Gareth HalfacreeIt's #Hackster round-up time once again, and we're starting with the article I actually wrote last today: the news that Texas Instruments is spending a whopping $7.5 billion to acquire Silicon Labs lock, stock, and barrel.
Then a neat project to build a seven-segment clock out of nothing but a crystal and a bunch of discrete CMOS logic chips - schematic available if you want your own!
#Technology #News #Hackster #Electronics #Retro #Makers #OpenHardware
For the #sustainability crowd, a work-in-progress open-source solar micro-inverter - designed to be easily understand and reproduced locally for deployment in 230/240VAC regions.
#Technology #News #Hackster #Solar #Electronics #OpenHardware
A quiet design change to the #RaspberryPi 4 next, as the company tries to battle ongoing RAM component price rises caused by the #AI bubble: it can now take either one full-capacity or two half-capacity DRAM chips, just like Sinclair's classic ZX81!
Finally, a 3D-printable exercise machine that turns your efforts into electricity for a phone or battery bank. Designed to be backpack-portable, too, so you can get a sweat on anywhere you like!
#Technology #3DPrinting #Fitness #Sustainability #OpenHardware #News #Hackster
Yes, I know you know, but I'm going to say it anyway: all that is also available on the #GeminiProtocol in your favourite Gemini browser or via proxy:
YRabbit
@yrabbit "Welcome deal" indeed.
Tursilion@ghalfacree Kind of fascinating to see that sort of need come around again... sucky, but fascinating.
Vick Forcella ™🌈🌳❄️☑️:verifi@ghalfacree My ZX81 had 1 k and according to the manual that was enough for most uses.
I had it lock up the first day so I got me a 16 k extension.
@VickForcella
The Rampak! I'm spoiled: my ZX81 has a ZXpand, giving it a whopping 32kB. Who could ask for more?
The Rampak! I'm spoiled: my ZX81 has a ZXpand, giving it a whopping 32kB. Who could ask for more?
ehushagen@ghalfacree This. Is. Awesome.