Right, the last article's gone live so it's time for my daily #Hackster round-up - and once again I've been a busy beaver, so if you don't want a ten-toot-thread in your timeline maybe put me on a timed mute... now.
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Right, the last article's gone live so it's time for my daily #Hackster round-up - and once again I've been a busy beaver, so if you don't want a ten-toot-thread in your timeline maybe put me on a timed mute... now.
First up is an update to the #Arduino PLC IDE, for the Opta and Portenta Machine Control - bringing support for OTA updates via Modbus TCP, even over a VPN.
Arduino Brings Modbus TCP Over-The-Air Updates to the Arduino PLC IDE 1.1.0
New release of the free development environment also simplifies the serial ports on an Arduino Opta, for easier programming.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
A *fantastic* project next, using a #RaspberryPi to stream vinyl records.
Right, okay, that sounds confusing: it captures the audio via a USB soundcard and streams it to AirPlay/Bluetooth speakers... while also capturing it as FLAC to a local database for on-demand playback. Oh, and it fingerprints the audio so it can show the right metadata for each record. Locally.
Yeah, told you it was fantastic.
The Vinyl Streamer Turns a Raspberry Pi Into an Automated Record Recognizer, Digitizer, and Streamer
On-device fingerprinting lets this clever system recognize a record and stream it, with metadata, to AirPlay and Bluetooth devices.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
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A *fantastic* project next, using a #RaspberryPi to stream vinyl records.
Right, okay, that sounds confusing: it captures the audio via a USB soundcard and streams it to AirPlay/Bluetooth speakers... while also capturing it as FLAC to a local database for on-demand playback. Oh, and it fingerprints the audio so it can show the right metadata for each record. Locally.
Yeah, told you it was fantastic.
The Vinyl Streamer Turns a Raspberry Pi Into an Automated Record Recognizer, Digitizer, and Streamer
On-device fingerprinting lets this clever system recognize a record and stream it, with metadata, to AirPlay and Bluetooth devices.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
@ghalfacree Ohhhhh - I love this idea. My one issue with my vinyl setup is that I can't play one on all of the speakers throughout my house.
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A *fantastic* project next, using a #RaspberryPi to stream vinyl records.
Right, okay, that sounds confusing: it captures the audio via a USB soundcard and streams it to AirPlay/Bluetooth speakers... while also capturing it as FLAC to a local database for on-demand playback. Oh, and it fingerprints the audio so it can show the right metadata for each record. Locally.
Yeah, told you it was fantastic.
The Vinyl Streamer Turns a Raspberry Pi Into an Automated Record Recognizer, Digitizer, and Streamer
On-device fingerprinting lets this clever system recognize a record and stream it, with metadata, to AirPlay and Bluetooth devices.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
Andrew "buinnie" Huang's Dabao, which I wrote about back in January, is now crowdfunding: under $10 (plus shipping, admittedly) for a microcontroller board built around the Baochip-1x - a #RISCV part with "mostly open RTL," and packaged in a way you can peer beneath the silicon's surface with an infrared torch and a modified inspection camera.
Andrew "bunnie" Huang Opens Crowdfunding for the Radically Open Dabao Baochip-1x Dev Board
Board promises RTL and Verilog sources all the way through to a chip you can peel back with an infrared lamp and an inspection camera.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
#Technology #News #Hackster #OpenSilicon #OpenHardware #Microcontroller
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@ghalfacree Ohhhhh - I love this idea. My one issue with my vinyl setup is that I can't play one on all of the speakers throughout my house.
@JayLittle Yuo - this is for exactly that use-case (plus preservation with the FLAC copies!)
I've got a Sony turntable with built-in Bluetooth, but that'll only pair to one device - you can't easily do multi-room with it.
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Andrew "buinnie" Huang's Dabao, which I wrote about back in January, is now crowdfunding: under $10 (plus shipping, admittedly) for a microcontroller board built around the Baochip-1x - a #RISCV part with "mostly open RTL," and packaged in a way you can peer beneath the silicon's surface with an infrared torch and a modified inspection camera.
Andrew "bunnie" Huang Opens Crowdfunding for the Radically Open Dabao Baochip-1x Dev Board
Board promises RTL and Verilog sources all the way through to a chip you can peel back with an infrared lamp and an inspection camera.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
#Technology #News #Hackster #OpenSilicon #OpenHardware #Microcontroller
Some #science next, with a battery-powered lightweight lower-body exoskeleton designed for stroke survivors - dropping the energy required to walk when half your body is weakened by 20 per cent.
The team's working on having it boost movements beyond walking, too.
This Battery-Powered Partial Exoskeleton Cuts the Energy Cost of Walking for Stroke Survivors
Patients with hemiparesis — weakness on one side — can save nearly 20 percent of their energy with this lightweight wearable.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
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Some #science next, with a battery-powered lightweight lower-body exoskeleton designed for stroke survivors - dropping the energy required to walk when half your body is weakened by 20 per cent.
The team's working on having it boost movements beyond walking, too.
This Battery-Powered Partial Exoskeleton Cuts the Energy Cost of Walking for Stroke Survivors
Patients with hemiparesis — weakness on one side — can save nearly 20 percent of their energy with this lightweight wearable.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
More news out of #Arduino: Edge Impulse Studio is now fully integrated in the Arduino App Lab, the IDE that lets you write programs that can make use of both the application-class Linux-based and real-time microcontroller chips on the Arduino UNO Q.
For AI.
No, wait, come back! It's the good kind! Machine learning! You can use it to train machine learning models on your own ethically-sourced data and run them entirely on-device.
Arduino Brings Full Edge Impulse Integration to App Lab for Easier Machine Learning on the UNO Q
Arduino's first single-board computer in the UNO family now gets an easy way to train and deploy computer vision and other edge AI models.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
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More news out of #Arduino: Edge Impulse Studio is now fully integrated in the Arduino App Lab, the IDE that lets you write programs that can make use of both the application-class Linux-based and real-time microcontroller chips on the Arduino UNO Q.
For AI.
No, wait, come back! It's the good kind! Machine learning! You can use it to train machine learning models on your own ethically-sourced data and run them entirely on-device.
Arduino Brings Full Edge Impulse Integration to App Lab for Easier Machine Learning on the UNO Q
Arduino's first single-board computer in the UNO family now gets an easy way to train and deploy computer vision and other edge AI models.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
Peter "Bobricius" Misenko's revisited the Armachat ESP32-based #Meshtastic messenger and PICOmputer #RaspberryPi Pico-powered portable ZX Spectrum emulator - creating "FLIP" variants with a clamshell design, like little mini laptops.
They're still using PCBs as a chassis, too. Sandwich-tastic!
Peter "Bobricius" Misenko Goes Clamshell for the New Armachat FLIP and PICOmputer FLIP
Tiny laptop-style machines offer your choice of Meshtastic mesh networking or Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulation in your pocket.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
#Technology #News #Hackster #Emulator #Microcontroller #VintageComputing
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Peter "Bobricius" Misenko's revisited the Armachat ESP32-based #Meshtastic messenger and PICOmputer #RaspberryPi Pico-powered portable ZX Spectrum emulator - creating "FLIP" variants with a clamshell design, like little mini laptops.
They're still using PCBs as a chassis, too. Sandwich-tastic!
Peter "Bobricius" Misenko Goes Clamshell for the New Armachat FLIP and PICOmputer FLIP
Tiny laptop-style machines offer your choice of Meshtastic mesh networking or Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulation in your pocket.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
#Technology #News #Hackster #Emulator #Microcontroller #VintageComputing
Back to #science now, and this one's... unexpected. Researchers have found a use for "detoxified" asbestos cement - yes, the wonder-material that we built everything out of before finding out exactly why we shouldn't have done that.
They're using it as an additive. For PLA. To feed into 3D printers.
The crazy part: if processed in the right way, it's not only safe but can reduce the temperature required for the PLA to biodegrade.
Researchers Find a Safe New Use for Dangerous Asbestos Cement: a 3D Printing Additive
Detoxified asbestos cement can be added to PLA and used for 3D printing, a team of researchers has found — and can even biodegrade.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
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Back to #science now, and this one's... unexpected. Researchers have found a use for "detoxified" asbestos cement - yes, the wonder-material that we built everything out of before finding out exactly why we shouldn't have done that.
They're using it as an additive. For PLA. To feed into 3D printers.
The crazy part: if processed in the right way, it's not only safe but can reduce the temperature required for the PLA to biodegrade.
Researchers Find a Safe New Use for Dangerous Asbestos Cement: a 3D Printing Additive
Detoxified asbestos cement can be added to PLA and used for 3D printing, a team of researchers has found — and can even biodegrade.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
Finally - *finally* - a work-in-progress project to build a microcontroller-powered "smartphone," which has already reached the functional prototype stage with voice calls, text messaging, data connectivity, and a working camera.
Oh, and it's 4G - which means it'll work even in places where they've already shuttered the 3G network most of these projects were based on. (The ones that aren't 2G, anyway.)
This Espressif ESP32-Powered 4G "Smartphone," Programmed in the Arduino IDE, Packs The Essentials
A proof-of-concept prototype ahead of a more svelte custom PCB, LuckyBor's microcontroller-powered featurephone can call, text, and snap.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
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Finally - *finally* - a work-in-progress project to build a microcontroller-powered "smartphone," which has already reached the functional prototype stage with voice calls, text messaging, data connectivity, and a working camera.
Oh, and it's 4G - which means it'll work even in places where they've already shuttered the 3G network most of these projects were based on. (The ones that aren't 2G, anyway.)
This Espressif ESP32-Powered 4G "Smartphone," Programmed in the Arduino IDE, Packs The Essentials
A proof-of-concept prototype ahead of a more svelte custom PCB, LuckyBor's microcontroller-powered featurephone can call, text, and snap.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
And the ad-/tracker-free #GeminiProtocol links:
Arduino PLC:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-plc.gmiVinyl Streamer:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-vinyl.gmiDabao:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-dabao.gmiExoskeleton:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-exo.gmiArduino App Lab:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-applab.gmiArmachat/PICOmputer Flip:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-bob.gmi...
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More news out of #Arduino: Edge Impulse Studio is now fully integrated in the Arduino App Lab, the IDE that lets you write programs that can make use of both the application-class Linux-based and real-time microcontroller chips on the Arduino UNO Q.
For AI.
No, wait, come back! It's the good kind! Machine learning! You can use it to train machine learning models on your own ethically-sourced data and run them entirely on-device.
Arduino Brings Full Edge Impulse Integration to App Lab for Easier Machine Learning on the UNO Q
Arduino's first single-board computer in the UNO family now gets an easy way to train and deploy computer vision and other edge AI models.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
@ghalfacree but I just want to blink an LED.
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And the ad-/tracker-free #GeminiProtocol links:
Arduino PLC:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-plc.gmiVinyl Streamer:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-vinyl.gmiDabao:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-dabao.gmiExoskeleton:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-exo.gmiArduino App Lab:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-applab.gmiArmachat/PICOmputer Flip:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-bob.gmi...
...and the remaining #GeminiProtocol links:
Asbestos as a 3D-printing additive, but in a good way:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-asbestos.gmiESP32 smartphone:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-phone.gmiYou'll need a Gemini client to visit all those, and it's worth having a play to see what lives on the other side of the web - I recommend Lagrange on both desktop and mobile.
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@ghalfacree but I just want to blink an LED.
@RueNahcMohr I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Well, no, it definitely can. But it could also have a model trained to detect when the LED is blinking!
...if you wanted.
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Back to #science now, and this one's... unexpected. Researchers have found a use for "detoxified" asbestos cement - yes, the wonder-material that we built everything out of before finding out exactly why we shouldn't have done that.
They're using it as an additive. For PLA. To feed into 3D printers.
The crazy part: if processed in the right way, it's not only safe but can reduce the temperature required for the PLA to biodegrade.
Researchers Find a Safe New Use for Dangerous Asbestos Cement: a 3D Printing Additive
Detoxified asbestos cement can be added to PLA and used for 3D printing, a team of researchers has found — and can even biodegrade.
Hackster.io (www.hackster.io)
@ghalfacree it irks me they don't mention how it is detoxified
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@ghalfacree it irks me they don't mention how it is detoxified
@ObtuseRecluse "Carefully."
It's usually heat and chemicals:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10163-021-01279-4
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And the ad-/tracker-free #GeminiProtocol links:
Arduino PLC:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-plc.gmiVinyl Streamer:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-vinyl.gmiDabao:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-dabao.gmiExoskeleton:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-exo.gmiArduino App Lab:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-applab.gmiArmachat/PICOmputer Flip:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260304-bob.gmi...
@ghalfacree if you know how to make these links work from the official Mastodon client on iOS when I have Lagrange installed, I’m all ears. Can’t even select the text to copy and paste and if I could, it cuts off the link anyway.
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@ghalfacree if you know how to make these links work from the official Mastodon client on iOS when I have Lagrange installed, I’m all ears. Can’t even select the text to copy and paste and if I could, it cuts off the link anyway.
@deKay I wonder if iOS is trying to hijack the links for Safari, but then silently failing to load them? I'm using Lagrange for Gemini and Fedilab for Mastodon on my Android phone, and it Just Works: tap the link in Fedilab and it opens in Lagrange.
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