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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 8h
MagnePins is a modular, ATmega2560-controlled DIY refreshable braille and tactile display.
Novel mechanism makes refreshable braille displays practical | Arduino Blog
Tactile displays — particularly for use as refreshable braille displays — have always been a challenge to design and fabricate, as they require so many moving parts. Every dot needs its own actuated m...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 1d
This ATmega328P-based ISA card provides two SD cards for use as mass storage on an old computer.
Possibly The Newest ISA Card
Back when the IBM PC was new, laying out an ISA board was a daunting task. You probably didn’t have a very fast ‘scope, if you had one at all. Board layout was almost certainly done on …
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 1d
Indoor air quality impacts everything from productivity to health. That's why Pradeep created a 3D-printed desktop monitor to keep track of conditions in real-time using a SAM D51-based Seeed Studio Wio Terminal.
Desktop Air Quality Monitor using Wio Terminal and JUSTWAY
Will guide you to build a 3D Printed Desktop Air Quality Monitor with Wio Terminal. By Pradeep.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 2d
SoilTile is an ATmega2560-controlled system that explores soil as an interactive medium, turning patches of ground into arrays of pressure sensors.
SoilTile turns earth into an oversized touchpad | Arduino Blog
We’re used to interacting with electronic technology that is cold, rigid, and overwhelmingly artificial. The device you’re reading this on doesn’t resemble anything found in nature and, consciously or...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 2d
GP-U really need to see this project! Jean Michel Sellier continues to share updates on his homemade "mini GPU," which runs on an ATmega4809-based Arduino Nano Every as its principal controller along with four Teensy boards as peripheral MCUs: youtu.be/mngZmMDLkAc
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 3d
Developed at MIT Media Lab, BioLIG is a novel fabrication framework that functionalists affordable and optimized bio-based substrates using a conventional CO₂ laser to create highly conductive traces for sensors and circuits — paving the way for sustainable and rapid prototyping of bio-electronics.
Project Overview ‹ BioLIG – MIT Media Lab
Accepted at UIST25With rising climate change and e-waste, BioLIG introduces a technique to functionalize bio-based materials through laser-induced graphene (LI…
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 3d
SCART VADER's hack enables you to use your microcontroller internal IO pull-ups as base resistors and input-only pins as outputs.
Pull-up hacking
Usually, if you want to connect the output of a microcontroller to a bipolar transistor in order to use it as a switch, you use a base resistor to limit the base current. You can get rip of that resis...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 4d
Jhuman Khan created a smart home automation system leveraging a PIC16F877A to communicate with a Bluetooth module and control multiple relays.
🔥 How to Make the Best IoT Project using PIC16F877A
In this project, we’ll learn how to design and build a complete IoT-based control system using the PIC16F877A microcontroller. By Jhuman Khan.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 5d
Unable to find a band decoder for a Kenwood TS-890 ham radio transceiver, Kuzysk decided to build his own ATmega328-based version.
Kenwood TS-890 Band Decoder (amateur Radio Project Based on Arduino, Should Work With TS-480, TS-990, TS-590 and TS-2000))
Kenwood TS-890 Band Decoder (amateur Radio Project Based on Arduino, Should Work With TS-480, TS-990, TS-590 and TS-2000)): In march 2025 I bought Kenwood TS-890. To fully utilize it, I needed a band ...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 5d
For his homebrew TTL 6510 Computer, Stefan Warnke designed an ATmega328-based controller board to display two and four lines on LCD modules.
LCD-DisplayController
Controller board to display 2 and 4 lines on LCD modules
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 5d
Mike Coats' Touchy Subject is a Qwiic/STEMMA QT-compatible breakout board for the AT42QT2120 12-key capacitive touch sensor: codeberg.org/MikeCoats/to...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 5d
Nicola Strappazzon created a single circuit that combines both serial and UPDI programming in a convenient way, demonstrating the concept using an AVR128DA28.
Serial And UPDI Handled Together With One Convenient Circuit
Sometimes it’s nice when you can do everything you need to do with just one single port. In this vein, [Nicola Strappazzon] whipped up a circuit to combine serial and UPDI programming in a ve…
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 7d
This PIC32-powered USB mute button could save you from making embarrassing slip-ups on video calls.
Can I Get a Mic Check?
This open source USB mute button powered by a PIC32 microcontroller could save you from making embarrassing slip-ups on video calls.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 7d
Igor Brichkov built a delta sigma analog-to-digital converter from scratch.
A High Resolution DAC From Scratch
It’s a well-known conundrum that while most computers these days are digital in nature, almost nothing in nature is. Most things we encounter in the real world, whether it’s temperature…
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 8d
MorphKeys is a reconfigurable keyboard that allows users to customize the physical arrangement of keys using switched NFC tags and a SAM D21-controlled reader system: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
MorphKeys: A Reconfigurable Keyboard System Using Switched NFC Tags
YouTube video by ACM SIGCHI
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 8d
YADUKRISHNAN K M's ATtiny85-powered Pocket BOOMbox packs a portable music player inside of a Tic Tac box.
Pocket BOOMbox Using ATtiny 85
Pocket BOOMbox Using ATtiny 85: Hello everyone, Music have a great role in our every day life. Everybody loves it. The music will change our mood and have ability to keep us healthy. Now in this world...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 8d
Jeremy Cook's Hackstercaster is an 'amped up' version of the Prusacaster 3D-printed electric guitar with ATmega328-controlled LEDs and more!
3D-Printed Guitar [Prusacaster ==> Hackstercaster]
The Hackstercaster builds on the legendary Prusacaster 3D-printed guitar's open-source design w/ structural improvements, lights & more! By Jeremy Cook.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 8d
YouTuber upir shows how to create a custom turbo boost gauge using an Arduino-controlled Nextion 2.1″ Edge Series HMI display.
Arduino Boost Gauge, 2025 edition
YouTube video by upir
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 9d
EarPressure VR is an Arduino-based system that simulates ambient air pressure changes in virtual environments by modulating ear canal pressure.
You Need an Altitude Adjustment
EarPressure VR simulates air pressure changes, adding altitude and depth sensations to make virtual reality experiences more immersive.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 10d
Networking with a playful twist! Diego Galue's BZCard is a credit card-sized, SAM D21-controlled electronic business card featuring an OLED display, capacitive touch buttons, and hidden retro games.
BZCard: An Interactive Electronic Business Card
A credit-card sized electronic business card with OLED display, capacitive touch, and hidden retro games. By diego galue.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 10d
Armin B.'s GeigerWatch is digital watch designed to detect alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
GeigerWatch, a Sensitiv Radiation Detector Watch
The GeigerWatch is a digital Watch with the additional function of a radiation detector. It is not a real Geiger counter, as instead of a counting tube, three modified PIN photo diodes serve as sensor...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 10d
Redditor JamesF890's ATmega32U4-based IR setup turns a TV remote into a PC racing game gear shifter: www.reddit.com/r/arduino/co...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 11d
For RetroChallenge 2025/10, Michael Wessel is looking to bring 3D animations to the Micro-Professor MPF-1B with an upgraded ATmega128-based graphics card.
3D Graphics on the Microprofessor MPF-1B
Previously, I built a graphics card for the MPF-1B. So far it has done text output and Mandelbrot fractals. For RC2025/10, I want to see a rotating 3D cube on it! The code already exists, but needs to...
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 11d
To bring a Commodore 64 to life in IEEE Spectrum’s Chip Hall of Fame traveling exhibit, Stephen Cass created his own new plug-in cartridge for the 40-year-old home computer.
A Commodore 64 Cartridge Brings History to Life
Discover the "Chips That Shook The World" exhibit, featuring a C64 cartridge that brings the history of microchips to life in a captivating way.
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Microchip Makes @microchip-makes.bsky.social · 12d
See02 is an ATmega328-controlled mini air quality monitor that measures and displays C02, temperature, humidity, and PM2.5 levels in your surrounding environment.
See02: a Mini Air Quality Monitor That Shows You What You're Breathing
See02: a Mini Air Quality Monitor That Shows You What You're Breathing: meet See02 your mini air quality monitor that measures C02, temperature, humidity, and PM2.5 then displays it all on a screen. i...
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