It's #Hackster round-up time, and hide your wallets because I'm once again starting with a crowdfunder: the Ampisu, a #RaspberryPi microcontroller-powered 7.5/15VDC dual-channel programmable PSU with third fixed 3.3VDC channel.
The bonus? A neat web interface, you can automate it via Python or SCPI, *and* you can upload CSVs and use it as a waveform generator.
The second is the Neuro N6, an STM32N6-powered Feather-format #microcontroller development board built with edge... err, computer vision in mind. Milliwatt-power CV on-board, its creators promise - all accessible via extension to the #Arduino IDE.
#Technology #News #Hackster #Crowdfunding #DevelopmentBoard #ComputerVision #MachineLearning
ELM11-Feather Board with 70 MHz MCU, Lua, and Hardware Overlay Support
Analog Video From an 8-Bit Microcontroller
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/analog-video-from-an-8-bit-microcontroller/
It was my birthday and my sister got me a "computery thingy toy".
Not an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi.
Seems to be a C8051F330 development board.
Interesting!!!
😃 May this produce joy for some!
#reverseengineering completed now by finding a pattern to light all six LEDs with 3 driver pins. I've put it into a drawing, together with a schematic: each driver pin is connected to four LED pins (two anodes and two cathodes). To leave an individual #LED dark, in its time slot leave one or both drivers high-Z.
They used 5V for the #microcontroller and blue LEDs, because of their forward voltage >2.5V.
They took 200µs per time slot: overall period of 1.2ms.
And finally, there's a new Espressif ESP-IDF out - with a new and more compact standard C library, an Installation Manager that makes setup easier and can manage multiple installations side-by-side, and more!
...including a Model Context Protocol server for those who would prefer to have the Plagiarism Machine write their code for them. Ugh.
Right, about to lock my focus on a newsletter I need to get written by the end of the day - so let's procrastinate just a little longer with today's #Hackster round-up.
First up: a fantastic, but pricey, physical Conway's Game of Life board - built using a cheap microcontroller connected to a large number of expensive self-illuminating tactile switches.
Pxl Phile
Gareth Halfacree
LinuxGizmos.com
Hackaday
Ian Neill
t_bias
