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Last time, I talked about how MicroPython is powerful and deserving of a place in your toolkit, and it made for a lively discussion. I’m glad to see that overall, …read more Continue reading Embedded Python: MicroPython Toolkits
Ordering a PCB? Two of them? Three? Five? For about eight years now, I’ve been regularly ordering large numbers of different PCBs, and, naturally, have developed a toolkit to make …read more Continue reading Hacker Tactic: Single-PCB Panels
In case you haven’t heard, about a month ago MicroPython has celebrated its 11th birthday. I was lucky that I was able to start hacking with it soon after pyboards …read more Continue reading Embedded Python: MicroPython Is Amazing
Welcome to the Design Review Central! [VE3SVF] sends us their board, and it’s a HAB (High Altitude Balloon) tracker board. It’s got the venerable ATMega28P on it, a LoRa modem …read more Continue reading PCB Design Review: HAB Tracker With ATMega328P
When I was growing up, about 4 or 5 years old, I had an unorthodox favourite type of reading material: service manuals for my dad’s audio equipment. This got to …read more Continue reading Hack All The Things, Get All The Schematics
If you’re designing a universal port, you will be expected to provide power. This was a lesson learned in the times of LPT and COM ports, where factory-made peripherals and …read more Continue reading USB And The Myth Of 500 Milliamps
[Sophia Dal] brings us a project you will definitely like if you’re tired of traditional peripherals like a typical keyboard and mouse combo. This is ErgO, a smart ring you …read more Continue reading The ErgO Ring Makes Computer Interactions Comfortable
How do you talk USB Power Delivery (PD)? Grab a PHY? Use a MCU with one built-in? Well, if you’re hardcore enough, you can do it with just a few …read more Continue reading USB PD On CH32V003 Teaches You Everything
There’s no shortage of USB-C chargers in all sorts of configurations, but sometimes, you simply need a few more charging ports on the go, and you got a single one. …read more Continue reading Split A USB-C PD Port Into Three Port-ions
Are you the kind of hacker who tries to pick up FreeCAD, but doesn’t want to go through a tutorial and instead pokes around the interface, trying to transfer the …read more Continue reading FreeCAD Foray: Shells For All Our PCBs