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Powered by Raspberry Pi: Photo Booths, Audio DSP and Tablets
A Pi 5 photo booth, a Pi 4 audio DSP platform and a 5-inch Pi tablet show how prototypes turn into products. Here is…
esp32 & esp8266
Proton AI Core Vision+: ESP32-S3 Board With Camera, Mic and IMU
Protonverse Labs packs a 5 MP camera, MEMS mic and 6-axis IMU onto one ESP32-S3 board. Here is what it offers and how to…
raspberry pi
Omnibot Upgrade: Raspberry Pi 5 and AI Camera Revive a 1984 Robot
Mario Cruz gave a 1984 Tomy Omnibot a Raspberry Pi 5, an IMX500 AI camera and an OLED eye, all controlled with audio tones.…
microcontrollers
BeagleConnect QuadESC Drives Four Brushless Motors at Once
BeagleBoard's QuadESC pairs a 200 MHz Cortex-M33 module with four motor drivers rated 40 A each. Here is what it means for student robot…
robotics
Luxonis OAK 4 FFC Puts Five Cameras on One Robot Board
Luxonis' OAK 4 FFC links five MIPI cameras to a 48 TOPS vision module with PoE+, CAN bus and GPIO. See what it means…
raspberry pi
Run an Apple II on Raspberry Pi with the LinApple Emulator
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a 1977 Apple II. Build the LinApple emulator, add Mockingboard sound, and write BASIC the way early game makers…
diy projects
Bot Reborn: A $4 Toy Robot Gets Voice Control and an AI Brain
A $4 toy robot, an FT232H and a tiny fine-tuned model add up to a voice-controlled bot with 200 ms reflexes. See how Bot…
diy projects
Open GPS: A DIY ESP32-S3 Golf Shot Tracker With a Rotary Dial
Open GPS tracks golf shot distances with an ESP32-S3, a NEO-M9N GPS and a rotary dial. See how it works and how to prototype…
diy projects
Chili Pepper: An ESP32-S3 Board Built for DIY Musical Instruments
Chili Pepper packs an ESP32-S3, 24 touch inputs, a PCM5102 DAC and USB MIDI on one open source board. Here is how to prototype…
microcontrollers
IR Remote Protocols Explained: NEC, RC-5 and IrDA for Makers
Why infrared still beats Bluetooth for simple, private control, and how NEC, RC-5 and IrDA work. Decode your first remote with an Arduino or…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming Guide: Build Your Own Console
A new Raspberry Pi Press book shows how to emulate hundreds of consoles, wire DB9 joysticks and build an arcade cabinet. Here is the…
esp32 & esp8266
Scentronic: ESP32 and Gas Sensors Send Smells Over the Internet
Ohio State's Scentronic uses six gas sensors, machine learning and an ESP32 to detect a smell and recreate it remotely. Here is how to…