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Seasonal Greetings

Seasonal Greetings

The last minutes of 2019 are ticking away... Due to personal circumstances this post is a bit late and our apologies for this. It has been a moving year but never the less we have some nice stuff to bring you next year. We hope that the soldering irons keep you and...

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BusPirate: the evolution

BusPirate: the evolution

10 years ago my friend Ian Lesnet designed the BusPirate. A versatile Swiss army knife that helps you explore serial protocols like SPI, I2C and UART through a simple serial terminal. It was based on a 16 bit Microchip PIC micro controller which features a few clever...

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Seasonal Greetings

Seasonal Greetings

As the last days of 2018 are ticking away, it is time to overthink the last year. Last year was a bit of exploring of Chinese chips. We covered the Gigadevices GD32 in dept intro, solderability, blinkaled, UART and SPI. We also found a very cheap ARM microcontroller...

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SWM050 board back in stock

SWM050 board back in stock

A couple of days ago, I got a notice from Tindie all the SWM050 boards were sold. I also noticed the stock on LCSC of these chips had gone down dramatically. Despite I think the use is limited of the chip, there seems to be a quite interest in it. Many thanks to all...

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