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Democratizing the Demoscene: PicoGUS Brings the 90s Tracker Sound to the Masses

Democratizing the Demoscene: PicoGUS Brings the 90s Tracker Sound to the Masses

By Ian Scott

Ian Scott

Ian Scott is a long time tinkerer, maker, and generalist software developer with a day job in the robotics space. At night he lives the dream of making retro hardware more usable and accessible through open-source hardware and software.

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Still entranced by the specific sound of the 90s era Gravis Ultrasound PC card after all these years, Ian Scott set out to emulate it using Raspberry Pi.

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Open Source Hardware Certifications for April 2024

Open Source Hardware Certifications for April 2024

Sid Drmay

By Sid Drmay

Sid Drmay

a queer non-binary trans interdisciplinary artist who loves textiles, cyberpunk and snails. They work as the Community Coordinator for OSHWA, as well as Summit Fellowship Chair during OHS planning season. They are also co-chair of Dinacon and are a freelance journalist with bylines in CBC, This Magazine and Broken Pencil Magazine. They are a passionate arts educator and zinester. They are probably in the middle of too many projects right now.

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Take a look at open source certifications for the month of April.

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Open Source Hardware Certifications For March 2024

Open Source Hardware Certifications For March 2024

Sid Drmay

By Sid Drmay

Sid Drmay

a queer non-binary trans interdisciplinary artist who loves textiles, cyberpunk and snails. They work as the Community Coordinator for OSHWA, as well as Summit Fellowship Chair during OHS planning season. They are also co-chair of Dinacon and are a freelance journalist with bylines in CBC, This Magazine and Broken Pencil Magazine. They are a passionate arts educator and zinester. They are probably in the middle of too many projects right now.

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Take a look at a few of the Open Source Hardware Association certifications from the month of March

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Review: We’re Stuck On This Magnetically-Enhanced Keyboard From Keychron

Review: We’re Stuck On This Magnetically-Enhanced Keyboard From Keychron

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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Manufacturer: Keychron URL: https://www.keychron.com Price: $219 The crossover between makers and mechanical keyboard enthusiasts is significant. Makers’ innate drive to bend technology to their will and customize hardware to their specific needs makes them prime candidates for the deep levels of customization afforded by the mechanical keyboard hobby. And many a mech-head has gone “full maker” in the […]

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Arduino Days Are Here Again

Arduino Days Are Here Again

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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Arduino Days are here again, March 21-23!

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