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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of getting one of these for on the go hacking. Any ideas how well installing Debian on it would go?

www.lenovo.com/gb/en/p/lapt...

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 1d

That’s true, it definitely doesn’t have the problem of being too bright 😆

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 1d

Spot the flaw in the plan...

A small portion of schematic showing two LEDs with resistors to ground. The LEDs direction is away from ground...

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 3d

I’m planning to demo running a few of the winners live, running on FPGA.

I’ll be using my TinyQV Micropython port. Wish me luck!

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 3d

We’re announcing the winners of the Tiny Tapeout RISC-V peripheral competition tomorrow!

TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 3d

Who won our #RISCV peripheral competition? Don't miss the live announcement tomorrow at 19:00 CEST!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEW...

Live: Announcing the Tiny Tapeout RISC-V competition winners!

YouTube video by Zero To ASIC Course

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Steven J. Gibbons @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social · 7d

I find this site mesmerizing. It is silent though - the winds outside are not.

earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

earth.nullschool.net

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 8d

Announcing the RISC-V competition winners on a livestream, Wednesday 8th!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEW...

#RISCV #TinyTapeout

Live: Announcing the Tiny Tapeout RISC-V competition winners!

YouTube video by Zero To ASIC Course

www.youtube.com

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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 8d

We got ‘em!

Raspberry Pi 500+ keyboard connected to my MacBook 🤣

A Pi 500+ keyboard connected via a flat flex and USB type-C breakouts (wired together with DuPont “jumper jerky” wires) to a regular USB cable and - in turn - a Mac.

The macOS keyboard setup assistant asking me to set up my “Raspberry Pi Ltd” device.

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 10d

We just packed 237 of your projects into our most packed ASIC to date and submitted it for manufacture. Let’s take a look inside…

floorplan of the latest TT ASIC multi project chip

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Allie Katz @katzcreates.bsky.social · 14d

In other news, it fukken WORKS and I've successfully made a tiny stained glass window for my beetle's abdomen. 😍

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 14d

Well that escalated quickly

A small PCB designed to go on a Pico or similar boars, with a microSD socket. There's a FET for controlling the power to the socket.

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Tim 'mithro' Ansell @mith.ro · 15d

It was awesome to be on @chrisgammell.bsky.social 's Amp Hour podcast again. Find out more about my latest endeavor to make custom silicon manufacturing accessible and follow @wafer.space and bookmark wafer.space to keep up to date!

Chris Gammell @chrisgammell.bsky.social · 15d

What happens when one of the main providers that enables #opensource #silicon to thrive...shuts down? Companies like @mith.ro's new wafer.space jump in and offer an even more compelling option. $7K for 1000 chips on the GlobalFoundries GF180MCU process. Learn more:

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Yep, it’s one of these: www.crowdsupply.com/signaloid/si...

Signaloid C0-microSD

A programmable FPGA SoM in the tiny microSD form factor

www.crowdsupply.com

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Possibly?

Stick it in a Presto, have the RP2350 just host the framebuffer and drive the display. Risc-V core on this runs doom. 140kB RAM would make it a challenge but with the framebuffer external it's probably doable.

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Of course making a little dev board for it with an RP2 to program and power cycle it would not be hard...

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Not that I actually have much idea what to do with it - I think a Presto coprocessor was the idea I had, but not sure what an ICE40 can do that an RP2350 can’t…

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Well, it blinks.

The whole you have to unplug it from your computer and plug it into an SD card slot that doesn’t act as an SD host to run the design thing may get old rather quickly.

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 15d

Just received a rather tiny dev board. USB-C connector for scale.

A microSD card sized FPGA board. The text says C0-microSD

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 16d

I should get one of these for our boat, to replace the Cello TV that I’m using as a monitor there.

Given it can run off a Pi’s USB port it must be significantly more power efficient too.

Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 16d

This is half a shameless plug and half because I've been using one on and off for various reasons... but if you need a compact-ish portable 1080p monitor the Raspberry Pi one is *really good* - shop.pimoroni.com/products/ras...

Raspberry Pi Monitor

The official Raspberry Pi Monitor is a 15.6” (1920 x 1080 pixel) full HD desktop display. User-friendly, versatile, compact and affordable, it's the perfect companion for both Raspberry Pi computers a...

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 21d

Let’s see how these test ducks do

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 21d

Seems alive to me

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TheZoq2 @thezoq2.bsky.social · 21d

I got inspired at orconf, so now play.spade-lang.org supports a full in-browser flow for submitting to tinytapeout.com/

Still experimental, so if you try it and run into any issues, let me know :)

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 22d

Are you a fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Then you may enjoy this. I did.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 23d

Ford Prefect shows Arthur Dent The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

YouTube video by Greig Johnson Making

youtu.be

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25d

How do we fix this mess?

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Mike Bell @rebelmike.bsky.social · 26d

Yes it was a really good set of puzzles!
Think the ant one was probably my favourite, it was nice physically putting the pieces together and a good progression of working out how it worked while solving it

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