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• Ohm's Law for Programmers: Understanding Voltage, Current, and Resistance in Numbers ♪ Listenable

  An Ohm's law guide for software engineers picking up an Arduino or Raspberry Pi for the first time. It redefines voltage not as a "quantity" but as a difference between two points, and pins down exactly where the water a

  2026-07-31 · 19 min read #electronics#arduino#circuit#hardware#maker

• Driving Motors, Relays, and Inductive Loads: Why You Should Never Power a Motor from GPIO ♪ Listenable

  A GPIO pin can supply tens of milliamps; a small DC motor demands hundreds. This post works through the accidents that gap causes, one by one. It covers using a separate power supply and why you must tie the grounds toge

  2026-07-31 · 23 min read #electronics#arduino#hardware#maker#iot

• The Revival of Hardware Hackathons — Making Things in an Era When Software Got Boring

  Now that AI lets anyone build a software demo, hardware hackathons are reviving as the way to stand out. We cover the argument of the viral RIP software hackathons post, a comparison of starter hardware stacks, MicroPyth

  2026-06-12 · 15 min read #hardware#hackathon#maker#raspberry-pi#esp32

• Open Hardware & Maker Tech 2026 — Framework / Raspberry Pi 5 / Pico 2 RP2350 / Arduino R4 / ESP32 / M5Stack / Jetson Deep Dive ♪ Listenable

  A complete tour of the 2026 open hardware and maker ecosystem — Framework finishing a Series B with modular laptops, Raspberry Pi completing the lineup with Pi 5 / Pi 500 / Pi AI Kit, the Pico 2 introducing a dual Arm /

  2026-05-16 · 35 min read #open-hardware#maker#framework-laptop#raspberry-pi-5#pi-500

• Complete Guide to 3D Printer Modeling — From Fusion 360 to Slicer to Print

  Everything about 3D printing — Fusion 360 modeling, OpenSCAD parametric design, slicer settings (Cura/PrusaSlicer), FDM vs SLA comparison, and practical printing tips.

  2026-03-02 · 8 min read #ai#3d-printing#fusion-360#cad#modeling