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1964 Dansette Pi Internet Radio

“This stylish mid-1960s Dansette portable radio is now playing the 21st century’s finest internet radio stations thanks to a loving upgrade. All of the original controls have been re-used, and you’d never know it’s a conversion - until …

Project  68k nano

68k nano

“A minimal single-board computer based on the venerable “Texas Cockroach” Motorola 68000 16/32-bit microprocessor. Features 68HC000 processor running at 12MHz 1MB RAM 64KB ROM 16550 UART providing a 5V FTDI serial port 44-pin IDE connector for CompactFlash card adapter …

A Helium-Based, Affordable Robotic Airship

“The New Dexterity Low-Cost Robotic Airship for Education and Research Miniature indoor robotic airship platforms offer high mobility, safety, and extended flighttimes. This project focuses on the feasibility, design, development, and evaluation of such a platform for robotics education and …

A New, Fully Modular CNC Controller

“The blog post details a new CNC controller I designed. I have probably designed 40-50 different controllers over the years, but this one has me really excited. My past controllers were generally application specific. My recent controllers have all been …

Arduino Nano HV UPDI Programmer

“The Nano HV UPDI programmer will allow using the additional configuration settings for the UPDI pin without the fear of getting locked out from the MCU. There are 3 programming modes: UPDI, HV or PCHV (described below). The target voltage …

Automated Perpetual Calendar

“Years ago I came across a wooden perpetual calendar and I loved the idea. After thinking about it for months I decided I wanted to make one myself; however, there was a long list of things I wanted to do …

Build a Rover Combining Azure Sphere Security and FreeRTOS

“Learn how to integrate a real-time FreeRTOS application running a timing-sensitive ultrasonic distance sensor with Azure Sphere security. What you will learn You will learn how to integrate a real-time FreeRTOS application responsible for running a timing-sensitive ultrasonic distance sensor …

COVID19 - Fever Control with Jetson Nano and FLIR Lepton3

“In the far 2017 I partecipated (and won) to a challenge promoted by FLIR and the BeagleBoard.org Foundation.I used a FLIR Lepton3 module and a BeagleBone Blue to detect and track people using their temperature. This year, the …

Crazy L.O.L Spectrum Analyzer

“Today I’d like to share how to make an audio spectrum analyzer - 36 bands by combining 4 LoL Shields together. This crazy project uses a FFT library to analyze a stereo audio signal, convert it to frequency bands, and …

Displaying smooth-scrolling text on old character LCDs

“Character LCDs have been around for a long time. These displays contain a number of discinct blocks—each capable of displaying a single character—so displaying scrolling text would traditionally involve just shifting characters left one block at a time …