KiCad Windows Dark Mode
KiCad schematic hop overs
KiCad Graphical Rule Editor
KiCad version 10 is out today! Lots of features, lots of speed. We hope you like it. www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03...
Yooo! Not at all jealous ;D. That's so awesome.
Wow! That’s awesome!
Can confirm, got myself 10 boards and the shipping was 18 usd (to Sweden in my case). VAT is also added to the order, so there shouldn’t be any surprise extra charges when it arrives. Splitting with friends is the way to go.
Woop, placed my order. There are a few left. Excited for the BIO 🤘
i built an entire x86 CPU emulator in CSS (no javascript)
you can write programs in C, compile them to x86 machine code with GCC, and run them inside CSS
lyra.horse/x86css/
Very happy to announce the winners of our demoscene competition! 🏆
We had some amazing entries - check out what can be done in just a few square microns of silicon!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
Thanks again to our judges and participants!
#silicon #demoscene #ASIC
I found the old 35mm slide for the cover for Neuromancer and had it scanned in for your pleasure. Enjoy!
The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
Motto for this year: do more stuff. I’ll be at FOSDEM if anyone wants to say hi. (Brussels 30/1-1/2)
Got tired of this project but I finished the important piece of the puzzle. Should I just publish my nasty code as is, or try to keep working on it?
Did a last minute tapeout because why not 😅 (resubmission/port of an older design). Ahh now I really want to finish some other asic projects I haven’t touched in a while. This winter will be fun.
Yeah this will be the journey to discover. I hope to start simple and take it step by step. I don’t have to be an ibm compatible pc from the start, maybe just run some instructions and see activity on the bus initially.
Yes but don’t expect too much :). Will take weeks and months to get anywhere. I also have a discord where I post more small updates on my projects. If you’re curious discord.com/invite/CGTjx...
Tbh I’d be happy to make it run a couple of instructions, talk a bit on the bus and see it come to life like a MCU. Being able to run the original doom or quake exe would be like a final goal but I realize that it’s tons of work to get there. And yes, learning is what it’s all about.
I’ve been trying to source Socket 7 ZIF sockets and found 2 US vendors that sell them for about $3.5 which is reasonable. Would be nice to find a EU vendor but so far no luck.
Any EU suggestions?
US:
1. www.peconnectors.com/sockets-pga-...
2. www.componentonline.com/product/425C...
For the FPGA, I'm thinking of ECP5 or Artix-7 or something like that. But I will need to interface with a ton of pins which can be a bit cumbersome. Need to think a bit about this.
Then of course comes the gateware. But I'm thinking I should prioritise geting the "bringup platform" up.
First step is probably to find some Socket-7 sockets, make a proper PCB footprint and document the accurate pinout. This should be very doable.
Then design a breakout board. Thinking of using IDE/PATA connectors. Fastest signals are 66 MHz so should be okay.
Then pick a good FPGA and interface.
So I found an old Pentium (probably 133) which sparked an idea for a project. Stupid but fun? Doesn't matter!
I want to build a breakout board that lets me bring up the CPU with an FPGA. Emulate the Northbridge, interface with some external RAM, implement PCI peripherals.
Yeah I’ve tried that but idk. I think I’ll try faster filters. I have a Eureka Mignon Perfetto for my espresso machine, and it produces a nice grind at coarse settings without too much fines. Maybe it’s just my pour-over technique that sucks 😅. Drawdown time is about 2 minutes for 300ml
[coffee nerd talk]
I feel a bit like a failure - been dialing in a V60 brew with an 1Zpresso Q grinder and Hario filters but it keeps tasting a bit bitter no matter what I do.
Gave up, brewed with a Moccamaster with standard Melitta filters and it tastes amazing. Hnggg. Should I try faster filters?
A photo of the KeebDeck Keyboard keypad and dome sheet. The dome sheet has many domes visible through the white plastic, and 8 black pieces of tape to cover where the backlight LEDs would be. The Keyboard has 69 keys with the usual PC layout, and a few extra ones color symbols and colors.
A photo of a device composed of two PCBs sandwiched together with a silicone keypad in the middle and poking through the front PCB. The keypad has an ortho layout with most keys of a PC keyboard. It also has some extra colorful macro keys at the top. There is a Solder Party logo on the Meta key as well as in the middle of the top row. The silkscreen reads "KeebDeck Basic, arturo182, Solder Party". The two PCBs are held together by four Phillips-head screws.
The wait is finally over, we're happy to announce that the KeebDeck Keyboard and our first product using it, the KeebDeck Basic, are now available for sale from our @lectronz.com store! ⌨️
lectronz.com/stores/solde...
Absolutely. That sounds amazing.
We are hiring! Both technical and admin, please take a look at our jobs page!
www.yosyshq.com/jobs
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What happens when one of the main providers that enables #opensource #silicon to thrive...shuts down? Companies like @mith.ro's new wafer.space jump in and offer an even more compelling option. $7K for 1000 chips on the GlobalFoundries GF180MCU process. Learn more:
theamphour.com/703-building...
PSA: i now consider grebedoc.dev (and the underlying git-pages server software) feature-complete and production-ready, feel free to use it for all your "not supporting Microsoft-nee-GitHub" needs (or whatever other reasons you might have)!
![[ASMR] Can iPhone 17 Pro Max be successfully upgraded from 256GB to 2TB?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ncvhacfmd3u46neh56whkccb/bafkreid2s7jux22rc626o7wc5y44j6zbqk6ejqkbmt4stcp56jhfbsxqay)
Disassembling a new iPhone 7 pro Max and using a CNC mill to decap Friggin amazing.
youtu.be/7M60g09HB1M?...
the Ilford HP5 Plus film branding, except the words have been replaced with their respective typefaces, "Futura Extra Bold & Futura Book"
