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CNX Software ☛ Seeed Studio launches 4.26” Mono and 7.3” Color e-Paper kits preloaded with OpenDisplay firmware
Seeed Studio has launched two Nordic nRF52840-based Bluetooth LE e-paper kits preloaded with the OpenDisplay open-source firmware for e-paper displays and supporting Home Assistant integration. The OpenDisplay 4.26″ Mono features a 4.26-inch monochrome/grayscale display with 800×480 resolution and partial refresh support, while the OpenDisplay 7.3″ Color Kit is equipped with a 7.3-inch Spectra 6 color e-paper with the same resolution. Both are powered by a 2,000 mAh battery and feature a few buttons for control and reset.
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Hackaday ☛ Etching Press Aims To Impress
There’s an old joke about inviting a girl up to your dorm room to ‘look at your etchings’– but if you’re going to do that, you’d best have some etchings, lest she call your bluff. Even better would be to have prints available, so you might share your hard work with adoring fans. Over on YouTube, [This Designed That] shows building the perfect little etching press so you need never invite anyone to your room again: you can crank out enough prints on this bad boy to hand out your etchings on a street corner!
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Pimoroni ☛ The Longest Retro Computer Now Fits In Your Pocket
This project, Amstrad-Explorer from faulkie666 is a delightful throwback to when 64 Kilobytes of RAM and a Zilog Z80 processor was all we needed to have fun. It turns Pimoroni Explorer into a self-contained Amstrad CPC 464 that fits in your pocket. And we don't mean cargo pant pockets!
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Dominic Szablewski ☛ Why this Obscure Audio Codec is a Perfect Fit for the N64
So N64 games produced music similarly to a tracker: short samples were scheduled and played back with some limited effects at the right time. With the space constraints on the cartridge, fully “recorded” audio was pretty much out of the question.