Raspberry Pi and Other Devices

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 15, 2023

• Raspberry Pi runs Apollo Guidance Computer code in this homemade DSKY

  The DSKY or display/keyboard, pronounced “diskey”, was the primary interface between Apollo astronauts and the computers on both the Command and Lunar Modules. During our visit to Space Center Houston last week, we got to see the perfectly preserved Mission Control room just as it was during the moon landing, and we can confirm this project has the aesthetics down.

• Teach your learners with The Computing Curriculum

  Computing combines a very broad mixture of concepts and skills. We work to support any school to teach students about the whole of computing and how to create with digital technologies. A key part of this support is The Computing Curriculum.

• 5-Axis Printer Wants To Design Itself

  RepRap 3D printers were designed with the ultimate goal of self-replicating machines. The generatively-designed Gen5X printer by [Ric Real] brings the design step of that process closer to reality.

• TI Sitara AM62x based SoM from Variscite starts at $33.00

  Variscite launched earlier this month the VAR-SOM-AM62 built around the AM62x processor from Texas Instruments. This SoM comes with up to 4GB DDR4, 128GB eMMC, dual-band Wi-Fi/BLE 5.2, dual GbE and flexible multimedia support.

• The Open-Source ESPGateway features 2x ESP32 modules

  ThingPulse recently launched a new revision ESPGateway which integrates two ESP32 WROVER-IB modules and support for a LoRa E5 module. The device includes a USB-C port for programming, external 2.4GHz antennas, and access to 36x pins from the ESP32 modules to connect sensors, displays, etc.

• Too Cool For 8-bit Retro? Try 1-bit Gaming

  While the world has been racing for higher and higher bit counts for CPUs, there are always those that buck the trend. Consider the venerable Motorola MC14500B, a 1-bit CPU, no kidding. [Usagi Electric] built up a computer based on one of these chips using a breadboard but has since pulled it apart to use the breadboard for other things. So this time, he’s made a permanent version on a PCB and created a simple game to show it off. You can see the result in the video below.