diy projects
Nokia 3310 Pico Mod: Go Game Engine on an 84×48 Screen
A Pico-powered PCB and a Go game engine bring new games to the Nokia 3310's 84x48 screen. Here is how Hoani Bryson's Jam-winning build…
microcontrollers
RP2350 Laser Attack: Ledger Donjon Re-Enables Debug
Ledger Donjon used a laser and about $250,000 of lab gear to re-enable debug on a locked RP2350-A4. Here is why Raspberry Pi will…
microcontrollers
Toshiba TXZ+ M4H: 120 MHz Cortex-M4F Entry-Level MCU
Toshiba's new TXZ+ M4H microcontrollers pack a 120 MHz Cortex-M4F, 256 kB flash, and up to 51 GPIO into an entry-class part. Here's what…
diy projects
Long-Range Bluetooth LE Mesh on an STM32WB07 Module
An STM32WB07 board with Coded PHY and a 20 dBm amplifier pushes Bluetooth LE to 4.6 km line of sight. Here is how to…
microcontrollers
SPIDriver Quattro: A USB SPI Debugger With a Built-In Screen
Debugging SPI blind is painful. The SPIDriver Quattro adds a live display, 0.1 mA current sensing, and quad-SPI support so you can see what…
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.
microcontrollers
CircuitPython 11.0.0-alpha.1 Adds RP2350 Sleep Alarms
CircuitPython 11.0.0-alpha.1 adds RP2350 deep-sleep alarms, wake-on-pin support, and faster USB. Here's what changed and how to flash it this weekend.
microcontrollers
Overclocked RP2350 Pushes 1080p DVI Video With No Framebuffer
A Pico-class chip driving 1920x1080 over DVI, with 520 KB of RAM and no framebuffer. Here is the overclock, the scanline trick, and the…
diy projects
Build a Pocket Signal Generator With the AVR16EB28 and an OLED
An AVR16EB28, a 4.194304 MHz crystal and a spare pair of I/O lines make a 2 Hz to 33 MHz square-wave signal generator that…
microcontrollers
Seeed XIAO SAMD21 Plus and RP2040 Plus Double the GPIO Count
Seeed kept the postage-stamp footprint but pushed the XIAO SAMD21 to 30 GPIO and the RP2040 to 29, with onboard battery charging from $4.90.
microcontrollers
Olimex’s Neo6502kbd Hides a Real MOS 6502 Inside a 50-Euro Keyboard
Olimex put a genuine WDC W65C02 under a wedge-shaped keyboard, paired it with an RP2040 for video and USB, and priced the Apple II…
arduino
Arduino VENTUNO Q Runs a Vision Model on a Robot Arm
A $299 Arduino VENTUNO Q runs a vision-language-action model on-board, teaching an SO-101 robot arm to pick and place from just 50 demonstrations.