hand power-cycling boards at…
iot & smart home
Upline Puts an ATtiny85 Online Using 4,060 Bytes of Flash
Upline is an open source serial protocol that gets an ATtiny85 or Arduino UNO on the web through a USB cable, using 4,060 bytes…
microcontrollers
BrainBoard1500 Puts Neuromorphic AI on an Arduino Nicla Board
BrainChip's AKD1500 accelerator lands on an Arduino Nicla footprint with 32 neural cores, 4 MB flash, and a current monitor for measuring the power…
microcontrollers
Build a $29 Open-Source STM32F405 FOC Driver for BLDC Motors
Sirojudin Munir's SF-Motion FOC driver runs BLDC motors on an STM32F405, costs about $28.58 in parts, and ships KiCad files under the MIT license.
diy projects
This Arduino Nano-Sized Board Packs a 300 MHz Cortex-M7 Chip
Magmabow squeezed a 300 MHz ATSAME70 Cortex-M7 into an Arduino Nano footprint, and the BGA routing trick he used is worth stealing.
microcontrollers
MIT-Licensed STM32C5 BluePill Clone Runs Oberon-2 Instead of C
A 144MHz Cortex-M33 in BluePill form, MIT-licensed with KiCad files published, and it speaks Oberon-2 as fluently as it speaks C.
microcontrollers
Axiometa’s AX22 Shield Turns Seeed XIAO Into a Solderless Rig
Two AX22 ports, a XIAO header, and no jumper wires: Axiometa's $9.99 shield swaps breadboard spaghetti for connectors that survive a whole semester.