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A 2011 Nokia E6 Now Boots Linux 6.12 and Runs Wayland, and It No Longer Reboots Every Four Minutes The Nokia E6, the 2011 Symbian business phone with a QWERTY keypad and a 640x480 touchscreen, is getting a second life as a Linux machine. Developer fluffleswaffles has brought up Linux 6.12 on it. The project's milestone log starts with a first boot to a BusyBox shell on 13 October, and the kernel now drives the phone's own display, runs the Wayland compositor weston with the foot terminal,… |
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ESP32-S3 3D Scanner Brings Budget Space Carving and 3D Mesh Generation to Embedded Hardware Projects A recent project shared on reddit - r/esp32 showcases how much computer vision potential can be squeezed out of inexpensive, low-power hardware. Built around a Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-S3 board paired with its dedicated round screen extension, the handheld device doubles as a self-contained 3D object scanner. Originally intended as a platform for an augmented reality game, the creator pivoted… |
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Maker Builds an Offline Wikipedia Using an ESP32 Board and Its Built-In microSD Card Slot to Store Data Alun Morris’s Offline-Wikipedia using ESP32 is an open-source project that turns the inexpensive ESP32-2432S028, commonly called the “Cheap Yellow Display” or CYD, into a standalone Wikipedia reader. The hardware combines an ESP32 microcontroller with a 320×240 ILI9341 color display, an XPT2046 touchscreen, and a microSD card interface. Instead of depending on Wi-Fi or cloud services, the… |
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This ESP32-P4 Turns a DJ Controller Into a Laptop-Free DJ System With Two Music Decks and Audio Mixing A maker has built a standalone DJ system using the ESP32-P4, allowing a Pioneer DDJ-FLX4 DJ controller to work without a laptop running DJ software. The open-source Pajoniiir project uses a Guition JC4880P443C_I_W board with an ESP32-P4 and 4.3-inch touchscreen. It reads music from a USB drive exported from Rekordbox and supports MP3, WAV and FLAC files. The system can run two DJ decks at the… |
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A Solo Dev Built an OS for ESP32 Boards and Gave Its JavaScript Engine Direct Access to the Hardware An open-source project called KryonOS is a GUI operating system for ESP32 microcontroller boards, built for use with a touch display and an SD card module. Built by a single developer who goes by Haris (GitHub handle Haris16-code) and released under the GPL-3.0 license, it adds a real touchscreen interface, a file explorer, and an app store to hardware that normally runs just one fixed program… |
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AI-Based No Parking Alert System using ESP32-CAM In modern day, the need for surveillance systems is increasing rapidly. We have a lot of recognized brands that offer such solutions. But can we extend the capabilities of a $5 ESP32-CAM module to build something similar?In this project, we are going to build an AI-Based No Parking Alert System using ESP32-CAM, in which, if someone parks their vehicle in front of the… |
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Jurassic Park's Legendary Dinosaur Input Device Recreated Using Modern Technology Long before today's advanced motion capture systems became commonplace, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) developed an ingenious hardware solution known as the Dinosaur Input Device (DID) for Jurassic Park. Instead of animating dinosaurs frame by frame with a mouse, animators manipulated a physical dinosaur puppet embedded with magnetic rotary encoders at every… |
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How to Build an Interactive Robotic Arm using PIC Microcontroller? Robotic arms are widely used in industrial automation, research, and educational projects. Building and controlling one is a great way to learn the fundamentals of embedded systems, motion control, and robotics. In this project, we will design and build a 4-degree-of-freedom (4-DOF) robotic arm controlled… |
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Two-Way Holographic Display with Wemos D1 Mini This display can show two different images at the same time - no VR headsets, no software tricks, just pure optics. This is a two-way holographic display made by Julius Makes. The whole idea is that two players, sitting opposite to each other, should see the mystery instructions meant for the other person. Plus, they should be able to see their faces through the… |
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Getting Started with the MAX32672 Feather Development Board The MAX32672FTHR is a compact development platform built around the MAX32672 for embedded evaluation and prototyping. It provides the key hardware resources needed for development, including onboard debugging, power management, user interface peripherals, and Feather-compatible expansion headers. With many essential components… |
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SpikerBot Turns Neural Signals into Real-Time Robotic Motion A revolutionary neuroscience robotics project called SpikerBot is creating excitement among technology enthusiasts, engineering students, and STEM researchers across the world. Developed by Backyard Brains, the innovative platform combines neural signal processing, embedded systems, robotics, and bioengineering into a single interactive learning experience. Recently launched on Kickstarter,… |
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ESP32 Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System with GeoLinker Integration Nowadays, automation has become a common part of our daily lives. From simple tasks like operating a coffee machine to creating code for complex applications, many processes are now automated. However, most systems used for controlling devices depend on internet connections, mobile applications, or cloud platforms. In many places, internet availability may be poor or… |
