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18 Sep 2026 edition

25 articles · 6 sources ·

Top topics: Hardware

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Bring ideas, leave inspired: Maker Faire Bay Area 2026 is coming!

Are you ready for Maker Faire Bay Area? We sure are! The family-friendly festival of invention, creativity, and hands-on DIY culture – some call it the “the greatest show-and-tell on Earth” – is holding its special 20th…

Source: Arduino Blog Arduino Team
Hardware

Everything is better with lasers

Exploring Ledger Donjon's security research into our RP2350 chip. The post Everything is better with lasers appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Source: Raspberry Pi News Chris Boross
Hardware

Digitize analog gauge readings with edge AI

Expense calculations in the industrial world tend to be unintuitive to individuals, because service and maintenance often consume larger chunks of the budget than the equipment itself. For that reason, modifications to…

Source: Arduino Blog Arduino Team
Hardware

ESP32-C61-WROOM-1 WFA Certificate

Issue Date: Friday, September 18, 2026 Language English Download: esp32_c61_wroom_1_wfa_certificate.pdfCertificates Status: ShowCertificate Product: ESP32-C6

Source: Espressif News Anonymous
Hardware

ESP32-S31-WROOM-1 & ESP32-S31-WROOM-1U Datasheet

Language English esp32-s31-wroom-1_wroom-1u_datasheet_en.pdfESP32-S31This document introduces the specifications of ESP32-S31-WROOM-1 & ESP32-S31-WROOM-1U hardware, including overview, pin definitions, functional…

Source: Espressif News Anonymous
Hardware

Sony’s First Computer

In 1982, desktop computers were coming into their own, and no clear leaders had emerged. But everyone knew they wanted a piece of the action. This led to, among other …read more

Source: Hackaday Al Williams
Hardware

Making a Digital Music Player for Cassette Decks

In the cross-over between the era of tapes into that of MP3s, you’d see quite a few of those special cassette tapes that were actually digital music players inside. Some …read more

Source: Hackaday Maya Posch
Hardware

Haunted Portrait #piday #raspberrypi

You can make a seemingly innocuous portrait come to life using an ornately framed flat panel TV powered by a Raspberry Pi. With proper lighting, it will look just like a painting, but every so often, the portrait…

Source: Adafruit Blog Takara
Hardware

Reconstructing a Pin on a Pin Grid Array Package

Before moving to land grid array (LGA) packaging whereby each pin on the substrate is just a copper pad, processors commonly used pin grid array (PGA) packaging, including the still …read more

Source: Hackaday Maya Posch
Hardware

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: Seesaw Gamepad QT

#circuitpythonparsec Read button state bitmask and analog thumbstick values via I2C using the Seesaw chip in CircuitPython. Try out the code example To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

Source: Adafruit Blog John Park
Hardware

ReBoots Animated LED Boot Laces

This guide will help you make glowing, animated boot laces. A sensor in each heel, watching you, weighing your every step, waiting for the opportune moment to light your stride and set your dance moves on fire.…

Source: Adafruit Blog Jessie Mae
Hardware

Memorial Phone Booth #piday #raspberrypi

Brothers Jonathan and Michael Weerts transformed this old pay phone into a memorial for their brother, Nick. Loaded with hours of home recordings, the phone booth mostly serves as a place of remembrance for friends and…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
Hardware

Brain Control Your Appliance, Sort Of

We aren’t sure we subscribe to [Upside Down Labs] description that their Neuro PlayGround Lite (NPG Lite) actually constitutes brain control in the science fiction sense. However, the package can …read more

Source: Hackaday Al Williams
Hardware

Meta Portal Given New Life As Extended Display

The Meta Portal and associated devices are effectively defunct, having been abandoned by the company in 2022. If you’ve still got one at home, you might be wondering what to …read more

Source: Hackaday Zoe Skyforest
Hardware

Review of Elecrow ThinkNode M9 QWERTY terminal with MeshCore firmware

Last August, CNX Software covered the launch of the Elecrow ThinkNode M9, a standalone LoRa terminal running MeshCore firmware with a QWERTY keyboard, a color display, GPS, and a built-in 2,300mAh battery. Elecrow has…

Source: CNX Software Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

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