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Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 14, 2023

pg_ivm 1.7 released

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Pico QwiicReset board adds Reset button and Qwiic connector to Raspberry Pi Pico

↺ Pico QwiicReset board adds Reset button and Qwiic connector to Raspberry Pi Pico

> Pico QwiicReset is a tiny add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Pico that adds a Reset button as well as the Qwicc connector to more easily connect I2C modules to the popular MCU board. The lack of a Reset button on the Raspberry Pi Pico has always been an issue since the reset pin is used to flash the firmware, so people have tried various ways to add a Reset button to the Pi Pico board. The Pico QwiicReset is like an extension of the Pimoroni “Captain Resetti” button with an extra Qwiic connector.

Raspberry Pi Tombstone Built with Adafruit’s Prop Maker RP2040

↺ Raspberry Pi Tombstone Built with Adafruit’s Prop Maker RP2040

> The Ruiz brothers have created a Raspberry Pi tombstone project for Adafruit that’s totally spooky and fun to make.

Growing real-world cyborg devices

↺ Growing real-world cyborg devices

> Cyborgs have long been a staple of sci-fi, but we see few real-world examples of this concept outside of a handful of biomedical devices and prostheses. But bionics — engineered systems that integrate biological structures — is an adjacent field with interesting possibilities.

Let’s connect at The Things Conference 2023

↺ Let’s connect at The Things Conference 2023

> It’s time to catch up on all things LoRaWAN® and low-power IoT! Our team is looking forward to returning to The Things Conference this year, joining all LoRa® key players in Amsterdam on September 21st-22nd.

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