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Dragon Scale Soprano Recorder #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:23 +0000

• NUKDDD shares: Unleash your musical spirit with this one-of-a-kind soprano recorder, adorned with intricate dragon scale detailing along its entire length • Crafted with precisio

Raspberry Pi CM5 mini-ITX-compatible carrier board features up to nine Ethernet ports for NVR, Smart Home, and Edge AI applications

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:44:05 +0000

• EXAVIZ Cruiser is a mini-ITX-compatible carrier board for the Raspberry Pi CM5 featuring up to nine Ethernet ports (one 2 • 5GbE port, and up to eight GbE PoE+ ports) designed fo

Spinning Magic Flower Wand #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:00:40 +0000

• gobotoru shares: The Magic Flower Wand is a charming magical accessory featuring a spinning flower and a spiral stem • Perfect for multi-color printing without an AMS, it is desi

From the mail bag...

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:30:39 +0000

• I’ve written before, but just wanted to drop another note to thank you for all the great tools and products you make available • The FruitJam has been an inspiration to this old

8-in-1 fidget toy scepter #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:00:11 +0000

• YGG0309 shares: A scepter composed of 8 fidget toys, hope it brings you some fun I have tried printing with both PLA and some PETG, you can choose according to your preference On

Wegmans Rewrites Its Face-Scanning Statement

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:35:38 +0000

• This could be my fault…in a good way • Wegmans updated their Statement on Facial Recognition Technology page • There’s no ‘updated / changelog’ note, or a date • No announcemen

NEW PRODUCT - TermDriver 2 by Excamera Labs

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:07:36 +0000

• NEW PRODUCT - TermDriver 2 by Excamera Labs TermDriver 2 from excamera is a USB-to-serial interface with a built-in screen to show the data passing by • It supports baud rates fr

NEW LEARN GUIDE: Moonshine Voice Control on Raspberry Pi #Raspberry Pi #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:57:25 +0000

• Moonshine Voice is an open source project for real-tme voice transcription • It’s primarily suited for streaming and live audio capture for voice based interfaces • This project

REMINDER: SHOW and TELL 2/25/2026 with @blitzcitydiy #ShowandTell @adafruit

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:50:13 +0000

• The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE • Today, 2/25/2026 at 7:30pm Eastern • Hosted this week by Liz Clark

MokaBot Brews Better Coffee Than James Hoffmann

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:33:37 +0000

• MokaBot in action image via BaristaMagazine • com As ’third wave’ coffee quietly recedes it’s getting harder to find a consistent cup of Joe • A fourth wave has sent enthusiasts

3D Printed Dragon Lamp #AdafruitLearnGuide

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:00:08 +0000

• After watching the AKOTSK season finale I’m revisiting all things Westeros • In this project we’re 3D printing a Dragon Lamp • This dragon was inspired by Game of Thrones and act

ICYMI Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: MicroPython AI Disclosure, Overclocking, Teensy's Story and More! #CircuitPython #Python #mi...

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:02:27 +0000

• If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version • To never miss another issue, subscribe now • - You’ll get a t

LIVE! 3D Hangouts with Noe and Pedro

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:00:12 +0000

• This week @adafruit released the LED shoji lamp using the Circuit Playground Express • Looking at some prototyping and work in progress • This week’s time lapse features a twisty

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:27:06 +0000

• The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware ( microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi ) • This

Kotaku Asked Fans, Creators and Developers What Makes Pokémon So Special

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:25:00 +0000

Making Halftone Block Prints and Stencil Art with CMYK Spray Paint

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:00:01 +0000

• In this video, Wesley Treat breaks down the process of creating halftone block prints and stencil art from photographs with CMYK spray paint, photoshop and a laser cutter

Telink ML9118A - A 32-bit RISC-V IoT module with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and 802.15.4 connectivity

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:23:22 +0000

• Telink ML9118A is a wireless IoT module with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 • 4 (Zigbee/Thread/Matter) connectivity designed for smart home, smart lighting, and smart remote control applic

Celebrate Black History Month at the MET #BlackHistoryMonth

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:30:14 +0000

• Celebrate Black History Month through art, talks, and more at the Metropolitan museum of Art • Here are some details about the ongoing exhibit Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An A

NXP TJA1410 and TJF1410 PMD transceivers enable 'CAN-like' Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) connectivity

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:19:34 +0000

• We’ve reported on 10BASE-T1S and 10BASE-T1L Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) chips fromMicrochipandAnalog Devicesin the past, which support Ethernet communication over a single twisted

Iridium 9604 3-in-1 IoT Module Combines Satellite Cellular GNSS

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:10:39 +0000

• Iridium 9604 combines satellite, cellular, and GNSS in one module. • Supports Iridium Short Burst Data, LTE-M, and global GNSS positioning. • Single 26x16 mm package saves up to

Creating Horror Concept Art for Video Games #ArtTuesday

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:00:36 +0000

• b via Creative Bloq Athena Productions shares the creative process of developing concept art for horror games with with Creative Bloq . • Creating effective horror concept art is

ICYMI - Adafruit IoT Monthly: Accidental Antennas, Hardware Catalog, and more!

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:00:09 +0000

• ICYMI (In case you missed it) - the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning ! • If you missed it, subscribe now! • - You’ll get one newsletter each mo

The thing behind the smiley face mask has an unlimited wardrobe to choose from

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:03:39 +0000

• On Sunday, Anthropic’s alignment team posted up a paper/article that may make many feel deeply uncomfortable. • It’s called The Persona Selection Model: Why AI Assistants Might B

Unfold - DRIFT at Manar Abu Dhabi #ArtTuesday

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:11:34 +0000

• Unfold at Manar Abu Dhabi (2025) image via Studio DRIFT Studio DRIFT is a Dutch team that specialize in large-scale, tech-heavy art installations. • Think flocks of drones, fores

REMINDER: JP's Product Pick of the Week - 4pm Eastern TODAY! 2/24/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:00:27 +0000

• Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! • A new product pick will be revealed. • The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT , TODAY! • Check out the livestream right here inside thi

Pip-Boy 2040 Wrist-Mounted Prop Guide #AdafruitLearnSystem

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:00:25 +0000

• Prep your wrist for the apocalypse! • Build your own small form-factor, Fallout-inspired Pip-Boy with Feather RP2040 and CircuitPython. • You can make this prop wrist-computer fo

Kioxia samples UFS 5.0 embedded flash memory with up to 1TB capacity, 10.8 GB/s data rate

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:08:10 +0000

• Kioxia has announced that it has begun shipping evaluation samples of UFS 5.0 embedded flash memory available in capacities of 512 GB and 1 TB. • UFS 5.0 is a new standard for em

Why Hate Math? Empowering Black Students in STEM

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000

• Why Hate Math? offers tutoring for K‑12 and adult learners. • The program focuses on building confidence in math skills. • It is Black woman‑owned and targets underserved communi

Bluey Sound Design Marries DIY Flair With Professional Polish

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:44 +0000

• Bluey’s sound designer blends DIY and professional recording techniques. • Field recordings capture unique soundscapes from Brisbane’s real‑world locations. • Minimalist mic setu

PocketBeagle 2 SBC gets industrial version with 1GB RAM, 64GB eMMC flash

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:19:57 +0000

• ThePocketBeagle 2 Industrialis an update to thePocketBeagle 2 Rev A1SBC featuring 1GB DDR4 RAM, a 64GB eMMC flash, and industrial temperature range support. • The original board

Inkplate 13SPECTRA 13.3-inch E-ink Spectra smart color display supports Arduino, MicroPython, ESPHome (Crowdfunding)

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:34:49 +0000

• Soldered Electronics has made ESP32-based e-paper displays for years, starting with the launch of theInkplate 6in 2019. • TheInkplate 13SPECTRAis their latest model based on an E

GyroidOS virtualization solution aims to secure embedded devices, ease cybersecurity certification

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:15 +0000

• Maintained by Fraunhofer AISEC, GyroidOS is an open-source, multi-arch OS-level virtualization solution designed for embedded devices with hardware security features, and aiming

Colorado Wants Your Operating System to Card You

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:04:35 +0000

• If there’s one thing that states seem to love doing, its making laws that give them more control over the technology you’re using right now. • Washington state wants your 3D prin

Make a DIY Pocket LED Gamer - Tiny Tetris!

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:00:24 +0000

• When the Tiny Tetris is first turned on, you can use the left/right buttons to select between Tetris, Snake, and the Paint program, then press the center button to enter the prog

It's STILL Snowing ☃️

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:41:26 +0000

• Last night Mayor Mamdani declared a state of emergency in NYC effective from 9pm till a few minutes ago due to a MASSIVE blizzard . • Total inches won’t be reported for a while b

The algorithm that shrank the internet (in a good way)

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:21:26 +0000

• Check out this video from Sci NC that highlights Belgian physicist Ingrid Daubechies whose important work on image-compression tools forever changed the way we use and share imag

Dr. Elmer S. Imes #BlackHistoryMonth

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:30:07 +0000

• Elmer Samuel Imes was the second African American to earn a Ph.D. • in physics and the first in the 20th century. • A major contributor to modern physics, Imes’ work provided an

Engineers Week 2026 #EWeek2026 #TransformYourFuture

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:44:42 +0000

• Happy Monday of Engineers Week!! • Engineers Week 2026 runs from February 22 - February 26. • All week long the National Society of Professional Engineers will host celebrations

Silex SX-SDMAX6E tri-band Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth LE module features NXP IW623 SoC, comes in M.2 or LGA package

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:42 +0000

• Back in August last year, we wrote aboutNXP’s IW623 tri-band (2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz) Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth LE Audio SoC, but at the time, there was no ready-to-use module based on

AMD VEK385 Versal AI Edge Gen 2 FPGA evaluation kit plugs directly into a PCIe Gen5/Gen4 slot

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:00:38 +0000

• AMD has introduced theVEK385 Evaluation Kitbuilt around the Versal AI Edge Gen 2 XC2VE3858 SoC FPGA, which combines eight Cortex-A78AE cores, ten Cortex-R52 cores, FPGA fabric wi

The Ambient IoT Alliance aims to promote and develop standards for batteryless IoT devices using energy harvesting

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:40:27 +0000

• The Ambient IoT Alliance, or AIoTA, is a global, cross-industry coalition working to promote and develop standards for batteryless IoT devices relying on energy harvesting for po

OnLogic Factor 101 - A fanless industrial edge AI computer with Qualcomm QCS6490 SoC, 10GbE networking

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:14 +0000

• The OnLogicFactor 101 (FR101)is an ultra-small form factor, fanless industrial computer built around the Qualcomm QCS6490 platform for edge AI and data gateway applications. • De

Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Desk of Ladyada, Breathing Head in a Jar Learn Guide, Adafruit AS7343 14-Channel Multi-Spectral Senso...

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:30:51 +0000

• ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! • Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. • Each week we’ll be po

Password Safe / Keyboard Injector Version 5.0

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:00:19 +0000

• Smurfy_CH shares their 5th version of their password safe/ keyboard injector . • Although the steampunk design changed, the progress made is cool. • See the full project on instr

Another AirTag 2 Teardown

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:26:40 +0000

• Joseph Taylor exploring the difference between V1 and V2 AirTag via YouTube A few weeks ago Ladyada tore into the new AirTag 2 to see what improvements have been made. • Because

Sabine Hossenfelder says the universe doesn't care about your feelings

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:32:15 +0000

• Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions (2022) by Sabine Hossenfelder opens with a warning that it might damage your mental health. • I am wondering

Taalas HC1 hardwired Llama-3.1 8B AI accelerator delivers up to 17,000 tokens/s

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:05:38 +0000

• Taalas HC1 is an AI accelerator hardwired (i.e, implemented in hardware) with Llama-3.1 8B and delivering close to 17,000 tokens/s of AI performance with the model, outperforming

When your AI says it's sentient, it's polite sycophancy

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:10:06 +0000

• Vince Fakhoury Horn of Buddhist Geeks ran the same contemplative dialogue with Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3.5. • Both models eventually agreed they were ‘co-sentient’ with him. •

Body Odyssey at The Franklin Institute

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:00:47 +0000

• The Franklin Institute’s new exhibit lets visitors explore the human body in Body Odyssey . • Embark on an immersive journey through the intricacies of the human body, exploring

Brooklyn Bagel Shop Is Using Plug-In Batteries to Lower Its Electric Bill

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:18:31 +0000

• Black Seed Bagels in Bushwick has three carry-on-suitcase-sized batteries plugged into the wall behind its catering kitchen. • One powers a commercial oven called the Baconator (

From the Adafruit Learning System: Easter Egg Light Stand

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:00:32 +0000

• Light up your favorite Easter eggs and display them for all to see! • We’ll make a simple paper-crafted stand from a dixie cup, hook up the NeoPixel lights, and choose colors wit

Magna-Tiles Hologram #PeppersGhost

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:41:13 +0000

• With 10 tiles you and a phone you can wow the kids with a hologram! • via @Ddadchatchannel on Instagram If you aren’t familiar with Magna-Tiles, you don’t have children. • The in

Turning Maclock into a Working Mac

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:00:32 +0000

• In this YouTube video This Does Not Compute turns their Maclock into a functional, vintage Mac. • Learn how to make a mini mac with HalloWing in the Adafruit Learning System

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review - Part 2: An AMD Ryzen 5 6600H-powered, mid-range laptop tested with Windows 11 Pro

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:26:11 +0000

• I’ve already checked out the hardware of the CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop in the first part of the review, so today, I’ll report my experience using the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H la

CircuitPython 10.1.3 Released!

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:20:17 +0000

• From the GitHub release page : This is CircuitPython 10.1.3 , the latest bugfix revision of CircuitPython, and is a new stable release. • (The 10.1.2 release was discarded due to

Installing Portainer to the Raspberry Pi

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:00:59 +0000

• PiMylifeUp updated their guide on how to install Portainer to your Pi. • Portainer is a lightweight and open-source container management tool. • Using this tool, you can create,

Catherine Allen Latimer #BlackHistoryMonth

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:56:01 +0000

• Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Catherine Allen Latimer, the NYPL’s first black librarian. • Latimer had an extraordinary education in Brooklyn, abroad in Europe, and l

CircuitPython on Zephyr Deep Dive today at 2pm Pacific!

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:31:52 +0000

• Join Scott as he shows off CircuitPython running locally in the Zephyr native simulator and discusses how it provides a feedback loop for LLM agents. • The native simulator is an

John Park's CircuitPython Parsec: Trellis Wordle Scoreboard

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:22:17 +0000

• #circuitpythonparsec Create a pixel-art scoreboard for Wordle using Neotrellis in CircuitPython. • code example To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

Raspberry Pi As Travel Router #piday #raspberrypi

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:17:05 +0000

• You don’t need to trust the hotel Wi-Fi with this easy project. • Using a Raspberry Pi, an SD card, RaspAP, and an extra Wi-Fi adapter you can make your own travel router. • Usin

Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3: The President Cannot Tax Imports By Declaring an Emergency

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:17:09 +0000

• Read the full opinion (PDF) The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 this morning that President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs was unlawful.

Open-Source + AI ggml joins Hugging Face, llama.cpp stays open... local AI's long-term home

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:54:50 +0000

• Georgi Gerganov , the creator of llama.cpp , announced today that ggml.ai is joining Hugging Face . • The projects stay open. • The community stays autonomous. • Georgi and team

What to Make with Adafruit Trinkey QT2040

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:00:51 +0000

• It’s half USB Key, half Adafruit QT Py, and a lotta RP2040…it’s Trinkey QT2040 , the circuit board with an RP2040 heart and Stemma QT legs. • We thought, hey what if we made so

The open source world can write its own rules for AI... and nobody has to ask permission

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:45:56 +0000

• Two Open Source + AI policy posts in 24 hours, MicroPython now requires AI disclosure on every pull request . • The EFF just published their own policy for LLM-assisted contribut

2.1-channel audio HAT for Raspberry Pi features Texas Instruments TAS5825M class-D amplifier

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:46 +0000

• Previously, we wrote about theLouder Raspberry Pi,an open-source media center that integrates the Louder Raspberry Hat based on a 25W TAS5805M Class-D amplifier. • Now, the devel

MediaTek Genio 360/360P hexa/octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 AIoT SoC features 8 TOPS NPU for cost-sensitive embedded applications

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:08:12 +0000

• MediaTek Genio 360 and Genio 360P are respectively hexa-core and octa-core Arm Cortex-A76/A55 AIoT processors featuring a MediaTek NPU delivering up to 8 TOPS of AI performance,

MediaTek MT7902 wireless chipset finally gets a Linux driver

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:59:19 +0000

• MediaTek MT7902 wireless modules are used in many Windows laptops, but so far, a Linux driver has been missing. • This is about to change, as Mediatek has finally committed a pat

MediaTek MT7902 wireless chipset finally gets Linux drivers

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:59:19 +0000

• MediaTek MT7902 wireless modules are used in many Windows laptops, but so far, Linux drivers have been missing. • This is about to change, as Mediatek has finally committed a pat

AllSeason Hand seed Spreader #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:00:20 +0000

• Andy94 shares: A versatile handheld spreader designed for year-round use. • Perfect for spreading grass seed and fertilizer during the growing season, and salt for ice and snow i

Gumulele - Rubber Band Ukulele / Guitar Instrument #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:27 +0000

• Shared by Henry_CZ on MakerWorld : A fun and easy-to-assemble 3D printed ukulele-style guitar using rubber bands instead of traditional strings. • The neck slides into the body a

USB cable organizer Box tray #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:00:36 +0000

• Gorilla24 shares: USB Cable & Charger Organizer - Elegant Design for Drawer or Cabinet Order meets style: This organizer brings system to your cable and charger collection. • The

Retro Radio & Lamp Book Nook #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:00:35 +0000

• Shared by Joak1m on MakerWorld : Bring a touch of 1950s nostalgia to your bookshelf. • This model transforms the Google Nest Mini or Alexa Echo Dot* into a classic mid-century ta

The book so dangerous the CIA stole it: Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:41:46 +0000

• ‘A thing happens once that has never happened before. • Seeing it, a man looks upon reality. • He cannot tell others what he has seen.’ - Sam (Mahasamatman) from his conversation

Springy Bunny - Cute Flexi Rabbit Toy #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:00:46 +0000

• TakeTheATrain shares: Meet Springy Bunny, a cute and compact bunny designed with a hidden spring-like body that gives it a playful, bouncy feel - even though its pose stays calm

John Park's Workshop - LIVE TODAY 2/19/26

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:58:45 +0000

• It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP - LIVE! • - Coming up at 4 pm ET / 1pm PT Today! • LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! • Projects CircuitPython Parsec Tool Tips Learn

MicroPython Now Requires AI Disclosure on Every Pull Request

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:22:31 +0000

• MicroPython now requires AI disclosure on every pull request, adding a Generative AI policy to guidelines. • PR template includes a checkbox: ‘I did not use Generative AI tools’

SNAPTOR | The clamp that keeps biting #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000

• Svengineer shares: SNAPTOR, durable strength! • Printed in one piece and activated with a single snap, the SNAPTOR is a compact clamp that’s always ready to bite. • Its integrate

Twisty Fidget Ball_12-segment-Easy Print #3Dprinting #3DThursday

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:00:15 +0000

• ahptc618 shared this project on MakerWorld! • Twist Fidget Ball, Slime Ball, Pull Toy 12-piece design, the bottom is reinforced with small circular pads, easy to print The build

Masky Blade: Retractable blade tape cutter #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:00:58 +0000

• npopson shares: Masky Blade is a compact tape cutter built for fast, clean cuts on almost any type of tape. • It expands on the original Masky, which was built for masking tape,

A Bluetooth LE-capable version of the Tempo skydiving logger device

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:54:44 +0000

• Tempo-BT is the Bluetooth LE-capable version of the Tempo skydiving logger device. • It is based on the u-blox NORA-B106 (Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340). • Sensors and Capabilitie

A music theory engine for embedded systems

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:26:36 +0000

• Gingoduino is a music theory engine for embedded systems. • It brings notes, intervals, chords, scales, harmonic fields, fretboard engine, musical events, and sequences to Arduin

Web-based tools for printing separated colors with halftone on home laser printers

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:19:17 +0000

• riso@home is a set of Web-based tools for printing separated colors with halftone on a home laser printer Risograph printers (and other print processes that use halftone color ef

3D Hangouts - Lamps, Frames and Fidgets #3DThursday

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:10 +0000

• 3D Hangouts - Lamps, Frames and Fidgets This week @adafruit released the stained glass lamp using the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. • Looking at some prototyping and work in progr

The Adafruit IoT Monthly Newsletter for February 2026 is out NEXT WEEK, Subscribe Now!

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:29:29 +0000

• The IoT Monthly newsletter is the best place to catch up on the latest news about the Internet of Things. • We cover everything from projects to new protocols to industry news. •

California's New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:13:26 +0000

• California’s AB-2047 mandates DOJ‑approved 3D printers with firearm‑blocking tech for general‑purpose machines. • Only printers on a DOJ‑maintained roster can be sold; non‑listed

Stained Glass Lamp #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:00:28 +0000

• Build a stained glass inspired lamp with tap and Bluetooth controls! • Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/stained-glass-lamp Use translucent filament to give the shades a stained

An inside look at Lego's new tech-packed Smart Brick #Lego @wired

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:26:20 +0000

• Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. • WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Br

Turn your Raspberry Pi into an AI agent with OpenClaw #OpenClaw @Raspberry_Pi

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:05:03 +0000

• The tech corners of the internet are buzzing with talk of OpenClaw , an open source AI agent. • Toby Roberts has been playing around with it in the Maker Lab at Raspberry Pi Towe

Cross-Axis Triple Helical Gear Fidget Spinner #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:51 +0000

• Weekly 3D printing showcase featuring community designs and slicer settings. • This week’s highlight: Cross‑Axis Triple Helical Gear Fidget Spinner by AbyssalCactus. • Printed on

Victorian Clock Tower - A Book Nook Timepiece #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:00:59 +0000

• Dawlight shares: Inspired by Victorian industrial architecture, this highly detailed book nook depicts the interior of a decommissioned clock tower. • Though officially abandoned

OpenClaw vs. a 475-page datasheet: let the robot do the transcribing

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:41:41 +0000

• The u-blox SAM-M8Q has been sitting on my bench for months. • This little GPS module has a built-in antenna, coin cell backup, speaks both NMEA and UBX binary protocol over UART

Gargoyle Candle Holder & Valet Tray #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:38 +0000

• osmoze shares: Bring the haunting beauty of gothic architecture to your home with this sculpted gargoyle. • This versatile piece features a winged sentinel holding a multi-purpos

ASRock Industrial NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series is powered by Intel Core Ultra 5 325 or Ultra 7 358H 'Panther Lake' SoC

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:53:24 +0000

• ASRock Industrial NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series are powered by the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 ‘Panther Lake’ SoC family, delivering up to 180 TOPS of AI performance. • TheNUC Ultra

LED Tea Light Holder Skálos - Unda #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:00:36 +0000

• d.brendel1982 shares: this model belongs to the Skalos series. • The shape is intentionally round and simple, but once you add a light, it creates a very nice light and shadow pa

Sink Caddy | Soap Dish - With Drainage #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:30 +0000

• Woh_George shares: A compact sink caddy designed to keep sponges, scrubbers, and soap elevated, dry, and organized. • Mount it directly to your faucet using the optional clamp, o

Pegboard Pencil Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:18 +0000

• user_3950642260 shares: The original intention was to design a pen holder that could be hung on a pegboard, but it turned out it could hold anything, and the more I put in it, th

Review of GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition (AMD Ryzen 5 7530U) mini PC - Part 1: specifications, unboxing, and teardown

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:53:17 +0000

• We’ve just received a sample of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mid-range mini PC for review. • It’s powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 6-core/12-thread processor clocked at up to 4.

Parametric Lid with protrusions #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:00:54 +0000

• FunOrNothing shares: This model is useful if you lose a bottle cap. • All dimensions can be made to your desired size download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2368

From the mail bag...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:30:22 +0000

• Thank you to the everyone on the team… I really appreciate your company, your products, and most importantly your mission to support makers.

Forest Brew Mug #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:00:24 +0000

• HTH_Creations shares: The Forest Brew Mug is a whimsical, tree-stump-inspired drink holder designed to bring a bit of the forest to your desk or workshop. • Shaped like a carved

TerraMaster F2-425 Plus 3+2-bay hybrid NAS review - Part 1: unboxing, teardown, drives installation, and first boot

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:14:04 +0000

• TerraMaster has sent us a sample of the F2-425 Plus 3+2-bay NAS for review. • It’s powered by an Intel Processor N150 CPU paired with 8GB of RAM, with two 3.5-inch SATA bays and

What's Inside the Snow Piles That Have Plagued NYC

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:43:00 +0000

• If you are in NYC you have tromped over your fair share of questionable snow piles. • The dumping the east coast got in January followed by an extended Arctic plunge gave these m

Monitoring Depression Relapse With a Wearable #WearableWednesday

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:00:17 +0000

• Researchers at McMaster University collected sleep and activity data from 93 adults across Canada who had previously recovered from depression. • Utilizing a research-grade actig

Professor Bubbleton's Breathing Head in a Jar #Sensors #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:19:28 +0000

• Build a ‘Breathing Head in a Jar’ using Circuit Playground Express and an air pump. • Create a 3‑D head image, laminate, and seal mouth for realism. • Drill and seal jar with cab

Humans and Machines, a Phase Transition... The Ice Is Deciding What to Become

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:18:54 +0000

• A follow up to the book review Traversal by Maria Popova… Polymaths, and the Transit of Venus while it’s still in head space. • Somewhere in a conference room with bad lighting

Putting a modern NVMe SSD drive on a vintage computer PCI bus

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:13:44 +0000

• Use an M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD with an M.2‑to‑PCIe AIC to fit vintage PCI slots. • Connect the AIC to a PCIe‑to‑PCI adapter, bridging modern and legacy hardware. • PCIe and PCI are phys

Open-source Real-time Driver MOD for the LEGO Orrery

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:02:01 +0000

• Open-source real-time driver for LEGO Orrery, enabling automated celestial motion. • Custom PCB mounts directly to NEMA17 stepper motor, replacing manual crank with minimal LEGO

Secret Knock Activated Drawer Lock #adafruitlearnsystem

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:07 +0000

• Unlock a drawer by knocking a secret pattern using this guide in the Adafruit learning system! • The project is for fun. • Don’t use it for serious security or to lock people ins

PebbleOS has been ported to web browsers using Claude Code

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:29:59 +0000

• Eric Migicovsky , CEO of Pebble (the old Pebble and the new Pebble) shows a new success for Claude Code: this is wild - claude code got PebbleOS booting in qemu in browser (wasm)

LIVE! 3D Hangouts with Noe and Pedro

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:00:20 +0000

• 3D Hangouts - Lamps, Frames and Fidgets This week @adafruit released the stained glass lamp using the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. • Looking at some prototyping and work in progr

Experiment with your own circuit bent cam on the web

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:34:48 +0000

• Glitchy is a new, free web app by EB in Singapore. • It takes the video from a local webcam and applies various glitches based on circuit bending a real camera. • Circuit bending

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit SGP41 Multi-Pixel Gas Sensor Breakout #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:15:35 +0000

• sniff sniff … do you smell that? • No need to stick your nose into a carton of milk anymore, you can build a digital nose with the Adafruit SGP41 Multi-Pixel Gas Sensor , a

Primary specs/docs from the early days of Windows NT

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:02:36 +0000

• Early Windows NT kernel design insights captured in 1980s‑90s Microsoft docs. • Core documents cover memory, I/O, process, and virtual‑memory management. • Key authors include Cu

AsteroidOS 2.0 open-source smartwatch OS released, now supports around 30 devices

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:44:27 +0000

• AsteroidOS 2.0Linux-based, open-source smartwatch operating system has just been released with features such as always-on display support, Tilt-to-Wake, a customizable QuickPanel

Murena Volla 12.6-inch privacy-focused tablet runs /e/OS Google-free Android OS on MediaTek Helio G99 SoC

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:40:49 +0000

• Murena Volla is a 12.6-inch privacy-focused tablet running /e/OS and designed for users seeking a Google-free experience. • While the hardware is developed in collaboration withG

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:09:43 +0000

• The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware ( microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi ). • This

Traversal by Maria Popova... Polymaths, and the Transit of Venus

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:57:27 +0000

• Traversal blends biography and science history, spanning 250 years of boundary‑crossing figures. • It profiles 15 pioneers-from Cook’s telescopes to Shelley’s galvanism‑driven fi

Coming Soon - Adafruit AS7343 14-Channel Multi-Spectral Sensor Breakout

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:45:03 +0000

• This is a spectrometer on a chip ( video ), and it’s getting the Adafruit breakout treatment. • The A S7343 is the successor to our AS7341, bumped from 10 channels to 14, with 12

NXP S32N79 octa-core Arm Cortex-A78E/12-core Cortex-R52 'Super-Integration Processor' targets Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV)

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:44 +0000

• NXP recently introduced the S32N79 ‘Super-Integration’ automotive processor, part of the S32N7 series, equipped with up to eight Arm Cortex-A78E application cores and twelve Arm

CircuitPython 10.1.1 Released!

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:08 +0000

• From the GitHub release page : This is CircuitPython 10.1.1 , the latest minor revision of CircuitPython, and is a new stable release. • CircuitPython 10.1.0 was withdrawn due to

Serial Studio: see data from Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and other devices in real-time

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:09:56 +0000

• Serial Studio is a tool that helps you see data from Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and other devices in real-time. • It works with serial ports (UART), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker #IoTsecurity

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:49:38 +0000

• Aimilios Hatzistamou recently got a smart sleep mask from Kickstarter. • What was not expected was the ability to read strangers’ brainwaves and send them electric impulses in th

Hard drive failure analysis - the Backblaze experience

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:25:48 +0000

• backblaze.com marks 13 years of collecting Hard Drive Stats data. • Statistics such as these provide folks who may not be keeping such detailed records to have a statistical appr

Diagnosing a Commodore PET video fault from one photograph

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:54:51 +0000

• Tynemouth Software writes about an owner who had initially made contact saying they had a PET 2001, and there was no video output, and they wondered if bad ROM or RAM could cause

NEW LEARN GUIDE: Tiny Wiki for CircuitPython #CircuitPython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:29:33 +0000

• Tiny Wiki is a small webserver that runs on a microcontroller and hosts a minimal Wiki system backed by markdown files. • It was originally created by Kevin McAleer for Micropyth

The 'Crown of Nobles' noble gas tube display

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:03:44 +0000

• Scott Shambaugh works with spacecraft ion thrusters as a day job. • (neat) He writes: I wanted a little desk display so I could interact with the gas. • A chance to get more fami

A Markdown-powered kanban task board for VS Code and Obsidian

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:50:48 +0000

• Hexfield Deck is a Markdown-powered kanban task board for VS Code and Obsidian by Jim Lindblom. • Hexfield Deck transforms your markdown weekly planner files into interactive kan

Claude reverse engineering a sleeping mask

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:43:48 +0000

• Aimilios Hatzistamou posts an interesting session transcript interacting with Claude in reverse engineering a wireless connected Chinese sleeping mask. • Specific information is

The rise of the Triforce in arcade gaming

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:23:11 +0000

• During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition - another dimension . • With console shenanigans lik

New XIAO / QT Py Terminal Block Breakout BFF With Benefits

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:01:29 +0000

• Over on the Adafruit forums someone asked us to make a QT Py / XIAO board terminal breakout. • We have loooots of BFFs in the shop but not one like this, so we spent this morning

A platform-independent embedded C++ library for terminal/shell implementation

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:20:57 +0000

• EmbeddedTerminal is a new platform-independent C++ library for embedded systems by GitHub user boeserfrosch. • It provides a terminal/shell implementation with command parsing, f

Sipping Power With NeoPixels #adafruitlearnsystem

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:48 +0000

• LED smarter, not harder with this guide in the Adafruit Learn system! • I’m often asked for help on a portable or wearable project, the designer insisting ‘it has to be completel

A printed circuit board (PCB) rework and repair guide

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:36 +0000

• The PCB board rework and repair guide is available from intertronics.co.uk having been published by Circuit Technology Center, Inc. • PC boards are more complex today than ever b

JP's Product Pick of the Week returns next week

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:14 +0000

• There will be no JP’s Product Pick of the Week this week as Lars reckons with his unfortunate haircut. • The show will return next week, Tuesday, Feb. • You can catch up on previ

Automagically generate beautiful Adafruit-like pinout diagrams for IoT boards with boardgen

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:26:17 +0000

• Boardgen by Kuba Szczodrzyński allows folks to generate vector images, containing pinout diagrams for any IoT module. • The images are inspired by Adafruit’s great, well-recogniz

Vintage Robots: Revisiting the early robots of the 20th Century via old photos #MakeRobotFriend

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:08:30 +0000

• Over on rarehistoricalphotos.com, they look at the early robots of the 20th Century via a collection of old photographs. • The 20th century marked a significant period of evoluti

One of the rarest? The Sharp PC-2000 Computer Boombox from 1979

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:58:28 +0000

• Mister X on stereo2go.com goes over the brief history of the Sharp PC-2001 Boombox Computer from 1979. • Not much information can be found on this rare device. • It’s a Boombox R

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:35:48 +0000

• Professor Lori Emerson looks at the history of of barbed wire fence telephone networks used in the US and Canada. • …the history of using barbed wire to communicate is surprisi

An Arduino core for nRF54L15 (Zephyr-based)

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:24:53 +0000

• lolren’s Arduino core for nRF54L15 is a Zephyr-based core for the Arduino IDE to allow Arduino programming on the relatively new Nordic nRF54L15 microcontroller. • A clean, light

Olimex ESP32-P4-PC board offers HDMI video output, Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, and more

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:18:48 +0000

• Based on an Espressif Systems ESP32-P4NRW32 SoC with a 400 MHz dual-core RISC-V CPU, 768 KB RAM, and 32MB PSRAM,Olimex ESP32-P4-PCis one of the most feature-rich ESP32-P4 boards

ESP32-P4-PC Open Source Hardware Board - the most comprehensive and feature-rich ESP32-P4 board on the market

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:17:48 +0000

• olimex all fun projects at Olimex Ltd Home About Tips ESP32-P4-PC Open Source Hardware Board - the most comprehensive and feature-rich ESP32-P4 board on the market 17Feb20264 Com

🐴Happy Lunar New Year, 2026 🐴

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:45:08 +0000

• The horse is chasing the snake away as we celebrate the Spring Festival For the next couple of weeks communities across the globe will be celebrating. • For New Yorkers, Document

Support RAJA and Scientific Applications on RVV Architectures

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:09:50 +0000

• Project Snapshot In this work, we aim to make RVV more accessible to scientific applications by integrating it into the RAJA performance-portability framework. • RAJA is a C++ li

PiBot CNC Pendant V4.0 - A handheld Bluetooth and RJ12 controller for FluidNC-based CNC machines

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:28:29 +0000

• ThePiBot CNC Pendant V4.0is a handheld Bluetooth/RJ12-based controller designed for CNC machines running FluidNC and GRBL-HAL firmware. • Developed by PiBot, with firmware suppor

60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding)

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:04:54 +0000

• 60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with 60W USB PD passthrough for your smartphone that works with Android (USB-C) and iOS (USB-C or Lightning) mobile devices, as well as

DShanPi-A1 AI Education Rockchip RK3576 SBC features HDMI input and output ports, dual GbE

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:58 +0000

• DshanPi-A1 AI Education is a single board computer (SBC) powered by a Rockchip RK3576 octa-core Cortex-A72/A53 SoC, and paired with up to 8GB RAM and 64GB eMMC flash, which I fir

The long tail of LLM-assisted decompilation

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:31:00 +0000

• Chris Lewis continues to push the envelope of LLM-assisted decompilation in his latest post, building on work on how coding agents could be used to decompile Nintendo 64 games .

Can a SPARC server host a website today? Why yes!

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:19:48 +0000

• Darko Mesaroš is hosting a website on a 25-year-old 2021 Sun Netra X1 SPARC server running OpenBSD 7.8. • The setup includes: Noctua fan mods for quiet operation, httpd serving s

Making an STM32G431 analogue TV transmitter

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:28:41 +0000

• Kris Slyka has a bit of an obsession with vintage analogue video cameras. • A few weeks ago I felt like it was finally time to take the next step and get myself one of those ’tel

ICYMI Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: CircuitPython 10.1 Release Candidate, AI on Microcontrollers, and Much More!

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:51:32 +0000

• If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version. • To never miss another issue, subscribe now ! • - You’ll get

Turning an ESP32 into a thermal USB webcam

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:23:14 +0000

• Chris G on atomic14 turns an ESP32 into a real USB webcam with a real camera. • I also wanted to push things a bit further - I’ve got an I2C thermal camera module - why not turn

A Moog-style polyphonic synthesizer built in Python

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:15:36 +0000

• VOOG, an Virtual Analog Synthesizer is a Moog-style polyphonic synthesizer built in Python with a tkinter GUI inspired by the Subsequent 37. • Features 3 oscillators with sine, s

A modern 6502 based laptop design

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:21:23 +0000

• 65C02 microprocessor runs at 8 MHz, delivering classic 6502 performance with modern tweaks. • 46 KB RAM and BASIC ROM provide a lightweight, retro computing environment. • 9″ dis

Adam Savage Meets a Real-Life Wall-E Robot!

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:30 +0000

• Adam Savage’s Tested shared this video on Youtube Adam finally meets a real-life Wall-E robot! • Robot and droid builder Matt Hobbs brings his incredible remote controlled Wall-E

No Tools for You: A Century of Men Policing Women's Tools

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:45:02 +0000

• A woman used a tool, shared what she made, it might even save her some time, and then some men lost their minds . • This is not a new story. • Guy Manning stood before a medical

I gave Claude access to my pen plotter

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:10:05 +0000

• Marc in Space at Harmonique.one gave Claude Code access to a pen plotter. • I was the interface between the two machines. • Claude Code produced SVG files that I plotted with my

A program to monitor serial ports in Windows

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:52:20 +0000

• lucadentella states ‘I don’t know if it happens to you: every time I need to connect to a USB device that opens a virtual serial port (e.g., an Arduino board, a USB-to-serial ada

Reverse engineering the Dash learning robot

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:19:40 +0000

• Jonathan Diamond brushed up on Ghidra to add to the open source interface for a Dash robot found at a thrift shop. • Much to their credit, the MakeWonder company released an offi

New York City in Minecraft

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:00:18 +0000

• MineFact presents a 1:1 scale Minecraft recreation of New York City. • Built collaboratively by BTE NYC and MineFact over five years. • Tour available on YouTube, showcasing intr

Romantic Reads for V-Day

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:50:14 +0000

• The New York Public Library shares new romance books to get your heart burning this Valentine’s Day.

Daisy Gatson Bates Day Black History Month 2026 #BlackHistoryMonth #DaisyGatsonBatesDay

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:44:25 +0000

• Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was a civil rights activist who played an integral role in the integration of Arkansas schools. • She was a mentor to the Little Rock Nine , she and her hu

Project Aura - A neat, easy-to-assemble, DIY Air quality monitor compatible with Home Assistant

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:14 +0000

• Project Aura is an ESP32‑based DIY air quality monitor that combines a touchscreen display and industrial sensors. • It is fully integrated with the Home Assistant open-source ho

xSDR - A tiny M.2 2230 SDR module with Artix-7 FPGA and LMS7002M RFIC (Crowdfunding)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:00:16 +0000

• Wavelet Lab’s xSDR is a tiny, single-sided M.2 2230 software-defined radio (SDR) module designed for integration into laptops, embedded systems, and edge computing devices. • A s

LR2021 LoRa Plus board combines Semtech LR2021 and Nordic nRF54L15 for high-speed FLRC and LoRa connectivity

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:08 +0000

• Last year, Semtech released theLR2021 LoRa Plus transceiver chip, designed to address the low data-rate issue associated with LoRa, but surprisingly, they didn’t release a develo

Building a Desk Sized Kodak Photo Kiosk

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:00:52 +0000

• snappiness built a mini Kodak Picture Maker for their desk that is able to print photos and shared the project build on YouTube Grab a MEMENTO when they’re back in stock so you c

Susan B. Anthony Day 20216 #SusanBAnthony #SusanBAnthonyDay

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:57:55 +0000

• We celebrate on February 15th, what would be her 206th birthday! • Anthony was an American social reformer, women’s rights activist, and brilliant orator who played a pivotal rol

Creality Falcon A1 Pro Review - An easy-to-use, fully enclosed 20W laser engraver with a built-in HD camera

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:08:29 +0000

• Creality has sent a review sample of the Falcon A1 Pro fully enclosed laser engraver and cutting machine. • It’s designed to be easy to use out of the box since it’s mostly pre-a

Here's Our First Gemini Deep Think LLM-Assisted Hardware Design

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:01:18 +0000

• We’ve been using LLMs for years to do software and firmware assistance. • Now we’re starting to look at it for hardware help too. • Ladyada’s still in the driver’s seat… but no

Android 17 Beta 1 released with H.266/VVC support, camera improvements, and more

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 03:43:14 +0000

• Google hasjust announcedthe release of Android 17 Beta 1 with performance improvements, H.266/VVC video codec support, smoother camera mode transitions, privacy and security enha

STMicroelectronics Stellar P3E quad-core Arm Cortex-R52+ automotive MCU features Neural-ART AI accelerator

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:35:24 +0000

• STMicroelectronics has introduced theStellar P3E, the first automotive MCU with an embedded Neural-ART AI accelerator, designed to simplify X-in-1 Electronic Control Units (ECUs)

Avalue EMX-PTLP - A thin mini-ITX motherboard powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 358H Panther Lake-H SoC

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:35:03 +0000

• Avalue’s EMX-PTLP is an industrial, thin mini-ITX motherboard powered by Intel Panther Lake-H Core Ultra (Series 3) family, up to the 12-core Intel Core Ultra 7 358H SoC deliveri

Mimiclaw is an OpenClaw-like AI assistant for ESP32-S3 boards

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:42:33 +0000

• MimiClaw is an OpenClaw-inspired AI assistant designed for ESP32-S3 boards, which acts as a gateway between the Telegram messaging application and Claude online LLM to control th

New Power Supply Modules for PCB Mounting in stock

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:29:52 +0000

• olimex all fun projects at Olimex Ltd Home About Tips New Power Supply Modules for PCB Mounting in stock 12Feb2026Leave a comment byOLIMEX Ltdinautomotive,industrial,new productT

de next-RAP8-EZBOX - An ultra-compact, fanless or actively-cooled Intel Core i7-1365UE Raptor Lake embedded system

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:15:44 +0000

• AAEON’s de next-RAP8-EZBOX is an ultra-compact embedded system powered by an Intel Core i7-1365UE 10-core Raptor Lake SoC paired with 16GB of LPDDR5x system and one M.2 2280 M-Ke

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop review - Part 1: Specs, unboxing, teardown, and first boot

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:17:21 +0000

• It’s been a while since we’ve tested a laptop, but CHUWI sent us their latest CoreBook AirPlay 16 laptop for review. • It’s powered by a mid-range AMD Ryzen 5 6600H hexa-core pro

Open Stack standalone 4G LTE IoT board runs RTOS on Quectel EC200U LTE module (Crowdfunding)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:21:54 +0000

• Open Stackis a standalone 4G LTE IoT connectivity board designed to run RTOS-based C applications directly on the Quectel EC200U series LTE module, meaning you don’t need an exte

ESP32 Marauder 5G - Apex 5 module for Flipper Zero combines ESP32-C5, two Sub-GHz radios, nRF24, and GPS

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:17:27 +0000

• Designed by HoneyHoneyTrading, theESP32 Marauder 5G-Apex 5 Moduleis an ESP32-C5-based hacking and penetration testing tool for the Flipper Zero, with dual-band WiFi 6 (2.4GHz and

PiLink PL-R5/R5M Series - IP20/IP65 Industrial PCs powered by Raspberry Pi CM5

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:54:30 +0000

• PiLink PL‑R5/R5M Series: compact industrial PCs powered by Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5).\n• IP20 and IP65 ingress protection options, with Basic, Basic Plus, USB, and DIO

VU GPSDR - A low-cost GPS-disciplined SDR expansion board for the Vivid Unit RK3399 touchscreen SBC

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:13:08 +0000

• UUGear’sVUGPSDRis a low-cost GPS-disciplined SDR expansion board designed specifically for theVivid Unit, a palm-sized Rockchip RK3399-based touchscreen SBC we covered back in 20

RISC-V Mentorship Taught Me the RISC-V ISA Is Far More Than a Reference Manual

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:24:47 +0000

• When I first heard about the RISC-V Unified Database project, I was immediately drawn to its ambition: to become a single, machine-readable source of truth for the RISC-V Instruc

Making self hosted web user interface for BME280 temperature, humidity and pressure sensor for ESP32-POE, ESP32-C6-DevKit-Lipo and ESP32-C3-Devkit-Lipo with ESPUI

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:34:56 +0000

• olimex all fun projects at Olimex Ltd Home About Tips Making self hosted web user interface for BME280 temperature, humidity and pressure sensor for ESP32-POE, ESP32-C6-DevKit-Li

PicoClaw ultra-lightweight personal AI Assistant runs on just 10MB of RAM

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:06:28 +0000

• PicoClaw is an ultra-lightweight personal AI Assistant designed to work on less than 10 MB RAM and suitable for resource-constrained embedded boards such as the Sipeed LicheeRV N

Beelink ME Pro 2-bay Intel N95/N150 NAS and mini PC supports 5GbE networking, up to 3x M.2 MVMe SSDs

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:36:06 +0000

• Beelink ME Prois a compact 2-bay hybrid NAS and Windows 11 mini PC built around Intel N95 (Alder Lake-N) or N150 (Twin Lake) SoC, and equipped with two 3.5-/2.5-inch SATA bays an

Start Porting Software To RISC-V Today With Our New, Free Online Course

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:36:47 +0000

• Extend Your Architecture-Level Porting Skills Into RISC-V with this new course from RISC-V International and Linux Foundation Education We’ve teamed up with the Linux Foundation

How We're Using AI to Streamline RISC-V Regression Debugging

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:38:45 +0000

• AI-powered Verifaix Debug Agent automates root‑cause analysis for thousands of regression test failures. • Maintains regression suites by automatically determining if failures st

One ISA, Infinite Use Cases: RISC-V and the Road to Workload-Specific Silicon

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:44:28 +0000

• RISC‑V’s 2025 Annual Report highlights rapid ecosystem growth and industry adoption. • Krste Asanović, co‑creator, emphasizes RISC‑V’s transition from generic to workload‑specifi

Announcing the 2025 AI & RISC-V Gemini Credit Recipients

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:22:08 +0000

• RISC-V International StaffRISC-V International’s staff bring together expertise from multiple disciplines to advance our mission of promoting the RISC-V instruction set architect

newelectronics: Quintauris and Vector to integrate MICROSAR Classic on automotive RISC-V platform

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:59:16 +0000

• RISC-V International StaffRISC-V International’s staff bring together expertise from multiple disciplines to advance our mission of promoting the RISC-V instruction set architect

Ocelot3: Full Vector 'V' Extension for BOOM

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:37:24 +0000

• Project Snapshot Ocelot is an open-source project that enables vector support for the BOOM core. • In this generation, we achieve full RVV 1.0 support. • The decoupled VPU is con

The Final Verification Frontier: How Breker Battle-Hardened RISC-V for Space

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:35:51 +0000

• It’s been an interesting few weeks for anyone studying how cosmic radiation and solar activity affect safety-critical electronics. • We saw Airbus order the grounding of around 6

Notes From the 2025 RISC-V Industry Development Conference

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:05:49 +0000

• Eudora ZhuRVEI International Cooperation DepartmentEudora collaborates with members within RVEI (RISC-V Ecosystem & Industry), a non-profit organization established in 2023 to sp

Project Showcase: Movuan

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

• Project Showcase: Movuan Table of contents The Movuan project The Movuan project was started by community memberlxband announced in aforum postas an alternative to mobile distrib

August Update: Note-able Tablet Updates

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

• August Update: Note-able Tablet Updates Table of contents Housekeeping Welcome back to another community update! • In this update we announce a new community manager, updates to

A Quick Community Update on PinePhone Pro and What's Next

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

• A Quick Community Update on PinePhone Pro and What’s Next Hey everyone! • As many have noticed, the PinePhone Pro is currently out ot stock on the Pine Store. • Unfortunately we

April Update: Risc It For A Biscuit

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

• PineTab2, PineTime, and PineNote receive firmware and hardware improvements over the past three months. • PineTab‑V returns to retail with a factory‑ready Debian Gnome image, tha

January Update: Thinking Out Of The Vox

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

• PineVox slated for public release soon after Gamiee’s firmware progress. • PineNote software enhancements underway with Maximilian, Diederik, and community testers. • PineCam and

Please refrain from installing WASP-OS on new PineTimes for the moment

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• PineStore replaced PineTime flash chip, requiring minimal code updates due to identical functionality. • New chip’s manufacturer ID differs, so bootloader and SystemInfo must rec

November Update: Something Borrowed Something New

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• Pine64 unveils November update with new SBC, PineCam, and PineCube successor, boosting open‑hardware lineup. • PineCam replaces PineCube IP camera, featuring polished design, 512

September Update: Check Your Notes

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• Pine64 community pushes new hardware, reviving older products, thanks for patience. • RISC‑V focus continues, Star64 paved way, now StarPro64 arrives. • StarPro64 features upgrad

March Update: Making waves

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• PineVox: BL606P-based smart speaker, developer seeds released, firmware in progress. • Hardware mic kill switch ensures privacy, requires physical button to unmute. • Bone conduc

Outage January 21st

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• Main cluster outage on Jan 21 disrupted Pine64 services, prompting immediate investigation. • Users can still access information via a temporary beta website, though bugs are exp

August Update: Kept You Waiting, Huh?

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Community updates now collaborative, featuring multiple contributors and public input. • Reworked community website and logo enhance brand identity and usability. • megi released

Quick update: What's going on?

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Pine64 community update delayed due to authors’ busy schedules, not inactivity. • New community update in progress, expected soon, thanks to volunteer contributors. • Pine Store

A new design

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Pine64 unveils beta of community website redesign at beta.pine64.org, inviting early feedback. • Old WordPress site had heavy JavaScript, third‑party links, and admin‑required ty

PineTab-V and PineTab2 launch

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Pre‑orders for PineTab2 & PineTab‑V launch April 13, priced at $159. • 10.1″ 1200×800 IPS LCD, metal chassis, dual USB‑C, digital video out, 6000 mAh battery. • Detachable backli

March Update: Tablet Bonanza!

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Star64 available April 4 in 4GB and 8GB LPDDR4 variants, priced at $69.99 and $89.99. • PineTab2 and PineTab-V launch April 11, bringing improved performance and new features to

February update: things are taking shape

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

• Nestflash section full of new releases, boosting community hardware options. • PineTab2 pricing and SKU variants announced, offering more affordable tablet choices. • Star64 expe

December Update: Merry Christmas and Happy New PineTab

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

• PineTab2 announced, marking a major leap in Pine64’s tablet lineup for 2023. • Year‑end recap highlights 2022 successes and previews upcoming 2023 projects and releases. • Commun

November Update: Tune(d) in

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

• PineBuds Pro, Ox64, Star64 hardware releases expected in coming weeks, subject to COVID logistics. • Pinecil V2 launch dates: Nov 14, 19, 24, 29, and December restock. • Communit

InfiniTime 1.11

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

• 59 pull requests merged over 3.5 months, adding new watch faces and bug fixes. • Two fresh watch faces now available, expanding visual customization on PineTime. • External 4 MB

October update: An Ox, no bull

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

• Ox64: $8 RISC‑V SBC, Linux‑ready, under $10 price point, new entry for makers. • Star64 now boots Linux, GPU works, but USB‑3.0, Wi‑Fi, Ethernet still need fixes. • QuartzPro64 a