Mastodawn

Hacker News 4d ago

Write up of my homebrew CPU build

https://willwarren.com/2026/03/12/building-my-own-cpu-part-3-from-simulation-to-hardware/

#HackerNews #homebrewCPU #CPUdesign #techprojects #hardwaredevelopment #DIYelectronics

Building My Own CPU - Part 3: Just Like the Simulations (It Was Not Just Like The Simulations)

The blog of an engineer from Canada

Will Warren

Hacker News Mar 14

Baochip-1x: What It Is, Why I'm Doing It Now and How It Came About

https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao/updates/what-it-is-why-im-doing-it-now-and-how-it-came-about

#HackerNews #Baochip1x #Baochip #Crowdsupply #TechInnovation #HardwareDevelopment

What It Is, Why I'm Doing It Now, and How It Came About

As a subscriber to the “Dabao” campaign, you’re already aware of the Baochip-1x. This update fills in the backstory of what it is, why I’m doing it now, and how it came about.

Crowd Supply

JCM Jan 21

A very simple MIPS processor I've built as part of a university lecture running on my Icepi Zero!

#FPGA #VHDL #DVI #MIPS #processor #hardware-development

Hacker News Jan 8

Project Patchouli: Open-source electromagnetic drawing tablet hardware

https://patchouli.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

#HackerNews #ProjectPatchouli #OpenSource #ElectromagneticTablet #HardwareDevelopment

Project Patchouli Documentation

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smallsolar Jan 3

Why do I always start a file transfer over serial at 115200 when I've balanced all the equipment on me. Got another 11mins and cannot move, but I'm too far to stop and actually get comfortable.

#hardwareDevelopment
#serial
#kermit
#uboot

Hacker News Nov 6

Pico-100BASE-TX: Bit-Banged 100 MBit/s Ethernet and UDP Framer for RP2040/RP2350

https://github.com/steve-m/Pico-100BASE-TX

#HackerNews #Pico100BASETX #RP2040 #Ethernet #UDPFramer #IoT #HardwareDevelopment

GitHub - steve-m/Pico-100BASE-TX: Bit-banged 100 MBit/s Fast Ethernet transmitter and UDP framer for Raspberry Pi RP2040/RP2350

Bit-banged 100 MBit/s Fast Ethernet transmitter and UDP framer for Raspberry Pi RP2040/RP2350 - steve-m/Pico-100BASE-TX

GitHub

Hacker News Oct 29

Beyond RaspberryPi: What are all the other SoC vendors up to *summarised*

https://sbcwiki.com/news/articles/state-of-embedded-q4-25/

#HackerNews #EmbeddedSystems #SoC #RaspberryPi #TechNews #HardwareDevelopment

State of Embedded: Q4 2025 Overview

In this fourth quarter update, we explore recent developments in the ARM market, highlighting notable developments at NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Rockchip, Mediatek, Raspberry Pi, Cix and more

SBCwiki

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