The hardware is independently completed by the Raspberry Pi microcontroller RP2040, which costs 5 yuan a piece. Just close a trigger design baseboard designed by KiCAD. The software is created using VSCode + GCC + Cmake. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to use it. The firmware is upgraded using the U disk drag-and-drop method that comes with the Raspberry Pi chip.
The current design solution uses an 8-bit ADC chip ADC08100 and a 100M bandwidth front-end analog circuit. In fact, if you want to play, you can improve the indicators and use AD9288 or the domestic alternative MXT2088. One chip has two channels and achieves a 250M sampling rate through rapid alternating sampling.
Watchy is a completely open source and customizable e-ink screen watch. It uses ESP32-PICO-D4 as the core, has WiFi and Bluetooth LE connectivity, and is compatible with Arduino, MicroPython and ESP-IDF. The 200x200 pixel resolution e-paper display is clearly visible in bright sunlight and has ultra-low power consumption.
ESP-Drone can be connected and controlled through Wi-Fi network using mobile APP or game controller. Currently, it supports multiple modes such as self-stabilizing flight, fixed-altitude flight, and fixed-point flight. This solution has a simple hardware structure, clear code structure, supports function expansion, and can be used in STEAM education and other fields.
ODrive is a high-performance FOC servo driver based on STM32. It can drive two brushless motors at the same time. In the early days, it was widely used in the design of 3D printers or homemade CNC lathe electrical systems. The well-known geek James Bruton used it as most of his own To make the core unit of the robot servo drive, Stanford's previous open source 8-degree-of-freedom quadruped robot Doggo also used Odrive as the core driver.
A practical heating table for PCB reflow soldering. It is quite cool. It may be the most beautiful and functional heating table on the market. Parameters: The hardware is based on the ESP32PICO-D4 chip, the input power is 24V/10A, the maximum power is 200W, and the heating temperature is up to 300°C. It has Bluetooth function. If I have time later, I will develop a mobile APP to set the temperature rise curve.
All files are open source, including software, hardware and 3D printing shells, and how to make and assemble them are described in detail, especially the EQ equalization filter test and frequency response test are explained in detail. The main control uses RP2040 + TI 24-bit asynchronous stereo audio codec PCM3060 with 96/192kHz sampling rate.
In the open source electromyography project shared here, the author used this product to create a computer game control effect.
Reflow-Controller is designed to control different types of reflow ovens, hot plates, etc. It's based on the ESP32-S2, so it can be programmed to work with WiFi applications, but it also has an onboard OLED display and three buttons for use as a standalone solution.
Open Book is an open hardware device for reading books in all languages of the world. It includes a large screen and navigation buttons, as well as audio options for accessibility and ports to expand its functionality. Its fine screen printing aims to demystify Open Book's own design, breaking down for curious readers how the book works and how they can create one for themselves.
The author noticed that the AC line frequency changes in spans of 0.4 Hz and periods of several minutes, so I wanted to examine long-term changes in AC line frequency and voltage. This is a project to build a line voltage frequency monitor. It is not a complete instrument but a simple measurement adapter designed to be embedded in some measurement system with a PC or microcontroller.
Have you ever wanted to install a security camera in your home, garden or office? Although commercial Wi-Fi security cameras on the market are not expensive, if you want to install multiple ones in different scenes or rooms, it will cost a lot of money. Young engineer Max can develop a wireless security camera based on Espressif's ESP32 chip with only $15.
Plant Bot is an open source project based on ESP32 that allows a single PCB to perform the functions of detecting humidity, watering, providing lighting, and controlling and communicating with the user via WiFi/BLE.
Have you ever thought about attaching an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to an object to track its posture and motion? Tracer provides high-performance, safe, reliable and low-cost object tracking. Tracer can be easily attached to objects using Velcro. It can tilt and track rhythm as the bike's frame tilts, it can record the number of shots taken with a tennis racquet, and it can even differentiate between topspin and chip shots. Let your imagination run wild and explore more interesting applications of Tracer!
Tah - Control anything from your smartphone, open source, Arduino-compatible Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) platform that can be used as a beacon, microcontroller, and HID device.
The Stanford Pupper is a four-legged robot designed to help K-12 and undergraduate students engage in exciting robotics research.
Battery-operated fluorescent lighting projects often appeared in hobby electronic magazines in the 1980s. I always thought that fluorescent lamps were devices that only used AC power at that time. Those articles about using batteries to light miniature fluorescent lamps attracted me. I made some fluorescent lights, but I couldn't get good practical use out of them from a lamp efficiency and longevity perspective. That's because I was just reading the article and knew nothing about the theory of discharge lamps or even electronics. I don't know what to change to get good results, and I'm losing interest in it. However I found a battery powered fluorescent light project online that was identical to the schematic I was working on. So I "revived" the project after 30 years with modern driver circuits and correct theory.
The project originated when the author purchased an electric motorcycle for his daughter and replaced its original lead-acid gel battery with a lithium battery pack. Due to the lack of smart, cheap and easy to configure lithium battery management systems on the market, the author decided to make one himself.
In early 2005, NEC Electronics launched small-pin-count microcontrollers such as PIC/AVR based on the 78K0S architecture. The 78K architecture has a register set similar to the i8085 and additional bit manipulation instructions. It is said to be a classic architecture, but the memory organization is simpler than PIC/AVR. There are various devices with dedicated peripherals, and the 78K series occupies a considerable share of industrial equipment. In the early days, only OTP/Mask products were available, so they were not popular among electronic crafts. However, the small pin count 78K series with flash memory is getting some attention from Japanese microcontroller geeks. Powerful IDEs (compilers, assemblers, simulators, etc.) are also provided for free. I built a very simple 78K0S flash programming adapter for these devices. Additionally, I built a universal programming adapter for V850ES, LPCxxxx, STM32F, etc.
3D printer filament can be produced from discarded water bottles, which will serve two key purposes: recycling plastic waste and producing 3D printer filament at extremely low cost.
The authors hope that as many people as possible will replicate and improve on this project. Therefore, all CAD, firmware and other resources are open source. Special consideration was also given to ensuring that all parts and tools used in the build process were easily sourced.