MAKER: mosivers／Translator: Qun Endless Thermochromic liquid crystal film is a fascinating material that changes color with temperature variations. DIYing a clock with this material makes the display and the changing process particularly unique! The clock uses a four-digit seven-segment display, with hours and minutes arranged vertically and slightly offset. Each part contains a controller PCB … Read more
“A low-cost 24-channel logic analyzer with fully open-source hardware and software, featuring 100Msps, 32k depth sampling, edge triggering, and pattern triggering. The project is continuously updated.” Overview The LogicAnalyzer is a low-cost analyzer based on the Raspberry Pico. This analyzer provides up to 24 digital channels, pre-trigger and post-trigger sampling, edge triggering, and pattern triggering, … Read more
“ A mini-ITX NVMe carrier board designed for LattePanda Mu, featuring six M.2 and two PCIe ports, can be used as a NAS. ” The Made with KiCad series will support new display methods. Simply copy the following link into your browser (or click
Recently, I have been quite busy with work, but I still managed to squeeze out some time to finish the matrix LED clock mentioned in my last article. I made a video to introduce this clock, which you can watch on Bilibili or YouTube. Today, I am writing another article to detail the design concept … Read more
Introduction I previously envisioned a mobile storage device based on the ESP32, and now I am attempting to create a prototype. The first step, I believe, is to design a dedicated PCB. I previously used an ESP32S3 development board to test how to run WebDAV, but the flash memory on the development board only has … Read more
“ Latest insights from Alpha Wang, exploring the application of KiCAD in x86 system expansion boards! ” Video of the presentation can be found here: 💻 LattePanda Mu Integrated CPU, memory, and storage, functioning like a laptop computing module. Provides handheld-level high-performance computing capabilities. 🔄 Flexibility Unlike ARM development boards, LattePanda Mu supports the installation … Read more
Recently, I watched a detailed explanation of circuit design by Philip Salmony, a graduate student from Cambridge University, on YouTube. The project is called the STM32-based RF to USB adapter, abbreviated as STRF, which includes: High-speed USB interface STM32L4 as the controller nRF24 2.4GHz RF transceiver Of course, he designed it using KiCad, and his … Read more
“ OneInchEye: An open-source one-inch CMOS sensor (IMX283) camera board designed for Raspberry Pi.” Overview The OneInchEye project is an open-source camera board designed for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 using the IMX283 one-inch sensor. This project aims to provide a high-quality, affordable, and easy-to-use camera module for Raspberry Pi projects. The circuit board … Read more
“ Introducing an open-source project that includes KiCad schematic symbols and PCB footprints for Arduino modules (modules, connectors, expansion boards). ” Arduino Symbol & Footprint Arduino is a very easy-to-use open-source hardware and software electronic platform that provides a wide range of hardware modules. Engineers can use these modules as individual “components” for rapid … Read more