Raspberry Pi and Lego have a long history together. Not only have various makers built Raspberry Pi projects that utilize Lego bricks, but there’s also the Raspberry Pi Build HAT which allows you to control motors and sensors from everyone’s favorite single-board computer. The upcoming FigPi microcontroller takes this union to the next level using…
As we can see with the new Mikron MIK32 chip, the open-source RISC-V architecture opens doors for companies to redevelop existing microcontrollers. That’s becoming even more important as countries around the world look to wean themselves off of Western technologies. But just how feasible is that approach? Inherited from the USSR, the modern Russian Federation…
Usually, we use PCs to emulate other systems, be it retro computers or Android apps. Using something else to emulate a PC is a little different, especially when it’s the original IBM PC, and it’s running on a tiny microcontroller board like this one from Fabrizio Di Vittorio and spotted by Hackaday. It does make…
It seems the folks behind the Jupiter Nano open source hardware development board think the Arduino Due microcontroller board is overdue for an upgrade. The board, which is set to start crowdfunding via Crowd Supply, runs a version of Linux and is said to feature a processor that is 10x more powerful than the one…
We’ve finally got our hands on the first of SparkFun’s RP2040 range of boards. The $10 SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040 is the cheapest model on offer and follows a classic design that resembles an Arduino Nano board layout which is at home in a breadboard and embedded into your projects. It also provides us with…
