I might be using codeberg (aka. forgejo) more in the future. I am unreasonably excited to see how many merge options it offers, but mainly "fast-forward only" is in there! ❤️ Why can't I have it on GitHub 💔

I am bit shocked that there were only 2 other people in 7 years that also thought that having resizable objects (logos, graphics) for PCBs would be a useful addition. :/ Running campaigns around useful KiCad feature requests is something we should be doing? #kicad #pcb #electronics #opensource

For some time @securelyfitz.bsky.social and I have been working on a new hardware security tool. A tiny m.2 WiFi module sized FPGA board allowing the access to the PCIe interface. You can sign up for updates for when the campaign launches, some time next year. #EpicErebus #fpga

"the AI knows it did something wrong" Nah man, the AI knows nothing. It has no understanding. No critical thinking skills. It's just giving you a reasonably likely response to the garbage you yell at it. It's a Ouija board with terminal access.

The long awaited Black Magic Debug V2.0.0 release is finally here! A big update with a lot of improvements and newly supported targets. It pairs very well with bmputil, make sure to give it a try! Thanks to everyone who contributed! 🙂 #opensource #debugger #electronics #jtag #swd #arm #riscv

First stable release V1.0.0 of bmputil! This Black Magic Probe Utility simplifies the process of keeping your Black Magic Probe up to date. New: the ability to automatically find and download the newest Black Magic Probe firmware. No need to find correct binaries any more! github.com/blackmagic-d...

One thing led to another and I am back to being the maintainer of libopencm3. Thanks karlp for all the years of dedication. I will do my best to take care of locm3 well. I will work to address the PR backlog and do a bunch of genatorial tasks. Please be patient :) #opensource #embedded #electronics

bmputil V1.0.0-rc.2 is here! This release is quite a big change from rc.1 to future proof the API before V1.0 release. See release notes for details. github.com/blackmagic-d... #opensource #rust #embedded #electronics #debugging #microcontrollers #jtag #swd

If you struggle with the limits of an interconnect you designed years ago just add another MCU 🎉🤪

github.com/shrine-maide... 🎊 Final release before we break API to clean up a bunch of things and properly switch to real semver :v (the docs will be all fixed and proper by then too) Many fixes and some new things in this release though~

Meet HackRF Pro! HackRF Pro is a Software Defined Radio peripheral capable of transmission or reception of radio signals from 100 kHz to 6 GHz. You can read more about HackRF Pro and preorder it now from select resellers here: greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/pro/

Here we go! #Eugene #Oregon #nokings

PSA: I currently don't have the energy to cross post on Bluesky... it seems most tech folks that interact with my content are on fediverse anyways... and Bluesky seems to become more and more like the old Twitter… :/ (I know I could put effort in customizing it but *ugh*)

GRRR... >_< iT iS NoT a tAx 🤡 It would be interesting to know which STM SKU’s are made in the EU fabs. But I bet they are still sending the DIEs to china for packaging.

Updated my STM32 KiCad Symbol generator! It now generates the modern library format and uses alternate pin functions feature. This results in more compact symbols. Plus a few other tweaks compared to the official KiCad library. Give it a try, let me know what you think. github.com/esden/stm32-...

Is the US trade war affecting your business? Have you received emails, watched videos, read social media posts from manufacturers & suppliers explaining how the tariffs are affecting them? Share them! More info: tariffsarebullshit.com

We are happy to announce the pre-release of `bmputil` V1.0.0-rc.1 a Black Magic Probe management tool. This release adds the `switch` command that automatically finds and flashes available Black Magic Probe firmware builds. Give it a try and let us know if you have any questions! 🎉

All those renders I did are coming in handy. :D

So I kind of fell down an insane rabbit hole this week and... well..

LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.

Absolutely amazing. fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqit...

Catching up on some PCB assembly in the shop today. Collected a little bit of a backlog. 😅 #fpga #opensource #manufacturing #electronics

Wow! That is some impressive RF magic! Hats off!

New blog post: "Homemade polarimetric synthetic aperture radar drone". hforsten.com/homemade-pol...

Family picture of my homemade radars, 2014 - 2024.

Shenanigans will ensue!!!

Fran Blanche about how the US government attacks trans people. Highly recommend to watch, especially if this does not apply to you, or you feel that it is not a big deal. Most important quote: “It is not about protecting people it is about exclusion”. Trans people are just an easy first target.

it took a month, but i've reverse engineered this IBM MCGA gate array chip. 17,000 transistors. 768 gates. over 1200 nets.

That took a lot of courage to speak out about! I personally know people that avoid getting help to protect their ability to fly. Besides being cruel to those that need help, it can be dangerous. Thank you @xylafoxlin.bsky.social for your courage! (As always she makes more good points than just that)

The second Black Magic Debug V2.0.0-rc2 Firmware major stable release candidate is out! We have addressed a bunch of issues in the previous release candidate! Please give this release candidate a try! Thank you everyone who contributed! 🙂

KiCad Version 9.0.0 Release The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest major version release. See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information about this release. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...

Does anyone have pointers on how to crack .m4p files? (Besides just torrenting a replacement...) Asking for a friend? :D

After surprising amount of music library cleanup. I took the #tangara out for a spin! Everything sounds so crisp and clear on the Tangara. It might be subjective but it sound better than the mac mini and to the scarlett outputs?! Setup was also very easy! Will likely get a second one for my wife! :D

I'll be honest... I hadn't heard of Fran Blanche until today. But this is maybe the best video I've ever seen for making the point that sex/gender isn't as simple as 49.8% of the US population wants it to be and that we should proceed with care and respect rather than legal erasure.

You should watch this video by Fran Blanche. I know that it is hard to keep paying attention to what is happening right now in the US politics. The culture war, that was imposed onto all of us to distract from real issues, has real consequences for people that are our friends and coworkers. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💪

This is worth watching. What is happening is serious and it has real consequences for so many people. youtu.be/XzX0hSW3W4g?...

Extend the Life of Your #ScanSnap and Other #Scanner with #ExactScan: A Cost-Effective Solution for professionals for #macOS, Windows and #Linux! link.medium.com/l0DMuy6NGQb exactscan.com

Look what just arrived! The amazing #tangara the reimagined #opensource iPod. Thank you for all your hard work Cool Tech Zone crew! You rock!

My Tangara arrived! Look at that cute little thing! And it's @oshwassociation.bsky.social certified open source hardware! Fantastic work, @erinrose.bsky.social @buzzyrobin.bsky.social @jacqueline.id.au @ailurux.bsky.social! 👏

Fantastic! I just got frantic news from two of my clients that they were asked to stop work, due to SBIR/NIST funding uncertainty, and/or needing to review the grants for "wording reasons" or whatever... The orange loaf did not waste time before crashing and smashing through the government... *sigh*

@jamesmunns.com is there a chat channel or forum to ask questions regarding postcard? I hate opening dumb question isssues 😅

gonna stream in a few minutes! we're doing chip reverse engineering: gate arrays! www.twitch.tv/tubetimeus

What's this? Oh, nothing much. Just KICAD VERSION 9RC2 dropped! We are only a couple weeks away from the final release. Test out the nightly builds now and see if you can find any showstoppers that we can fix before that happens. forum.kicad.info/t/stable-ver...

I've been building a new API for #KiCad for the past year, and we're getting ready to release the first version of it with V9 at the end of the month!

oops, misplaced some bits

I have released Sentinel v0.1.0-beta. For those not following along in thread, Sentinel is my microcoded RV32I_Zicsr (M Mode) CPU core in ~1000 LUTs on FPGA. It passes the RISCOF and RV Formal test suites. Give the README.md a try if you have git and Python 3 installed! github.com/cr1901/senti...

finally got to use @1bitsquared.com @whitequark.org @esden.net & friends amazing #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer more today to in circuit flash the BIOS. of the asrock / amdl #BC250 #Sony #PlayStation5 -like up cycled #APU www.instagram.com/p/DEry-h2IIjY/

The Glasgow - Digital Interface Explorer is now available in our German (EU) Store. You can also purchase extra Sync and IO cables and Aluminium Cases! (links included in the Glasgow product description) 1bitsquared.de/products/gla... #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer #opensource #fpga #electronics