arduino
Build an 8-Bit Arduino Laptop with FreeRTOS and 8 KB of RAM
An ATmega2560 with just 8 KB of RAM runs FreeRTOS, video at 24 fps, and a UI. See the parts, the memory tricks, and…
diy projects
Animate a Halloween Skeleton with a Raspberry Pi Pico and Servos
Turn a ₱150 plastic skeleton into a spooky animatronic with a Raspberry Pi Pico, four 9g servos, and a distance sensor. Wiring and power…
esp32 & esp8266
Hide an ESP32-C3 IR Blaster Inside a Walnut for Smart Home Control
A maker hid an ESP32-C3 inside a walnut shell to beam IR commands at gear that never got a Wi-Fi upgrade. Here is how…
news & releases
DirectHop: A 1-Gram Robot That Jumps With a DC Motor
A gram-scale robot swaps its spring for a coreless DC motor, letting researchers dial the jump height with current instead of a fixed release.
iot & smart home
IronEar’s ESP32-S3 Sensor Hears 500 Sounds, Skips the Camera
An open-source ESP32-S3 sensor node classifies 500+ household sounds on-device and reports to Home Assistant over MQTT or a private LoRa mesh.
diy projects
Flip-Dot Display Turns Fluid Physics Into Sound on a Pi Pico 2 W
A maker swapped silent LEDs for a room-filling flip-dot panel that physically clacks out real fluid physics, steered by a joystick and a hidden…
microcontrollers
AiboJam Revives Sony’s Discontinued AIBO on a $40 Fruit Jam Board
Sony's discontinued AIBO comes back as a CircuitPython recreation on a $40 RP2350 board, complete with 49 motion clips and native 3D rendering.
arduino
XGO Duck: Build an Open-Source Robot Duck with Arduino UNO Q
Luwu Dynamics built XGO Duck, an open-source, 15-servo robot duck on Arduino UNO Q with a custom IMU-equipped PCB, ready to build before Microduck…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Pico Revives a Discontinued Heathkit Packet Radio Modem
A maker resurrected a discontinued 1980s Heathkit packet radio modem by making a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico run the exact original firmware itself.
diy projects
30 ATtiny412 Chips Recreate a 1928 Bicycle-Chain Number Sieve
Maker KB Sriram rebuilt a 1928 mechanical number sieve using 30 ATtiny412 chips and an RP2040, and the century-old math still checks out perfectly.
diy projects
Three Kids Built a Raspberry Pi 3 Underwater Camera for £130
Three kids sealed a Raspberry Pi 3 and a DS18B20 sensor in a £130 acrylic tube to log river temperature and video on their…
arduino
Arduino UNO Q Robot Talks, Dances, and Reads Your Hand Gestures
A maker built Nuvi, a talking, dancing Shiba Inu desk robot powered by an Arduino UNO Q that splits AI processing from real-time servo…