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Measuring just over 10 mm square, the Moddo Pinch packs an Arm Cortex-M0+ SAMD11 running at 48 MHz, USB-C port, RGB LED, and 12 GPIO pins for compact embedded projects.

Source: electronics-lab
ESP-Claw transforms the ESP32 into an AI-driven microcontroller that codes, flashes firmware, and controls sensors automatically based on your task descriptions, eliminating the usual programming hassle.
Here’s a useful calculator where you just plug in resistance and capacitance values to get the RC time constant, plus voltage at any time during charging or discharging, with extra help calculating key milestones for your RC circuits.

Source: OctaCalc
Key Details:
Calculates RC time constant (τ)
Computes charge and discharge voltages at any specified time
Provides milestone times for capacitor charging/discharging
Includes optional feature to calculate voltage at specific milliseconds
Practical Applications:
RC filters (low-pass and high-pass)
555 timer circuits
Debounce circuits
Audio tone controls
Controlled delay and smoothing circuits
This guide shows how to combine CircuitPython and Mu to plot sensor outputs directly from Circuit Playground Express, making data visualisation straightforward and code light.
LIA is a collar-mounted pet tracker that uses LoRa mesh networking instead of cellular or Bluetooth, letting you get GPS location through a chain of Meshtastic nodes without monthly fees or cloud services. It features a 3-position switch for different modes, a text-command interface, and fully open hardware and firmware files for building and customizing.
Instead of just showing a device’s location, this system sets up several geofences and automatically notifies you when the device enters or leaves important spots, using an ESP32-S3 and SIM868 modem for real-time IoT tracking.
Learn to manage a WS2812B 8×8 RGB LED matrix via a single ESP32 pin in Arduino IDE, setting different colours, brightness levels, and even displaying shapes and rainbow animations.
This project uses Moorcheh Edge on an Arduino UNO Q to build a retail kiosk that understands and answers natural-language shopper questions by searching local data and running a small language model on-device, using USB mic and speaker for voice interaction, all without sending data to the cloud.
This compact board uses the LT1970A to deliver up to ±500 mA safely, featuring 1% accurate source and sink current limits plus an onboard fault LED for quick diagnostics.
This project builds a smart home security system using Arduino, combining a keypad for password entry, a servo motor to lock the door, a PIR sensor for motion detection, plus LCD, RGB LED, and buzzer indicators to show status and trigger alarms.
This project uses the UNIHIKER K10 board with an ESP32-S3 and 2MP camera to create a simple point-and-shoot device that saves photos as BMP files on a microSD card, all housed in a custom enclosure with a dedicated button PCB.

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