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Anybody adopted the IPC-7352 land pattern naming convention for PCB footprints? I usually like to stay consistent with IPC recommendations, but I'm really not in love with some of the naming conventions in the spec... Trying to decide on whether to just use it as-is or go with something else.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d say: just updated the firmware on my new bike’s derailleur…🫠

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Just posted a new #ZephyrRTOS article on @hacksterio.bsky.social about the recently merged XIAO RA4M1 support

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

PEP 751 has been accepted! peps.python.org/pep-0751/ This means #Python now has a lock file standard that can act as an export target for tools that can create some sort of lock file. And for some tools the format can act as their primary lock file format as well instead of some proprietary format.

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 @raspberrypi.com Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Another great microcontroller video from www.artfulbytes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FTU...

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This is seriously cool

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Saw this today: RP2040 & WizNet W5500 integrated in a single IC wiznet.io/products/pow...

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces. www.hackster.io/cdwilson/aut...

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KiCon North America 2025 is happening May 28-30 Come and join the conference on all things KiCad. Talk submissions currently being accepted. For full details see the blog post on the KiCad website. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

@danielmangum.com it seems like no matter where I browse the internets these days, THERE YOU ARE

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PSA: your company can become a corporate sponsor of KiCad for less than the yearly maintenance for ONE SEAT of Altium 🤯 www.kicad.org/sponsors/spo...

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KiCad Version 9.0.0 Release The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest major version release. See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information about this release. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

So, now that v9 is out, you're going to want to learn how to use all the awesome new features, right? Have we got a place for you! kicon.kicad.org KiCon Returns to North America, May 28-30th, San Diego, CA. Pre-sale discount tickets are available now!

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Fascinating deep dive on a networking company you probably have never heard of: www.meter.com

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2025 is the year of the Pick and Place Desktop! :-D Well...maybe for me? I enjoyed recording with @hawes.dev about the @opulo.io Lumen and all of the experiments and successes as they have built up the company and open source machine I hope to have some day. theamphour.com/686-a-bencht...

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔 Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone have an old SparkFun RED-V board collecting dust in a drawer? I'd be happy to pay you for it (including shipping). Feel free to DM me.

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For anybody that has read both "Computer Organization and Design" and "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" by Patterson/Hennessy, how would you describe the differences between these two books? (content, audience, etc) Are they essentially the undergrad/graduate texts respectively?

submitted 114 days ago • 2 comments

Saw this today about a FPGA peripheral module standard being developed by SGET. Looks interesting. They are looking for feedback. "There may also be interest in using sCRUVI technology with MCU and SoC based products without FPGA." sget.org/call-for-par...

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With #FreeCAD v1.0 out, I had to make a tutorial series on how to use it 📺 While FreeCAD still has some bugs, it's MUCH more stable now, and I use it all the time for basic parts 🔥🔥🔥 You can watch the first episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VPY... #CAD #engineering @freecadnews.bsky.social

submitted 140 days ago • 2 comments

Hi, I’m Simen 👋 A maker/hardware hacker type from Norway. Here’s some of the coolest shit I’ve made recently! #introduction #pcb #maker #electronics

submitted 149 days ago • 2 comments

Time to celebrate: Hardware engineers using Windows or macOS can leverage Docker, Inc. Golioth CEO @jonathanberi.com reveals a skunkworks project that makes USB with Docker on Windows and macOS now possible. blog.golioth.io/usb-docker-w... @justincormack.bsky.social | @ajeetraina.bsky.social

submitted 152 days ago • 4 comments

KiCad is proud to announce the release of 8.0.7 We have lots of bug fixes and speed improvements in this release, so upgrading is highly recommended! www.kicad.org/blog/2024/12...

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This Website is Hosted on Bluesky This weekend I found myself digging through the AT Protocol specifications and the Bluesky Personal Data Server (PDS) implementation. In doing so, I discovered that I could setup a website that is fully hosted on Bluesky. danielmangum.com/posts/this-w...

submitted 162 days ago • 18 comments

Bluesky lazyweb question: If I change my handle here to a domain, what happens to existing links to my old posts? If I copy a link to one of my existing posts, it includes "cdwilson.bsky.social" in the URL slug. What happens to old links if somebody else picks up that username after I abandon it?

submitted 170 days ago • 1 comment

I just had Kalbijjim for the first time and well... white people, we've been doing pot roast wrong.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

A short story about the generosity of strangers and making new friends at @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon cdwilson.dev/articles/hac...

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i've never hit appeal so fast

submitted 185 days ago • 3 comments

Hey bluesky, what's up? I will most probably be more active on mastodon, but let me share what I'm currently working on: Coming weekend I will be at #Supercon where lots of people will bring SAOs (Simple Add-ons) for the badge. One of my favorite SAOs I made, is TARS: hackaday.io/project/1980...

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Flyin out to @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon for the first time! If we’ve never met, come say hi 👋! I have glow-in-the dark stickers from @embeddedfm.bsky.social, non-glow-in-the-dark stickers from @mattgodbolt.bsky.social and a couple #SAO kits to hand out.

submitted 185 days ago • 2 comments

The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal

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Got the PCBs in for the 🧼 #SAO last night lol This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead. hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along. #hackaday #supercon

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