diy projects
Sylphide OS Turns Cheap Microcontrollers Into Retro Desktop PCs
Sylphide OS gives ESP32-P4 and Pico 2 boards a windowed desktop with a mouse, built on FreeRTOS. Here's what runs today and what to…
arduino
AVR Laptop: 24 FPS Video and Sound on an 8-Bit ATmega2560
An ATmega2560 running FreeRTOS plays 24 fps video with sound on a 128x64 LCD. See how one maker squeezed a laptop out of an…
diy projects
ESP32 AI Voice Assistant With Animated OLED Eyes (Whisper + GPT)
An ESP32 records your voice, asks Whisper and GPT for an answer, and talks back while an OLED shows blinking eyes. Here's how the…
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
A Parody Apple Laptop Reborn: The RP2350 Mactini Actually Works
A 20-year-old Apple parody became real hardware: an RP2350 running FreeRTOS, DMA-driven graphics and an alphabet you tap out on one capacitive pad.
microcontrollers
DEBIX T62P-01: Industrial Edge Computer With Real-Time Cores
The DEBIX T62P-01 blends four Cortex-A53 cores with two real-time R5F cores, bringing deterministic industrial control to compact edge computing.