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Come celebrate 20 years of @MakerFaire Bay Area with us to explore hands-on robotics, music synthesis, @CircuitPython projects, and embedded development.
Retro arcade games, a BLE-tuned balancing bot, a robotic claw machine, and more — in in Coal Shed #3! microchip.com/en-us/about/ev…
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The Maker spirit is alive and well at Maker Faire Bay Area 2026! Stop by our booth to experiment with robotics, create music using everyday objects, explore open-source development with Zephyr® RTOS and meet the engineers behind the demos. Happy 20th anniversary, Maker Faire! mchp.us/4fgXi4J #MakerFaire
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Jean-Pierre Gleyzes' µstep solo is a PIC16F57-powered motor control board capable of driving any bipolar stepper up to 55V 3A: hackaday.io/project/195056-s…
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#MFBA26 is here!
Heading to @MakerFaire Bay Area? Find us in Coal Shed #3 all weekend long with some of our most interactive demos yet:
🥕 Turn veggies into musical instruments
👾 Play retro arcade games
🤖 Tune a balancing robot using BLE
➕ More! microchip.com/makerfaire
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Nick Electronics made a massive ATmega48 microcontroller (with an actual ATmega48 inside) that doubles as a fully functional wireless phone charger. hackster.io/news/this-giant-…
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Built an Ethernet-controlled RGB LED strip with an ATtiny3226 and ENC28J60. @MAYERMAKES explores PCB design, differential routing, Ethernet debugging and network-controlled visualisation:
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After Apple canceled its AirPower wireless charging pad, HTX Studio decided to create their own version scaled up to the size of an entire desk. piped.video/KvLWuK2TU-w
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Zachary Peterson's Dumpster Fire SAO is an ATtiny412-controlled add-on for your badge, complete with multiple dumpster fire intensity modes depending on how badly everything is going: uberflux.com/product/ZNJP-Du…
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This DIY rig combines a small telescope, an astronomy camera, and a GPS-enabled, Arduino-controlled LED flasher to map asteroids from their shadows. spectrum.ieee.org/asteroid-s…
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If this doesn't get you in the Maker Faire mood, we're not sure what will!
Cass of Chaos Theory built an ATmega328-powered, fully autonomous droid that abandoned its Imperial duties to become a rebel rave machine: makezine.com/article/technol…
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2007 vs. 2026: Same project, different way of building it.
@JMNElectronica recreated a 20-year-old infrared receiver using a PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano along with today's development tools and an AI-assisted workflow. #ThrowbackThursday hackster.io/JMN_Electronics/…
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Miklos Mod's ArcDice is a pocket-sized digital dice powered by an ATtiny13. Seven LEDs, one button, infinite rolls! vorosegyes.github.io/ArcDice
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.@uwengineering's DirectHop is a tiny 1-gram robot that can precisely control how high it jumps, clear a standard stair step, and even right itself after landing.
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Vlad Gheorghe built an adjustable thermostat based on an ATtiny85, featuring a six-digit LED display and a 10K thermistor sensor: github.com/vlad-gheorghe/The…
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Redditor JackIrishJack created an Arduino-powered NFC scanner that turns DVD cases into cartridges, turning your physical movie collection into a digital one: xda-developers.com/someone-m…
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Bob Hammell's PyPortal Flyover ViewerPyPortal Flyover Viewer turns an @adafruit PyPortal into a continuous scroll of aerial imagery between two locations, bringing the airplane window viewing experience from the sky to your desktop: hackster.io/rhammell/pyporta…
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