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Aug 14

Raspberry Pi Book of Making 2027: A Weekend Build Queue

#raspberrypi #raspberrypipico #diyelectronics #pcbdesign

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Aug 14

Louder ESP32: A $50 Multi-Room Audio Amp That Rivals Sonos

#esp32 #diyaudio #homeassistant #iot

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Aug 14

XCORE-VISION: Real-Time Embedded Vision, No Pi Needed

#xcorevision #xmos #computervision #embedded

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Aug 13

OpenMote Turns Your Old Wii Remote Into an ESP32 Smart Home Hub

#esp32 #smarthome #iot #homeassistant

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Aug 13

XCORE-VISION: On-Device AI Camera Vision, No Raspberry Pi

#xcorevision #xmos #computervision #embeddedai

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Aug 13

Forlinx AM62L32 Local EVM: Industrial SBC on One Board

#forlinx #am62l32 #singleboardcomputer #embedded

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Aug 13

ESP32-S3 WALL-E: An AI Desk Robot That Sees and Talks

#esp32 #robotics #ai #animatronics

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Aug 12

Ben Eater Builds a Breadboard Clock Timed by 60 Hz Wall Power

#beneater #digitalclock #breadboard #comparator

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Aug 12

ESP32 Bit Pirate v1.7 Adds Browser Tools and LoRa Debugging

#esp32 #lora #debugging #embedded

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Aug 12

Build a Wi-Fi NeoPixel Art Display with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W

#raspberrypipico #neopixel #wifi #micropython

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Aug 11

MaTouch ESP32-S3 MaUWB: UWB Indoor Positioning On-Screen

#esp32 #uwb #indoorpositioning #sensors

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Aug 11

Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT: Cellular IoT on a Breadboard

#raspberrypi #rp2350 #nbiot #iot

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Aug 10

A Raspberry Pi Zero Cyberdeck That Fits Inside an Altoids Tin

#raspberrypi #raspberrypizero #cyberdeck #rp2040

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Aug 10

Build a Classroom Robot with Adafruit CRICKIT and CircuitPython

#robotics #adafruit #circuitpython #crickit

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Aug 10

Inside the Runaway Mini Fridge Robot: Jetson, ESP32 and ROS 2

#robotics #esp32 #jetson #ros2

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Aug 8

NXP's RW610FML Crams Wi-Fi 6, BLE, and a Cortex-M33 in One Module

#nxp #wifi6 #bluetoothle #microcontroller

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Aug 8

SPOKE: The RP2040 Touch Controller That Plays Music From Fruit

#rp2040 #circuitpython #midicontroller #capacitivetouch

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Aug 7

Build a Retro Handheld Inside an NES Gamepad with an ESP32-S2

#esp32 #retrogaming #emulator #diyelectronics

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Aug 7

Antmicro Open-Sources KiCad Files for a 10GbE Thunderbolt NIC

#opensourcehardware #kicad #pcbdesign #ethernet

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Aug 7

DOGS2: A Palm-Sized ESP32 Bench Lab You Can Build This Weekend

#esp32 #diyelectronics #powersupply #signalgenerator

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Aug 6

Voicebox FX: A Pocket Audio Looper on the Feather RP2350

#circuitpython #rp2350 #i2saudio #diyaudio

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Aug 6

SiLabs BG2B: A Low-Power Bluetooth 6 Chip for Your Next Build

#bluetoothle #silabs #microcontrollers #iot

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Aug 6

The ESP32-C61-MINI Finally Ships: Budget Wi-Fi 6 for Your Builds

#esp32 #esp32c61 #wifi6 #matter

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Aug 5

This Giant 16 2 Character Display Runs on an RP2040 and 1,000 LEDs

#addressableleds #rp2040 #raspberrypipico #arduino

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Aug 5

A Retro Game Console Crammed Inside an NES Gamepad (ESP32-S2)

#esp32 #esp32s2 #retrogaming #emulator

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Aug 5

Add Touch ID to Any Mac With a DIY ESP32-S3 Fingerprint Module

#esp32s3 #fingerprintsensor #biometrics #usbc

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Aug 4

Build an ESP32-Driven Robot That Hauls Your Beach Gear on Sand

#robotics #esp32 #diyrobot #skidsteer

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Aug 4

Aliensense NXS Sends mikroBUS Sensors Down One Robot Cable

#mikrobus #stm32 #robotics #sensors

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Aug 4

Portable Commodore 64: A Raspberry Pi 3 Retro Handheld Build

#raspberrypi #retrogaming #commodore64 #emulation

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Aug 3

Build a Working Apollo DSKY Replica with Raspberry Pi and Arduino

#raspberrypi #arduino #retrocomputing #embedded

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Aug 3

Build an ESP32 Water Tank Controller With an Ultrasonic Sensor

#esp32 #ultrasonicsensor #watertank #homeautomation

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Aug 3

Build a Touchless ESP32 Theremin With Capacitive Touch Sensing

#esp32 #theremin #capacitivetouch #diyaudio

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Aug 2

Build a Handheld Commodore 64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 and Pico

#raspberrypi #raspberrypipico #retrocomputing #commodore64

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Aug 2

Fruit Jam RP2350: Build a Retro Mini-Computer You Can Learn On

#fruitjam #rp2350 #adafruit #retrocomputing

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Aug 2

ESP-KVM Turns an ESP32-P4 Into a $45 Open-Source IP KVM

#esp32 #esp32p4 #kvm #homeassistant

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Aug 1

Luxonis M8 Box: An RP2040 That Wires Edge AI to Machines

#edgeai #rp2040 #machinevision #robotics

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Aug 1

How These DIY Robot Legs Walk on an Arduino Mega 2560

#robotics #arduino #servomotors #pca9685

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Aug 1

QuadBoat: Raspberry Pi Spider Robot That Rescues Swimmers

#robotics #raspberrypi #arduino #computervision

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Jul 31

Get Full-HD Video From a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 Over USB

#raspberrypipico #esp32 #usbvideo #microcontrollers

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Jul 31

SensWear Puts an Open Source Wearable Stack on the nRF54L15

#wearables #nrf54l15 #sensors #bluetoothle

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Jul 31

Open Sauce 2026: Maker Builds You Can Recreate This Weekend

#opensauce #esp32 #raspberrypi #makercommunity

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Jul 30

ChronoWatch X2040: An RP2040 Smartwatch That Just Tells Time

#rp2040 #raspberrypipico #smartwatch #waveshare

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Jul 30

Build a Buzzing Hazard-Alert Wearable With an ESP32 and Gas Sensor

#esp32 #wearable #sensors #haptics

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Jul 30

A NIR Wearable Patch That Watches the Brain Clean Itself

#wearable #sensors #nearinfrared #ble

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Jul 29

Open RC Spotter: An ESP32 Data Logger for RC Car Racing

#esp32 #gps #imu #datalogger

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Jul 29

Building a Handheld Commodore 64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 and Pico

#raspberrypi #commodore64 #retrogaming #emulation

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Jul 29

M5Stack PowerHub: An ESP32 Dev Kit That Smartly Manages Power

#m5stack #esp32 #iot #powermanagement

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Jul 28

Build a Spinning Mechanical TV with a Raspberry Pi Pico

#raspberrypipico #steppermotor #persistenceofvision #led

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Jul 28

AI Projects with Raspberry Pi: Run Local Models on a Pi 5

#raspberrypi #edgeai #machinelearning #aihat

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Jul 28

Build a Handheld Commodore 64 With a Raspberry Pi 3 and Pico

#raspberrypi #raspberrypipico #commodore64 #retrogaming

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Jul 27

Powered by Raspberry Pi: Smart Vivariums to Drone Shows

#raspberrypi #rp2350 #sensors #iot

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Jul 27

Build a Palm-Sized POV TV with a Raspberry Pi Pico

#raspberrypipico #persistenceofvision #steppermotor #diyelectronics

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Jul 27

FalconS1 Pro Brings 26 TOPS of Local Edge AI to the Factory Floor

#edgeai #embedded #nxpimx8 #industrialautomation

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Jul 26

Doom Runs on a Scratch-Built RISC-V CPU on an FPGA

#riscv #fpga #cpudesign #doom

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Jul 26

Portable Commodore 64: A Raspberry Pi Retro Handheld

#raspberrypi #retrocomputing #raspberrypipico #emulation

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Jul 26

Raspberry Pi 3 Powers This Pocket-Sized Commodore 64 Handheld

#raspberrypi #retrogaming #commodore64 #emulation

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Jul 25

Nordic nRF54L15 Discovery: Two Open-Hardware Boards, One PCB

#nordicnrf54l15 #microcontrollers #openhardware #bluetoothle

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Jul 25

A Raspberry Pi and YOLOv8 Read This Gas Meter Automatically

#raspberrypi #computervision #yolov8 #homeassistant

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Jul 25

A Raspberry Pi Zero Clock That Sets Itself and Never Drifts

#raspberrypi #raspberrypizero #7segmentdisplay #i2c

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Jul 24

Build a Portable Commodore 64 Handheld With a Raspberry Pi 3

#raspberrypi #retrogaming #commodore64 #emulation

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