Hardware

Norm Jackson and colleagues at Thort Werx are looking to put a low-cost mixed-signal oscilloscope and logic analyzer on every desk, turning to a pair of Raspberry Pi Pico 2 microcontroller boards to power the Picotronix — opening for crowdfunding soon.

"We've built a dual [Raspberry Pi] Pico 2-based mixed-signal capture system (oscilloscope + logic analyzer) using MicroPython and PIO/DMA [Programmable Input-Output/Direct Memory Access] in the RP2350," Jackson tells us via email. "The project highlights many of the amazing features of the RP2350 and advanced techniques to build real time complex designs using MicroPython."

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More information is available on the Picotronix website; a Kickstarter campaign is planned for the near future, with pricing estimated at $99 without or $129 with LCD and $9–49 per picoPod, and interested parties are invited to sign up to be notified when crowdfunding opens.

This might just be the most overengineered desktop gear I've ever come across. The Naya Connect system features four devices built around a modular keyboard to upgrade your setup with all kinds of shortcuts and tactile inputs.

In space, no one can hear you scream how good this cyberdeck is!

Better watch out, Frore.

Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billion

Soon enough, you might not even be able to buy a calculator.

Isn't a "click" just physically making two connectors touch so that a circuit is made to send the signal of an action? There doesn't have to be any noise associated does there?

For example, if we used 2 springs, one to hold up the button and another to make the contact with the circuit, the click would be silent. Or maybe something already exists that I can swap out into my mouse?

Nvidia is among those to blame, says Nomura Securities.

The historic Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction sale has kicked-off.

This is seemingly a temporary halt to H200 orders.

But there is a catch, or two.

It's just a DIY project, but I want one badly.

Sometimes just the thought of choosing components, designing a PCB, and assembling and testing the hardware is enough to kill a perfectly good idea for a new electronic gadget. That’s a lot of work, and when we are deciding what to do with our free time, work is not usually the number one choice. It is for this reason that hobbyists need to have tools available to them that will help them cut some corners to get a prototype up and running quickly.

The Waveshare ESP32-C6 1.8-inch Touch AMOLED Display Development Board is one such tool. It’s a tiny device that can fit in the palm of your hand; however it’s loaded down with just about everything but the kitchen sink. Having so many hardware components in a ready-to-go device makes it easy to start building everything from IoT devices to AI-powered voice assistants and smart home dashboards.