Hardware With GNU/Linux, Arduino Etc.

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 02, 2023

• Ukraine Is Now Using Steam Decks to Control Machine Gun Turrets [Ed: GNU/Linux]

  A crowdfunding campaign led to the development of a turret controlled by a video game console.

• Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop

  I found that the possible replacement screens weren't worth the cost/hassle to swap out. And setting the laptop aside, docked with external peripherals sounded fine in theory - but then I would be missing out on the X201's amazing classic keyboard...

  Then I thought to myself, "Why not just remove the display entirely?"

  So that's what I did.

• A PCB shaker perfect for a maker

  There are a few approaches to making your own PCBs at home, and perhaps one of the most interesting yet potentially tedious methods involves making a UV-resistant mask and then etching away the non-copper areas with an acid bath. This etching step requires constantly moving the acid across the board’s surfaces for up to 30 minutes at a time, which is why Earl Daniel Villanueva made a small machine to handle this automatically.

• BIGTREETECH Pad 7 7-inch 3D printer control display runs Klipper on Allwinner H616 SoM or Raspberry Pi CM4

  Yesterday, I wrote about the BBT Pi V1.2 Allwinner H616 SBC designed for 3D printers, but also mentioned I had received the Pad 7 from BIGTREETECH which is a software-compatible, but more complete solution with a 7-inch display and an Allwinner H616-powered CB1 system-on-module compatible with the Raspberry Pi CM4.

• Thin Mini-ATX runs on Atom x6000E processors

  Last week, Avalue launched an Intel Atom motherboard optimized for industrial and commercial applications such as gaming, retail, digital signage, etc. The EMX-EHLP supports up to 4x 2.5GbE LAN ports, triple display, and flexible expansion slots.