With the ESP32 series of microcontrollers having had hidden software-defined radio (SDR) facility revealed, we’re now moving on from the...
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To quote commenter , “It’s like our little version of a Precambrian explosion”. A bunch of hackers have discovered, independently...
Well, that was fast! Last week, we reported on two apparently simultaneous hacks using the 2.4 GHz radio inside many...
Perhaps the most famous of all the software-defined radio (SDR) receivers is the RTL-SDR, a digital TV receiver on which...
Internet radios have been a thing in some form for the last quarter century, and the advent of cheap networked...
wanted to use a portable Bluetooth thermal printer to run off reports on sensor data collected by an ESP32-C3 microcontroller....
We’re at a fortunate moment: microcontrollers available at modest prices are edging into the capability level previously reserved for full-fat...
Modern airliners are rather complicated feats of engineering. Innumerable safety-critical components are connected with tens of miles of wiring, complex...
Do you remember back when electronics came in clear cases? Back around the turn of the millennium, when translucency was...
It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver. Many people started with...
It’s a sci-fi trope that you can ‘scan for life signs’ and detect if there are humans — or suspiciously...
9:00 am August 22, 2026 By Julian Horsey AD The ESP32-DIV is an open source platform designed for wireless experimentation and signal analysis,...
There are a lot of ESP32-based development boards out there– and why not? It’s a versatile chip that can be...
We know, we know. Despite being called ESP32-Plane-Radar, this project from isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round...
Sometimes, it’s hard to stop picking up your phone every few minutes to check on notifications and scroll endlessly through...
These days, a lot of embedded projects feature some sort of screen, and a screen often creates a desire for...
YouTube streaming typically involves a camera with an HDMI output, a USB3 HDMI digitiser, and a suitably beefy PC to...
An old-style PC BIOS served the function of a bootloader in loading the operating system kernel, and of an API...
There are plenty of radios you can buy that pick up MW and SW bands if that’s what you’re into....
In the long ago, pre-internet days when your clock project wasn’t an ESP32 getting its timing via NTP over WiFi,...
It seems like everybody takes their turn doing an ESP32-based weather display, and why not? They’re cheap, they’re easy, and...
Stream decks are pretty useful in all kinds of contexts, but commercial models can feel a bit pricy for what...
We’re used to electronic parts of the same type staying predictably the same, sometimes over many years. An early Z80...
Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, as the off-grid, long-range radio text messaging protocol gains a...
recently put the finishing touches on an ambitious implementation of a simple D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) transceiver...
