Weekly #8
Discussions about importing hot plates, CCTV and AI cameras, FPGA+Pico devboards and a lot more!
Links
Stuff that the community has been reading this week
- DIY Scientific Calculator posted by Anool
- Indian govt is looking to restrict CCTVs made by certain manufacturers - long discussion between community members sparked by Akshay's post
- which bans actually work?
- should we allow importing hardware but make sure we control the software?
- RISC-V and owning the IP in India
- using Akshar's FPGA boards for CCTVs
- Raspberry Pi launched an "AI Camera" - which sparked a discussion about documentation availability from the Pi foundation - and how one has to sign up to a third party site for closed drivers.
- 3D CAD modelling has speed competitions!
- Amit is reading Daniel Suarez's books and it's helping him visualize applications for AR, blockchain & 3D printing
- Anool posted a link to Yugo Nakamura's profile where they have a bunch of awesome animated models.
- A new text to CAD tool
- SSDs in storage degrade fast!
- MIT Microsystems dept releases a report where all the projects they are working on are summarized in one page each
- New Pine64 boards announced
Discussions
- How to charge a lead acid battery
- Anool is thinking of getting a Framework laptop
- Kali was looking for the name of machine round pins - Dhiru helped out
- Discussion about using Espressif modules and soldering by hand for packages that have pads at the bottom
- Dhiru got his hands on a nifty hot plate from Banggood for such projects
Builds
- Akshar is building a Pico devboard with a 1K LUTS ForgeFPGA onboard - good discussion on PIO and a ESP32 version of this
- I am working on a slightly complicated art installation which involves a pipe and moving rings around it - any ideas appreciated!
Classifieds
- Amit is looking for someone with experience in wafer chemistry
Do we have anyone with wafer chemistry expertise on this group? Specifically looking to talk to someone experienced with non-silicon semiconductors.
- Dhawal and Akshay are looking to participate in this Infineon Hackster competition
- Sudarshan is looking for XBEE PRO S2C modules but is finding it hard to find them. Ritu & Akshay has some almost compatible ones that they offered!
- Anool posted a link to Analog Devices LinkedIn post looking to hire a bunch of folks for Zephyr related roles.
Photos
Memes
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