Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 13, 2025

• Raspberry Pi ☛ Celebrating impact: Code Clubs are thriving in Kenya and South Africa

  Code Clubs are thriving in Kenya and South Africa. Read more about their incredible progress and positive impact so far.

• Monroe Clinton ☛ I Made My Own Suit for a 1920s-Inspired Lawn Party

  There are few things I love more than costume parties. I’m always waiting for Hallowe’en, and any other time I’m able to wear a costume. The most recent instance was a 1920s-inspired lawn party, for which I decided to attempt to make my own suit. I haven’t made any complex clothing pieces, so I wasn’t sure how it would go. The jacket took me somewhere around 15 hours to make. Sadly I ran out of time before the party to make the pants, so I went with the odd trousers look. Now, after the party, I plan to finish the pants.

• Jeff Geerling ☛ Reverse Engineering the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W

  He reverse-engineered the entire PCB design, with help from the reduced schematics Raspberry Pi provides. Then he built his own version, that just so happens to sit in the same form factor as a Raspberry Pi Pico, just a little taller to account for a micro HDMI and USB-C port (thus solving two of my I/O gripes with the Pi Zero 2W!).

• Tom's Hardware ☛ This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5

  Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that features two screens that can swivel between portrait and landscape mode.

• peppe8o ☛ Funny Raspberry PI Terminal Commands Not Everyone Knows

  In this tutorial, I will show you some funny Raspberry Pi terminal commands you can try on your own.

• Linux Gizmos ☛ HackerBox 0117 RFID Lab Explores Dual-Frequency RFID and NFC

  The kit supports both high-frequency (13.56 MHz) and low-frequency (125 kHz) operation. Included tags range from S50 Mifare Classic cards and rewritable T5577 cards to an NTAG215 NFC chip embedded on a custom PCB dog tag. Additional components include a two-channel logic level shifter, SMD resistors, mounting hardware, and a silicone dog tag silencer.

• Linux Gizmos ☛ Sixfab ALPON X5 AI Brings Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 and 25 TOPS AI to Kickstarter

  Sixfab has launched the ALPON X5 AI on Kickstarter, a compact industrial-grade edge AI computer for applications including smart surveillance, healthcare monitoring, autonomous robotics, and industrial automation. It combines Raspberry Pi compatibility with a high-efficiency AI accelerator for a plug-and-play solution from prototyping to deployment.

• Boiling Steam ☛ Choosing the Right Wireless Module for Your Framework Desktop

  I naively assumed that just any kind of Wifi module available from various stores would work by default, but before pressing the “buy” button I decided to double-check my assumptions. Turns out, you have to be really careful as a Linux (and AMD hardware) user!

• Arduino ☛ This novel 3D printer kinematic system uses a mouse sensor for closed-loop control

  Robert Murray-Smith wants to experiment with a novel 3D printer kinematic system that drives a round bed through a friction interface — essentially a polar 3D printer, but without the backlash associated with gears. However, friction drives have a tendency to slip and so he will need closed-loop control of the system and that will require a sensor to monitor position. In a recent video, he demonstrated how it is easy to implement such a sensor using an Arduino and an inexpensive PS/2 optical mouse.