Very happy to announce the winners of our demoscene competition! 🏆
We had some amazing entries - check out what can be done in just a few square microns of silicon!
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Thanks again to our judges and participants!
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I'm so atproto brained I keep thinking if enclose.horse had syncing with my account I'd 100% more do it daily if I could sync between my phone and computers
I made a game! Just a prototype but fully functional and ready to play for free thanks to @itchio.bsky.social 🎉
Pondering what the next steps might be to push this project along further.
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maze with two characters in it. Pixel art style.
Recycling some old pixel art to jump-start graphics for a little game I'm working on. Tech stack is #C, #SDL3, and #WASM all playing *very nice* together. #pixelart
ECS pattern, where have you been my whole life?! Currently playing around with some roguelike game programming in C. Might even finish something this time.
MicroPython v1.27 has been released!
github.com/micropython/...
It includes support for new micros, a whole swag of new features and bugfixes - and further improvements to automated testing, particularly by leveraging HIL.
Congrats and thanks to the #MicroPython team!
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Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
Screenshot of a stylized procedurally generated map that uses little line marks to show mountains, grass, and water
I was looking through my old projects and found this. I love how it looks and want to do more with this www.redblobgames.com/x/1638-voron...
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Coding some sensor firmware with ESP32 IDF took a few weeks longer than I thought it would, but finally all working (again). Telling myself the learning experience was worth the effort. #esp32 #electronics
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I'm learning that every day is 'technical debt day'. It's just that some day I'm actively reducing it and other passively increasing it.
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Getting ready to show my sensor network project to others. #electronics #micropython #grafana
Farewell Shunsaku Tamiya: The Man Who Gave Us The Best Things To Build
Australia has basically the same challenges around manufacturing. There is a bit of a political change here recently driven by 'supply chain security'. The changes will be generational, so no short term relief.
I've played on that platform. The world of online craft retail is brutal for makers.
I keep forgetting Tindie as an option for these types of projects. I should make myself an account there and investigate it a bit deeper.
I'd love to refine the project to a point I could distribute some!
I made a new mouth mechanism. I'm calling it Selectramatronics.
One of my project goals is to be free of commercial lock-in and avoid such concerns. I also like that I have complete control over the data, it runs entirely on my local network with no data leaking to the internet.
3D printed case and PCB. Mechanical pencil included for scale.
This prototype cycle for my temperature and humidity tracker is almost complete with a new 50% slimmer case. It's been quite a journey #electronics #kicad #esp32 #micropython #blender #3dprinting
Graphs showing temperature, relative humidity, and battery voltage of 2 devices. Changes in the graphs clearly indicate when the sun rose and diverging battery voltages of each device.
More tests: x2 devices reporting overnight. One on my desk and the other by a window that gets morning sun. Graphs made in #Grafana. Devices are ESP32C3, #Sensirion sensors and running #Micropython. Testing a smaller battery, hence diverging battery readings. #electronics #ESP32
2nd custom sensor board created and working 🎉
1) macro shot of solder paste
2) parts placement in progress
3) finished and functioning
#electronics #esp32 #micropython #kicad
Temperature and humidity sensor development continues on the software front. Sleeping the hardware for 4secs between reads yields ~34.5 hrs of life on a 1100mAh battery. Going to try caching data locally and connecting/sending across the network less often next. #esp32 #micropython #electronics
I've just updated my minimal Raspberry Pi GPIO pinout, fixing the print CSS (still some work to do, I think) and making interfaces clickable to highlight related pins: pi.pinout.xyz
