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Open Hardware: RiscPC, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 29, 2023

Acorn RiscPC #2: Restoration Part 2

With the battery gone, it is time to test the PSU, boards and drives for this RiscPC. Got fingers and everything else crossed?

Raspberry Pi Pico Controls Wireless Buttons for Bullet Time Video Booth

Sebastian Staacks is using a couple of Picos to drive wireless buttons used in a bullet time video booth project for a wedding.

Raspberry Pi Mame Boy Advance SP Kit Supports Pi Zero and Zero 2

Zarcadeuk is at it again with his Mame Boy Advance SP project—a specially-made kit that supports the Raspberry Pi Zero and Zero 2.

Olimex ESP32-SBC-FabGL board runs DOS, offers VGA , PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors

Olimex ESP32-SBC-FabGL is an ESP32 single board computer that can serve as the brain of a retro computer with a VGA port, a 3.5mm audio jack, and two PS/2 ports for a keyboard and mouse that are handled by the open-source FabGL graphics library. The board also comes with a microSD card slot, a buzzer, and various expansion interfaces, and can be powered via its USB port or a LiPo battery.  FabGL implements several emulators including an Intel 8080 CPU emulator that allows the system to run various versions of DOS among other things.

Track Overhead Satellites with This QtPy Detector

OkuboHeavyindustries is using a QtPy board to track satellites in real-time as they pass by overhead.

Network monitoring with Raspberry PI and NEMS (Nagios)

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to install and use NEMS on Raspberry PI...

SenseCAP Indicator D1Pro Review – An ESP32-S3 & RP2040 IoT devkit with a 4-inch display, LoRa connectivity, sensors

SenseCAP Indicator D1Pro Features Dual MCUs and GPIO expansion with the Espressif ESP32-S3 and Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontrollers and support for over 400 Grove-compatible modules.