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There’s currently a significant amount of confusion around the full extent of the GPIO hardware issue in the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, with [Ian] over at [Dangerous Prototypes] of Bus …read more Continue reading The Worsening Raspberry Pi RP2350 E9 Erratum Situation
Making microcontrollers produce video has long been a staple of hardware hacking, but as the resolution goes up, it becomes a struggle for less capable silicon. To get higher resolution …read more Continue reading Dual-Port RAM For a Simple VGA Card
The proliferation of microcontrollers has made it easier than ever to add some smarts to a project, but sometimes there just isn’t enough space for headers on a board, or …read more Continue reading SWD Interface Simplifies Debugging
The newly released RP2350 microcontroller has a confirmed new bug in the current A0 stepping, affecting GPIO pull-down behavior. Listed in the Raspberry Pi RP2350 datasheet as errata RP2350-E9, it …read more Continue reading Hardware Bug in Raspberry Pi’s RP2350 Causes Faulty Pull-Down Behavior
When we think of programmable hardware, we think of FPGAs. But they’re not the only option. [Oliver Schmidt] has been exploring how the Raspberry Pi Pico can serve in such …read more Continue reading Using The Pi Pico As ‘Programmable Hardware’ For The Apple II
[Marius Taciuc’s] latest endeavor, the B4 Thinker, offers a captivating glimpse into microcontroller architecture through a modular approach. This proof-of-concept project is meticulously documented, with a detailed, step-by-step guide to …read more Continue reading Building a Microcontroller from Scratch: The B4 Thinker Project
If you’re running a big factory, you’ve probably got a massively expensive contract with a major programmable logic controller (PLC) manufacturer. One shudders to think about the cost of the …read more Continue reading A Cheap DIY PLC Based on the Atmega328P
[Mellow_Labs] wanted an Everything Presence Lite kite but found it was always out of stock. Therefore, he decided to create his own. The kit uses a millimeter wave sensor as …read more Continue reading Roll Your Own Presence Sensor
The Raspberry Pi Foundation had their new RP2350 chip audited by Hextree.io, and now, both companies want to see if you can hack it. Just to prove that they’re serious, …read more Continue reading Can You Hack The RP2350? There’s $10,000 On The Line
From the “why didn’t we think of that” department comes [dupontgu’s] pong mouse project. The mouse appears and acts like a normal computer mouse until you click the scroll wheel. …read more Continue reading Mouse Doesn’t Play Pong… It IS Pong!