Did some experiments with my DS Lite and ended up with this. Using DevkitPro libs (libnds, dswifi, calico). Apfel on macOS and a wifi (WEP) bridge running on a RPi Zero 2W. 🖤

I've built my own intercom system (speaker & mic), door bell, electric door opening, and camera system with an iOS companion app and integrated all of it in my old door bell system.

Technically, I built my own "Ring" system without Cloud reliance using ESP-IDF SDK, a few MCU boards (XIAO ESP32-S3s and one C6), some capacitors and resistors, and push buttons + Tailscale setup. (Total project length: 3-4 months)

Out of boredom I also built a Bluetooth Mic Bug with a 200mah battery with a Nordic Semiconductor MCU (nRF54).

That being said, my own "Ring" system is the stuff I'd say is really useful to me, while I'd consider the Bluetooth Bug as an experiment, because I just wanted to test nRF Connect SDK.

I'd like to build more useful things, what would you build? I'm open to anything useful, bonus if it's totally insane

Hi, I'm am waiting for a client's payment. However, I can expect the payment by the end of the next week, so I haven't gotten the money yet.

I would like to buy something that costs about 100$, it's not necessary at all but I'd like to buy it.

The ideal scenario would be a client who pays upfront (could happen anytime). I have some electronic parts that I can sell on craigslist or ebay. Other than that I'm clueless.

Good morning 👾

I'd like to fetch data via BLE (Python or Swift) from a cheap smart ring that can be reverse engineered or that is already RE'd. Pulse, oxygen levels, gyroscope, button would be very useful. I'd like to build a python or swift library.

Thank you for any input =)

Dear community,

I'm looking for a similar (calm) game like Portal 1/2 or Firewatch that I can play on macOS with a similar vibe. The last time I played a game is years ago, and I wish I had at least once a week a nice single-player game that I can play 1-2 hours. =)

I enjoyed Portal because I had to plan out what I'm doing before I act (without being pressured to act), the atmosphere of the game was legendary and I liked that little robot following me. Firewatch had a calm amazing story, there was no 'action' but sometimes that feeling that something could happen. It was a nice exploring game.

Any ideas?

Update: Thank you for your input!

Hi, I'm currently on a MacBook Air M2 8/256 and I'm running out of disk space. System is too large. I love macOS but I'd love to try out something new, such as Fedora and maybe switch to Fedora long-term.

I want to buy any computer (specs don't matter) as long as it can smoothly run Brave Browser (10 to 20 tabs), VS Code, Terminal, Discord all in parallel on Fedora (preferred) or Ubuntu. The only requirement is that it's cheap, can be refurbished. I have no preference for arm64 or amd64

Budget: 150$.

If this is out of scope, please disregard my request

update: a friend offered me his MacBook for a really good price

Howdy,

A few hours ago, I was smoking a cigarette outside and looking up at the sky. Suddenly, I saw something that looked like this:

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A small glowing dot (like a plane light) and a glowing trail

(from the looks of it, it wasn't a meteor)

It moved with the speed of a plane from right to the left.

Maybe Starlink?

I could have checked my ADS-B monitoring for planes but I haven't set that up outside :/ my antenna is also small.