Electronics: 17th June 2025

Some more of my videos (revk.uk, 2025-06-14). RevK® shares videos about circuit board design, showcasing a fun 'shopping channel' style video and an instructive one on making Faikin circuit boards

Exploratory Data Analysis: Gamma Spectroscopy in Python (towardsdatascience.com, 2025-06-10). Explore gamma spectroscopy using the Radiacode 103G detector in Python, logging CPS values and gamma spectra, with data analysis and visualization techniques demonstrated through Matplotlib

Reviving the Spirit of Open Science Hardware: Highlights from the 2025 Open Hardware Summit (gerritniezen.com, 2025-06-13). Highlights from the 2025 Open Hardware Summit showcase advancements in open-source hardware, including RepMat, Mothbox, biofiber sensors, and open-source medical devices, emphasizing community engagement and sustainability

Updates (dawes.wordpress.com, 2025-06-11). Andrew Dawes updates on various projects including building a spatial light modulator from a projector, obtaining a ham radio license, and exploring radio activities like Summits-on-the-Air

How I monitor and control all my powered devices (Zigbee + HA) (jeffgeerling.com, 2025-06-14). Monitor and control powered devices using Home Assistant and ThirdReality Zigbee Smart Outlets, with ApexCharts for power consumption graphs and remote switching capabilities

How to modify Starlink Mini to run without the built-in WiFi router (olegkutkov.me, 2025-06-14). Learn to modify Starlink Mini for Ethernet-only operation by dismantling its built-in WiFi router. Use tools like metal spudgers and a thin knife while managing power and EMI effectively

Irrigation Automation (with Home Assistant) (splitbrain.org, 2025-06-15). The post describes automating garden irrigation using Home Assistant, ESPHome, and Gardena components, highlighting technical aspects of setting up magnetic valves, scheduling with NodeRed, and connecting to outdoor faucets

Starting my video projector with Python and Playwright (hamatti.org, 2025-06-11). A Python Playwright script was created to control a decade-old Epson EH-TW650 projector via a web UI, allowing it to be powered on remotely using basic authentication and environment variables for credentials

DeskHog, an open-source developer toy (posthog.com, 2025-06-11). DeskHog is an open-source, 3D-printed developer toy featuring an ESP32-S3 with WiFi, a TFT display, and a 10-hour battery, allowing for game and tool development through DIY projects on GitHub

Smart Ring Development (Part 1) － Research and Prototype (interrupt.memfault.com, 2025-06-13). The Open Smart Ring project explores developing a wearable device for music control using components like Atmel SAM touchpads, coin vibration motors, and induction charging, emphasizing research and prototyping phases

Agentic Embedded Development (circusscientist.com, 2025-06-10). Agentic Embedded Development explores 'Vibe Coding' techniques using tools like Cline and DeepSeek 8B for automating the coding loop and interfacing with microcontrollers, particularly ESP32, enhancing coding efficiency

Debugging with ESP-IDF VS Code extension: Part 2 (developer.espressif.com, 2025-06-12). Learn to debug Espressif boards using JTAG with VS Code's ESP-IDF extension, exploring breakpoints, navigation commands like Step Over and Step Into, and tools for inspecting variables during a debugging session

Energy-Efficient Deep Learning for Traffic Classification on Microcontrollers (arxiv:cs, 2025-06-12). A lightweight 1D-CNN model, optimized via HW-NAS, achieves 96.59% accuracy for traffic classification on microcontrollers, enabling energy-efficient on-device analysis with low power consumption for IoT security solutions

The ESP32 Revolution: How DIY Makers Are Rewiring Their Homes (magnus919.com, 2025-06-16). DIY makers are utilizing $7 ESP32 microcontrollers and ESPHome software to retrofit appliances, enabling intelligent automation in homes with projects such as coffee machine control, laundry monitoring, and pet automation

Modifying an HDMI dummy plug’s EDID using a Raspberry Pi (downtowndougbrown.com, 2025-06-15). A Raspberry Pi Zero was used to modify an HDMI dummy plug's EDID, allowing it to mimic a 1080p capture device instead of a 4K monitor, utilizing I2C for programming

Raspberry Pi Pico: loading code into RAM and running it -- part 1 (kevinboone.me, 2025-06-13). Explore loading and running binary code in RAM on the Raspberry Pi Pico using the C SDK, covering memory layout, function pointers, and calling conventions between RAM and flash applications

Audio Spectrogram Transformers Beyond the Lab (towardsdatascience.com, 2025-06-10). Explore soundscape analysis with a portable monitoring setup using Raspberry Pi, AudioMoth, and deep learning, leveraging Audio Spectrogram Transformers for real-time sound classification

Gokrazy with Raspberry Pi Zero (evilcookie.de, 2025-06-11). Set up Gokrazy on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W to run a simple Go program that lets an LED blink using GPIO pin 17, utilizing tools like 'gok' for building and flashing the project

Acoupi batdetect2 with a Raspberry pi 4 and Audiomoth mic (planb.nicecupoftea.org, 2025-06-12). A portable bat classifier setup using a Raspberry Pi 4, Acoupi software, and an AudioMoth microphone, designed to connect with LoRaWAN for remote detections and featuring MQTT for data handling

Inside the Apollo "8-Ball" FDAI (Flight Director / Attitude Indicator) (righto.com, 2025-06-13). The Apollo FDAI, or '8-ball', indicates spacecraft attitude using rotating mechanisms and multiple inputs, utilizing synchros, servo loops, and motor/tachometers for precise orientation during flights to the Moon

Reverse Engineering dead protocols – Strand ShowNet (nickvsnetworking.com, 2025-06-13). A telecom enthusiast recounts reverse engineering a Strand 520i lighting console, utilizing tools like Wireshark, and unravels a custom UDP protocol using Run Length Encoding for DMX data transmission

GNU Linker: Dissecting ELF Executables on Raspberry Pi (embeddedjourneys.com, 2025-06-15). Explore the GNU Linker and ELF executables on Raspberry Pi, detailing object file processing, linking, and using tools like 'ld' and 'readelf' in ARM Assembly

Ohmaps: crossing the Wheatstone bridge (hunsley.io, 2025-06-12). Exploring ohmaps for analyzing resistor networks, including a unique 'W5' circuit, using Kirchhoff’s laws and sympy for linear equation solutions involving voltages and conductances