Hey all!
I'm heading to the monthly-ish hardware meetup by the #AbsurdIndustries guild, #PCBCupid, and #LionCircuits! It's on 22nd Feb 2026 https://luma.com/3jr6xpxq?tk=UNjCCn
I couldn't find them on openstreetmaps, so here's the coded area: 2GH5+XH Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Flappy bird on the sidekick? 😳
#meetsidekick #sidekick #esp32c3 #pcbcupid
Front view of an ESP32-C3 development board mounted on a green "sidekick v0" PCB. An OLED display is attached on top, showing a blue character "(---)" on its screen. The board is powered via a micro USB cable and rests on a wood table.
The rear side of the "sidekick v0" custom green PCB is shown up close, with the attached OLED display visible at the top. Two tactile push buttons are soldered in the center, with various text labels like "burn the hardware" and "made for glyph c3" are printed on the PCB. A person's hand holds the board, and a brown wooden surface is visible beneath.
A hand holds the back side of the "GLYPH C3" custom PCB with soldered components visible. Two tactile push buttons can be seen. The top has an attached OLED display module, showing its internal ribbon cable. Background includes a yellow mat, wires, and electronic workspace clutter.
A close-up photo of an ESP32-C3 development board mounted on a custom green PCB labeled "sidekick v0", connected via a micro USB cable labeled "boat". An OLED display is attached to the top, showing a blue smiley face icon. The assembly rests on a wooden table with a yellow silicone soldering mat in the background.
Mistakes were made, lessons were learned.
The manufacturer reused pins 4 and 5 for i2c on the cheapest board. I forgot that+kicad gave me no hint
So now the touch I wired to pin 5 is useless. I can use this PCB without another iteration if I get rid of […]
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A green printed circuit board (PCB) titled "GLYPH" and "Sidekick" is placed on a dark wooden surface. The board features numerous through-holes for electronic component mounting, white silkscreen labels for connection points (GND, VCC, SCL, SDA), component outlines (such as BC547, C3, SM4007), and designated spots for switches marked SW1 and SW2. Logos including "Burn This Hardware" and "Sidekick" appear on the left and bottom center
A green rectangular printed circuit board (PCB) labeled "Sidekick PCB v0" rests on a dark wooden surface. The PCB has various through-holes for component mounting, white silkscreen labeling for pin headers (including SCL, SDA, SDO, INT1, INT2, CS, VCC, GND), a circular outline labeled "BZ1" for a buzzer, and some mounting holes at the corners and sides. The silkscreen also has small text reading "Hack me for a", "digital cookie!"
Sidekick v0 PCBs arrived!
#meetsidekick #makersidekick #sidekick #esp32c3 #pcbcupid #lioncircuits
We have a domain now! It doesn't do much so I added a preview of the thing! Kicad generating the model as glb and used Google's Model Viewer library to render it directly in your browser!
https://meetsidekick.tech
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Week 0 Progress! The video is from around August 6th and there's been tons of work since!
Expect week 2 update veeeery soon! If all goes well, it'll be on a PCB
For now, here's a quick "Hello World" kind of intro video filmed with @layogtima
Apologies for […]
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Two laptops preparing for the hackathon, with component selection/purchase tools open
A placement mockup of the guardian on a plant pot! It contains two servos and an OLED display
Me(middle), Layogtima(left), Parna(right)
Really enjoyed attending the lioncircuits X pcbcupid hackathon on 26th July 2025(Yesterday/Saturday!)
Didn't get a chance to show the final pic so here's a mockup we made early on to visualize what it will look like!
We made a "Guardian of the Nursery", a […]
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