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The Motorola 6809, released in 1978, was the follow-up to their 6800 from four years earlier. It’s a powerful little chip with many 16-bit features, although it’s an 8-bit micro …read more Continue reading Modern In-Circuit Emulator for the 6809
Although marketing folk and laypeople may credit [Steve Jobs] as the man behind the success of Apple, those in the tech world know the real truth that without [Steve Wozniak] …read more Continue reading Single-Stepping the 6502 Processor
Non-contact infrared (IR) thermometers used to be something of an exotic tool, but thanks at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re now the sort of thing you …read more Continue reading Building an IR Thermometer That Fits on Your Keychain
The look, the feel, the sound — there are few things more satisfying in this world than a nice switch. If you’re putting together a device that you plan on …read more Continue reading Toyota Heater Switches Learn New Tricks
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
One of the fun parts of the ESP32-S3 microcontroller is that it got upgraded to the newer Cadence Xtensa LX7 processor core, which turns out to have a range of …read more Continue reading SIMD-Accelerated Computer Vision on the ESP32-S3
There are so many new cool MCUs coming out, and you want to play with all of them, but, initially, they tend to be accessible as bare chips. Devboards might …read more Continue reading Try Out MCUs With This Jumperable TSSOP20 Adapter
[Poking Technology] doesn’t think much of his new smartwatch. It is, by his admission, the cheapest possible smartwatch, coming in at about $3. It has very few useful features but …read more Continue reading $3 Smartwatch Can Run Python
If you’re pairing a tiny Linux computer to a few peripherals — perhaps you’re building a reasonably custom Pi-powered device — it’s rightfully tempting to use something like an STM32 …read more Continue reading Coupling STM32 And Linux? Consider HID over I2C
There’s no shortage of Geiger counter projects based on the old Soviet SBM-20 tube, it’s a classic circuit that’s easy enough even for a beginner to implement — so long …read more Continue reading ESP32 Brings New Features To Classic Geiger Circuit