microcontrollers
WCH’s CH32V407 Brings Vector Extensions to a $2.40 RISC-V MCU
A 200MHz RISC-V microcontroller with vector extensions, 8MB of optional PSRAM, and a $2.40 price tag. Here is what the CH32V407 can actually do.
microcontrollers
XCORE-VISION: On-Device AI Camera Vision, No Raspberry Pi
XMOS XCORE-VISION runs YOLOv8 and MobileNetV2 on-device with an 8MP camera and no Raspberry Pi overhead. Here is what you could build this weekend.
microcontrollers
Forlinx AM62L32 Local EVM: Industrial SBC on One Board
Forlinx's AM62L32 Local EVM squeezes a dual Cortex-A53 SoC, a real-time M4F core, and a wall of buses onto one four-layer board, no carrier…
news & releases
Antmicro Open-Sources KiCad Files for a 10GbE Thunderbolt NIC
Antmicro released full KiCad files for a permissively licensed dual 10GbE Thunderbolt card, a free reference design for learning high-speed PCB layout.
esp32 & esp8266
The ESP32-C61-MINI Finally Ships: Budget Wi-Fi 6 for Your Builds
After nearly three years, Espressif's ESP32-C61-MINI is on sale at $10.70 for five, bringing Wi-Fi 6 and Matter to budget maker and student builds.
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…
news & releases
A NIR Wearable Patch That Watches the Brain Clean Itself
Georgia Tech's sub-centimeter forehead patch uses near-infrared light and a 110 mAh battery to track the brain's nightly glymphatic cleanup at home.
news & releases
AI Projects with Raspberry Pi: Run Local Models on a Pi 5
A new Raspberry Pi Press book walks you through running computer vision, local LLMs, and gesture recognition on a Pi 4, 5, Pico, and…
iot & smart home
FalconS1 Pro Brings 26 TOPS of Local Edge AI to the Factory Floor
The FalconS1 Pro runs AI models right on the factory floor with 26 TOPS of local inference, no cloud round-trip, and open schematics you…
microcontrollers
Nordic nRF54L15 Discovery: Two Open-Hardware Boards, One PCB
Icy Electronics' nRF54L15 Discovery packs a Cortex-M33, a RISC-V coprocessor, and a snap-off CMSIS-DAP debugger onto one open-hardware PCB for $27.19.
microcontrollers
CircuitPython 10.3.0 Alpha 4 Brings Audio Effects to RP2040
CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.4 adds new audio effects to RP2040 and RP2350 boards, three settings.toml keys, and an SPI baudrate change worth knowing.
news & releases
Circuit.Rocks Backs Create & Conquer 2026 as Keystone Sponsor: FEU Tech CpEO Hackathon
Circuit.Rocks joined Create & Conquer 2026, the FEU Tech CpEO hackathon, as a Keystone sponsor: monetary backing, a judging seat on Demo Day, and…