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Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, FPGAs, and More
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CNX Software ☛ WAVEGO Pro 12-DOF bionic robot dog supports ESP-NOW and Hey Hi (AI) vision through Raspberry Pi 4/5 SBC
In the past, we have seen various consumer-grade Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based robot dogs like the Petoi Bittle and XGO 2, as well as the XGO Mini Pro built around the Kendryte K210/K510 Hey Hi (AI) processor.
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Arduino ☛ Learn how to make a 2D capacitive touch sensor with ElectroBOOM
There are multiple touchscreen technologies in use today and Sadaghdar explains three of them in the video: infrared grid (often called “infrared touch frame”), resistive, and capacitive. But capacitive touch is the standard these days, as it is the most convenient and versatile. As the name suggests, capacitive touch sensors work by detecting changes in the capacitance between electrodes. Your fingers alter that by a measurable amount, so it is simple enough to register a touch across a single driver/receive electrode pair.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ DE25-Standard Development Kit with Agilex 5 SoC FPGA and DDR4 Support
The DE25-Standard development kit for the Altera University Program features the Intel Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with 138K logic elements, delivering up to 2.5× higher performance than previous generations. Combining high-performance FPGA fabric with an ARM-based hard processor system, it supports a broad range of digital logic, embedded systems, and robotics applications.
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Hackaday ☛ PCB Business Card Plays Pong, Attracts Employer
Facing the horrifying realization that he’s going to graduate soon, EE student [Colin Jackson] AKA [Electronics Guy] needed a business card. Not just any business card: a PCB business card. Not just any PCB business card: a PCB business card that can play pong.
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Hackaday ☛ 2025 One Hertz Challenge: A Game Of Life
The 2025 One Hertz Challenge asks you to build a project that does something once every second. While that has inspired a lot of clock and timekeeping builds, we’re also seeing some that do entirely different things on a 1 Hz period. [junkdust] has entered the contest with a project that does something rather mathematical once every second.
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Hackaday ☛ 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Digital Clock Built With Analog Timer
You can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem is that microcontrollers can’t track time very accurately. They need some kind of external timing source that doesn’t drift as much as the microcontroller’s primary clock oscillator. To that end, [Josh] wanted to try using a rather famous IC with his Arduino to build a viable timepiece.
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ZDNet ☛ I converted this Windows 11 mini PC into a Linux work station - and didn't regret it [Ed: Spam disguised as "review". Microsoft Windows junk.]