Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard(github.com)
221 points by NotARoomba | 70 comments
GitHub repository for Keybytes, an open-hardware modular keyboard where each key is its own PCB with a RISC-V MCU, connected via pogo pins and magnetic cases.
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I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers(rootkitlabs.com)
121 points by machinehum | 19 comments
A blog post describing the design of a low-cost stereo vision board built on the Rockchip RV1103 SoC, covering the PCB, Buildroot Linux, and SAD-based depth processing.
Making 1,750 programmable PCB badges for Canada's biggest hackathon(va3ndf.com)
42 points by va3ndf | 10 comments
A blog post recounting the design and production of 1,750 programmable PCB name badges for a large Canadian hackathon, including problems encountered.
AI-assisted PCB design for KiCad 10(github.com)
115 points by ofrzeta | 42 comments
GitHub repository for Konnect, a native KiCad 10 plugin in Rust exposing 217 PCB design tools to Claude or other LLMs for AI-assisted design.
Can AI design circuit boards yet?(eebench.org)
407 points by iopapa | 218 comments
EEBench blog post on whether AI models can design circuit boards, describing a benchmark for evaluating the quality of circuits generated by models working in KiCad.
Show HN: KiDoom – Running DOOM on PCB Traces(mikeayles.com)
329 points by mikeayles | 47 comments
Personal portfolio site of embedded engineer Michael Ayles featuring KiDoom, a project rendering DOOM in KiCad using PCB traces and component footprints.
Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation(github.com)
1055 points by wompapumpum | 211 comments
GitHub repository for flip-card, an ultrathin PCB business card that runs a fluid simulation, with firmware, simulation crate, and KiCad PCB files.
Things I would have told myself before building an autorouter(blog.autorouting.com)
345 points by seveibar | 99 comments
Blog post by Seve listing 13 lessons learned from a year of building a fast PCB autorouter for tscircuit, an open-source TypeScript electronics CAD kernel.
Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard(graz.io)
664 points by sgraz | 223 comments
A case study by the builder of Bayleaf, a DIY wireless, split, ultra-low-profile keyboard, covering electronics, PCB design, and manufacturing.
Phased Array Microphone (2023)(benwang.dev)
560 points by bglazer | 179 comments
Blog post describing a 192-channel open-source phased array microphone with FPGA data acquisition and GPU beamforming and visualization.
Testing Generative AI for Circuit Board Design(blog.jitx.com)
331 points by DHaldane | 164 comments
JITX blog post testing frontier LLMs (GPT-4o, Claude 3 Opus, Gemini 1.5) on circuit board design tasks to see where they help and where they fail.
Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)(howtoware.co)
381 points by edye | 131 comments
A blog post by Jonah Stiennon describing how he built trading cards using e-ink displays, shown in a playing board with buttons.
Show HN: We made a small and cheap network switch(docs.murexrobotics.com)
625 points by Hello9999901 | 155 comments
Documentation page from MUREX Robotics, a high school team, describing their open-source low-cost Ethernet networking switch board.
Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life(toaster.llc)
712 points by davekeck | 256 comments
Product page for Photon, a small open-source camera with very long battery life designed to catch thieves, with a macOS companion app.
Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar(hforsten.com)
402 points by henrikf | 106 comments
Blog post describing the design and construction of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar, comparing FMCW and pulse radar architectures.
I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner(willempennings.nl)
2346 points by dutchkiwifruit | 365 comments
Willem Pennings' personal project page describing a self-designed cube that balances itself on a corner, with photos of the build.
Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code
573 points by Timot05 | 277 comments
Show HN post by atopile's founders introducing an open-source language and compiler for describing printed circuit boards with code.
LibrePCB(librepcb.org)
383 points by WallyFunk | 147 comments
Homepage of LibrePCB, a free, cross-platform EDA application for designing schematics and printed circuit boards with a semantic library concept.