Tux Machines
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 16, 2023
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In very low volume testing, say less than a hundred a day, it is feasible to just have a human manually connect cables to each of the connectors for each board being tested. As the volumes scale up though, this becomes a big bottleneck, and if the testing is not performed in a low-wage country, it can amount to a measurable portion of the overall product cost.
=> ↺ Amiga 3000: Restoration Part 2
Now that I have converted the Amiga 3000 from a US to European machine, it is time to fix the minor issues with it.
=> ↺ Raspberry Pi Pico Hero Handheld Emulates Sega Mega Drive
The unit is powered by an RP2040 Plus module which has the form factor of the regular Pico with a few upgrades. The screen is fairly large for a handheld this size, measuring 3.2-inches with a resolution of 320 x 240px, connecting using a parallel interface for improved performance. The Pico Hero has three buttons, a power switch, and an analog control stick. A 3-watt speaker is used for audio output, and a microSD card stores all the necessary data. Everything is held together with a beautiful, customized purple PCB made just for the project.
=> ↺ Reverse Engineering A Classic ThinkPad Battery
The ThinkPad 701 is an iconic laptop series from the mid-90s and is still highly sought after today because of its famous butterfly keybaord. The laptop itself is tiny even by the standards of the time, so in order to fit a full-size keyboard IBM devised a mechanism where the keyboard splits and slides over itself to hide away as the screen is closed. But, like most 30-year-old laptops, the original batteries for these computers are well past their prime. [polymatt] takes us through all of the steps needed in order to recreate a battery from this era down to the last detail.
=> ↺ Pi Zero Runs DOOM Via Wireless Power
What’s better than a Raspberry Pi Zero running DOOM on a 3.5″ touchscreen? Running it over wireless power, of course!
=> ↺ Rotary Encoders for ESP32, Rpi Pico and RPi 4
Kickstarter launched this week a Rotary Encoder equipped with an RGB LED array and a 1.28”round touch LCD. This device is compatible with open-source modules such as the Raspberry Pi Pico and the ESP32-S3 System-on-Chip from Espressif Systems.
=> ↺ Camera module features Kendryte RISC-V dual core processor
M5stack introduced last week the UNIT-V M12 which is an AI camera unit that combines advanced specifications and a compact design. Equipped with an M12 lens and a Kendryte K210 System-on-Chip with machine vision capabilities.
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