If you're looking for a nice fireplace video tonight, or really anytime, we have an excellent three-hour fire with lots of crackling on @archive.org -- streaming, or to download for later: archive.org/details/TheB...

That @solder.party keyboard everyone is so hyped about arrived. That tactile feel is crazy for a silicone keyboard. It types practically the same like the old Nokia E63 / Blackberry keyboards. Too bad you can't feel it through the photo, but if you're fast @pimoroni.com might have some stock left!

Lectronz: Black Friday for Makers! Solder-hot deals on indie hardware all day long. 👉 lectronz.com

Glad you enjoyed the little kit! In the meantime we've also published the how-to guide on the @adafruit.com Learning System blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/24/r... which takes the guesswork out of the assembly process 😅

Now in stock at @pimoroni.com shop.pimoroni.com/products/kee...

Anyone feeling retro? We sure did while working on this cassette tape-inspired case for the KeebDeck Basic! stl files available here: www.printables.com/model/148279...

Another productive evening at the Area 3001 hackerspace. Hand assembled 5 PoE+ WLED Light controllers for Fri3d Camp. Paste distribution was not perfect because of the manual alignment and not putting any tension on the stencil. But the boards came out great, no rework needed.

This time it's our turn to release a stocking stuffer ;-) A small Holiday themed solder kit that's easy to assemble.

Solder Party’s KeebDeck is a cheap, open source 69-key thumb keyboard #Keebdeck, #KeebdeckBasic, #KeebdeckKeyboard, #Keyboards, #OpenHardware, #SolderParty, #ThumbKeyboard

Perfect timing by @arturo182.bsky.social ! If you're looking for a gift for your nerd friends this holiday season, get them a KeebDeck Basic! We will be using the KeebDeck Keyboard again for the 2026 badge of Fri3d.be after selling out in no time in 2024.

Apparently not what she meant when she asked me to "cut the apple in 8" 🤷 (Why only 2 slices you ask? She stopped me 🫣)

The @hackadayofficial.bsky.social Supercon Badge this year will feature a KeebDeck derivative! ⌨️ hackaday.com/2025/10/23/a...

Updating my LEGO White House

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

If you want this poster to remind you to slow down you can get it by following me and @cyborggarbage.bsky.social October 6 on the Goshwassociation 12 hour Livestream! Any new members or donations of any size will get you a cool slow sloth riso poster! Woohoo! 💾⚙️🦥

Great time to buy Solder Party boards from Pimoroni! shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=Sol...

There is something wrong with the blue Lego bricks from a few years back... They seem way more brittle than their white, red or black equivalent bricks.

Today we're at KiCon, the @kicad.org conference, showcasing our past, present, and future products! Of course the biggest focus is on #KeebDeck 😊 Closeup on each column below.

Curious about our upcoming KeebDeck products (www.keebdeck.com)? Find us at KiCon in Bochum, Germany later this week, we’ll be showing off those boards and more!

Anyone here into keyboards?

i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at github.com/schlae/cm5-r...

The Hackerspace members are having fun with the new ESP32-S3 Stamp using the @solder.party carrier boards!

I've created a 2-in-1 Front Panel and Spacer replacement for the #why2025 Badge. While the pretty art is lost (hopefully someone remixes the model and adds more charm to it), the overall rigidity and the keyboard usability is greatly improved. Enjoy ☺️ www.printables.com/model/138614...

Productive evening at the hackerspace this evening. The first prototypes of the ESP32-S3 STAMP and CH32V203 STAMP have been assembled and can now be tested. Thanks to @aisler.net for the fast and excellent service!

Woohoo, an official landing page for the keyboard we used for Fri3d Camp 2024! I've even held the fancy KeebDeck SP 🤩 I'm really looking forward to the release of these products. Nice work @arturo182.bsky.social !

New RP2350 stepping just dropped, E9 fixed. www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-...

RIP Tindie Forums

Want to help build a crowdsourced microcontroller? You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real! Take part for free! tinytapeout.com/competitions...

It's been a while since I promoted my own and others' Maker/Electronics Starter Packs! bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack...

Some members of Area3001 were nagging about the lack of wireless connectivity on the @solder.party Stamp boards. So I quickly drew up an ESP32-S3 based stamp. Now on to prototyping and creating some documentation. Everything fits whilst still using 0603 passives and 125um tracks.

Thanks to the people at FabLab Leuven for the opportunity. From what I gather it has been a successful workshop over there!

If you're looking for an as-simple-as-it-gets breakout board for the RM2, we got you covered. And thanks to our FlexyPins, you don't even need to solder the module to use it! lectronz.com/products/ras...

Now is the perfect time to get some cool @solder.party gear!

If you're looking for a @raspberrypi.com Pico compatible board, @arturo182.bsky.social had got you covered with a very comprehensive list! 👉 arturo182.github.io/pico-compati...

We're at @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Hardware Summit! Come and see what we have cooking 🔥⌨️

10,000 orders. 150 incredible creators. Thousands of happy customers. One thriving community. Thank you for building this with us. 🙏💛 #10000Orders

Contemplating if I should start offering solder workshops at children parties... It's always satisfying seeing those kids smile when the LEDs light up!

Sometime you've got to stick to the basics. An LED and battery is all it takes to get people soldering!

Doing some hand assembly of this small debugging board for a client. Boards by @aisler.net , again faster than initially promised reducing deadline stress. And yes, that is Comic Sans on the silkscreen 😈,

Patch Tuesday but for hardware 🤦‍♂️ (stuffing variant was not configured correctly, so I had to remove some components on the 20 prototypes) luckily most was 0603. The next step is updating the GNSS matching circuit (which is 0402). That's when the Mantis comes in handy.

Sale alert ⚠️ @pimoroni.com is running a discount on lots of items including our STS solder kit! Get it here 👉 shop.pimoroni.com/products/spa...

1 board patched ✅, 19 to go 🫣 Note to self, the RF path of GNSS is from antenna to receiver, not the other way around 🤦‍♂️ (This resulted in a LNA + SAW filter being inverted)

Today we're releasing two new boards 🎉 1. The RP2xxx Stamp Carrier Basic breaks out all the pads to pin headers + USB Type-C and offers the 3-in-1 SMD/TH/FlexyPin Stamp footprint. 2. A FlexyPin Adapter for the Raspberry Pi RM2 module. Get them from our @lectronz.com store: lectronz.solder.party

If you're at #HackadayEurope and would like a @solder.party sticker, see some cool keebs, or to buy some FlexyPins or RP2040/RP2350 Stamps, you can find me wearing a name tag and the Solder Party t-shirt 😊

Spending the day in our (Dekimo) EMC lab, assisting one of our clients in their journey towards CE compliance. They have all the cool gear like the Rhode & Schwarz ESW that goes up to 44GHz (but they don't let me touch it though... 😒)

Come and see us at @oshwassociation.bsky.social Summit in Edinburgh May 30-31! We’ll have a stand, showcasing products past, present, and future! 🎉

It might not be the most modern tool in my drawer, but it still gets the job done (if you feed it enough 9V batteries) It's an EC-220 calculator from Radio Shack for those playing along at home. It was released in the mid seventies.

Do I know anyone with a vintage PC collection that could use an old trackball? Stumbled across this in my storage. An old "Agiler" RS-232 trackball with installation floppies.

Time to make some prototypes on the @opulo.io pick and place. I got tired of the low quality LED strips on the market, so I went for a drop in replacement design with Cree LEDs (90+CRI) and a Diodes AL5809 constant current sink.

Since I'm not allowed to give real tools to school for carnival, I'm making some cardboard replicas. Might switch to MDF or EVA foam after some durability testing later today.