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Open Hardware/Modding: Pine64, STM32, ESP32, and More
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Pine64 ☛ August Update: Note-able Tablet Updates
Hello RSS users! In this update we announce a new community manager, updates to the PineTab2 and PineNote, FreeBSD on the PinePhone Pro, a guide on upstreaming PinePhone Pro patches and a small bit for you Pinecil users.
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Hackaday ☛ From Smartphone To A Home Server
Some people like their homelabs to be as big and fancy as possible, with racks of new or surplus server hardware sucking down power. [Hardware Haven] evidently has the opposite idea, given he just made a video about making the cheapest, smallest server possible: an Android phone.
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Hackaday ☛ 2025 One Hertz Challenge: STM32 Blinks In Under 50 Bytes
Many of us have run a Blink program on a microcontroller before. It’s effectively the “Hello, World!” of the embedded space. However, few of us have ever thought about optimizing our Blink code to be as miniscule as possible. But that’s precisely what [Rudra Lad] did for this entry into the 2025 One Hertz Challenge!
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Tom's Hardware ☛ I'm building a media server out of leftover PC parts and a 3D printed case
I've got 3D printers and lots of low-power single board computer (SBC) and related items in my office, so what do I do with them? Of course I had the crazy idea to 3D print my own file / media server.
I'm not designing this from scratch, rather I am using the excellent Modular Attached Storage Stack (MASS) from Haydn Bao. Specifically the free version of the kit, but from what I have seen, I shall be paying the $27 (£20) for the premium model.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP32-P4-EYE Vision Development Board with Camera, LCD, and Wireless Connectivity
Espressif Systems ESP32-P4-EYE is a compact development kit in a mini digital camera form factor designed for real-time image processing and edge AI applications. Built on the ESP32-P4 SoC, the board targets smart cameras, IoT vision systems, and embedded HMI projects.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ ELM11 Microcontroller Board Runs Lua with Hardware Acceleration and Multi-Core Support
The ELM11 is a scriptable microcontroller board from BrisbaneSilicon that runs Lua applications with hardware acceleration. It provides a REPL on each CPU core and combines rapid development in a high-level language with low-level control of timers, interrupts, and digital I/O.