Category: Electonics
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Arduino, Qualcomm, Enshittification
I use Arduinos in many projects, including robotics. Recently, Qualcomm acquired Arduino. It did not take long for Qualcomm to update its Terms of Service to dramatically shift from one of the most open source platforms to a highly restricted one. Here is a link to a reddit post that describes the current situation pretty…
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Overcoming Challenges in Learning Electronics
I have always been interested in learning electronics, including robotics and sensors. I have started numerous times, acquiring books and kits, but never got any momentum going. Often the reason was stopping was time commitments to work and family. Now retired, time is less of an issue. The accumulation of materials in my shop was…
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Raspberry Pi AI Kit
I recently purchased an AI kit for the Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.com/products/ai-kit). Sounded interesting, though I am not quite sure yet what I am going to do with it. I had not used the Raspberry Pi 5 in a bit, so it took me a little while to remember how to connect to it from my…
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