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Supporting the DIY community with MCUs and other devices and tools to bring innovative ideas to life.

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dimitris Platis' Drachmath is a fun, engaging game on a SAM D51-based Seeed Studio Wio Terminal that turns everyday learning into a rewarding experience. Kids solve math and spelling quizzes, earn coins for correct answers, and exchange them for real-world rewards.

Drachmath: Solve, spell, reward | Dimitris Platis

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · 7d ago

Remember when PCs had a Turbo button? KJoh's Asuka 486 restoration takes that bit of computer nostalgia and gives it a modern twist with an Arduino Pro Mini-controlled animated LED display.

Fancified Animated Turbo Display for a 486

I came by this nice 486 and did a bunch of work to get it in working order. One of the things I found was that there was no clock speed display, though there was a place for one. The Turbo switch work...

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · 7d ago

What if Sabine Wren adopted a mouse droid… and gave it a party button? Chaos Theory's project is part autonomous robot, part Star Wars homage, and part mobile rave machine. It can drive around on its own, scream like a proper mouse droid, and — with the push of a button — kick into party mode!

Autonomous Mouse Droid With Party Mode

Autonomous Mouse Droid With Party Mode: This is a self-driving, screaming, partying mouse droid. The idea behind it was simple: what if Sabine Wren adopted a mouse droid? I think it's obvious that she...

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · last wk.

What happens when you take a flip-dot display and make it… circular? Pierre Muth's Flip-Dot Ring does just that. The matrix features 2,016 dots organized into 288 segments, powered by 12 custom four-layer PCBs with PIC16F15356 controllers.

Flip-Dot Ring

There’s definitely a pattern in these projects. Do I need repetitive tasks to relax ? Do I need scaling-up a simple concept until it becomes unreasonable ?We go again with flipdots, I had a pile of…

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · last wk.

The Arduview is an Arduboy-based handheld console that comes with 400 pre-loaded games and a shell, PCB, and OLED display that are all transparent.

‘World’s first fully transparent video game console’ is on its way to Kickstarter — Arduview handheld’s shell, PCB, and display are all transparent

Based on the open source Arduboy platform, this handheld weighs just 1.8 ounces (50g) and comes with 400 pre-loaded games.

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · last wk.

Frustrated that he couldn’t use his Dell Precision 7680’s 240W charger on flights, pseudonymous maker “wiredcav” decided to reverse engineer the laptop’s charger handshake and create an ATtiny1624-based emulator that lets a lower-power alternative keep the power-hungry laptop running.

Dell Precision 7680 Charger Emulator

Dell Precision 7680 Charger Emulator: The I.T. guys recently gave me a new Dell Precision 7680 laptop. It turns out to be an enormous power hog. It’s still pretty new, but the battery life is only abo...

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Microchip Makes@microchip-makes.bsky.social · 2w ago

What if you could upgrade the iconic Casio CA-53W calculator watch into a fully programmable platform? Evelien Dekkers is designing an open source, SAM D21-controlled replacement PCB based on Joey Castillo's Sensor Watch Pro.

Upgrading the Casio CA-53W

A super-duper fully open and programmable PCB for the Casio CA-53w calculator watch. Based on the awesome work of Joey Castillo, it has the same features as the Sensor Watch Pro. Imagine the possibili...

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