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All Your Bytes Are Belong to Us

By Nathan Jones

High-level roadmap for hardware security awareness: threat models, attack complexity, and where to start defending your design.

PROJECT

Build simple Retro Style VFO with CrowPanel 1.28 inch Round Display

By Mirko Pavleski

Easy-to-build VFO (Variable Frequency Oscillator) that features a clear, touch-enabled circular display with retro-style virtual scales.

PROJECT
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AS5600 Super Smooth Rotary Encoder

By Adafruit Industries

Rotate the path of least resistance.

TUTORIAL
17

FIFO design in SystemVerilog

By Mustahsin Zarif

Learn how to build a circular FIFO in SystemVerilog with read/write control and pointer logic.

PROJECT
22

Build a Smart Traffic Management System Using IoT

By Rinme Tom

Learn how to create an ESP32-powered Smart traffic management system using IoT that uses IR sensors for real-time vehicle detection, enables adaptive signal control, and provides a live web dashboard for monitoring traffic flow.

PROJECT
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Arduino Dual-Axis Solar Tracker with LDR Sensors

By Rinme Tom

Build a dual axis solar tracker system using Arduino, LDR sensors & servo motors. Increase solar panel efficiency by 30-40%. Complete circuit diagram & code included.

TUTORIAL
24

Local LLMs on Raspberry Pi

By Adafruit Industries

Explore the possibilities of running LLMs locally on the Raspberry Pi & similar hardware.

TUTORIAL
38

Ring Oscillator Design and Characterization In Cadence Virtuoso

By Mustahsin Zarif

Explore how inverter sizing affects propagation delay and oscillation frequency in a ring oscillator.

PROJECT
16

Human vs Robot – Rock Paper Scissors with MyCobot 280 M5Stack

By Mirko Pavleski

Complete interactive game between human and robot — the classic Rock-Paper-Scissors — using the MyCobot 280 M5 robotic arm from Elephant Robotics.

TUTORIAL
185

SparkFun GPS Dead Reckoning NEO-M8U Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The u-blox NEO-M8U is a powerful GPS units that takes advantage of untethered dead reckoning (UDR) technology for navigation.

VIDEO
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Donald Bell Maker Update: Sorting it Out

By Maker.io Staff

This week on Maker Update: picking through the pieces, the Arduino-M5Stack collab, finding balance, smarter ping pong, and down the rabbit hole with WLED.

TUTORIAL
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How to Manage Packages for Pico in Thonny

By Kitronik Maker

In this guide we are going to look at how you can use the package manager in Thonny to download the libraries for Kitronik products directly onto your Raspberry Pi Pico.