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This $82 USB cable hides a Wi-Fi microcontroller inside its connector (techspot.com)

2026-05-24 | get Wi-Fi Microcontroller USB Cable → | tags: usb cable, microcontroller, kickstarter

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Wi-Fi controlled hacking USB cable stealthily packs in a microcontroller, microSD storage, and more — cable executes remote payload execution, keystroke injection, and more, but is 'built for makers, developers, enthusiasts, and cybersecurity learners' (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-23 | by Mark Tyson | get USB Rubber Ducky → | tags: esp32-s3, hacknect, microcontroller

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Porting my 3D points renderer on a ZX Spectrum 48K (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get ZX Spectrum 48K Emulator → | tags: zx spectrum, z88dk, 3d rendering

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Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Microcontroller Web Server Kit → | tags: avr microcontroller, arduino, ethernet chip

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Marco Polo: Finding a friend with only distance and motion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-11 | get Marco Polo Smart Video Doorbell → | tags: uwb, inertial measurement unit, range-only localization

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Comparing a 1980s memory map to the Raspi Pico (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | get Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit → | tags: raspberry pi pico, memory map, 1980s technology

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Embedded Rust or C Firmware? Lessons from an Industrial Microcontroller Use Case (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get Embedded Rust Programming Book → | tags: rust, microcontroller, embedded

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A Home Made PBX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get VoIP Phone System Kit → | tags: pbx, bell-northern research, microcontrollers

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I am building a cloud (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get Cloud Computing Starter Kit → | tags: cloud, exe.dev, startups

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5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | get 5x5 Pixel Font Kit → | tags: lcamtuf, 5x5 font, zx spectrum

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Sequential Optimal Packing for PCB Placement (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | by Seve Ibarluzea | get PCB Component Organizer → | tags: pcb placement, signal integrity, force-directed packing

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A dot a day keeps the clutter away (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get Magnetic Dry Erase Dots → | tags: digi-key, mouser, microcontrollers

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How a Raspberry Pi Microcontroller Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom' (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | by Posted | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: raspberry pi, super nintendo, doom

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Baochip-1x: What it is, why I'm doing it now and how it came about (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-11 | get Smartphone Screen Cleaning Kit → | tags: baochip-1x, memory management unit, bunnie

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Microwave Oven Failure: Spontaneously turned on by its LED display (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-11 | by Clive Robinson | get Smart Oven → | tags: display, door, door switch

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MicroPythonOS graphical operating system delivers Android-like user experience (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | by Jean-Luc Aufranc | get MicroPythonOS OS → | tags: microcontrollers, micropythonos, touch

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Doin' It with a 555: One Chip to Rule Them All (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-27 | get Microcontroller → | tags: capacitors, just, microcontrollers

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Tiny386 emulator turns tiny microcontroller into a full i386 PC — tiny virtual machine can boot Windows 95 and Linux on ESP32-S3 chip (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-12 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Microcontroller → | tags: board, boot, chunhui

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He Chunhui's Tiny386 Turns an ESP32-S3 into a Fully-Functional 386-Powered PC (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-09 | get Microcontroller → | tags: chunhui, emulator, microcontroller