From ZX Spectrum to IoT: Rediscovering the Joy of the Code For many of us in the technology sector, the screen is a workspace: a place of pipeline metrics, revenue projections, and strategic roadmaps. But lately, I’ve been finding my way back to the screen as a canvas. Rediscovering
For anyone living in a commuter town like Newbury, the "train stress" is real. Am I going to catch the Great Western Railway (GWR) service to Paddington? Is the Bedwyn shuttle on time? Instead of fumbling with a phone app, I decided to build a permanent, glanceable solution
Building a handheld arcade machine is a rite of passage for many makers, but my latest journey—creating a portable Pac-Man powerhouse—pushed me far beyond the comfortable boundaries of the Arduino IDE. The goal was specific: porting the PELLETINO project (a faithful Z80-emulated Pac-Man arcade) onto the Waveshare ESP32-C6
I hate it. I love it Today sucked, so I climbed on the treadmill and ran. 1.98km in and I'm already dying. Tired, bored and regretting my Friday evening choice. Okay, just get to 5. You can do it. The sound of my feet pounding away as
One of the few quirks of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W—the brain of my Pwnagotchi—is its lack of a Real-Time Clock (RTC). Without an internet connection to sync via NTP, the Pwnagotchi forgets the time every time it reboots. This leads to messy logs and "back
Connecting an M5Stack GPS Unit (typically the AT6668 or AT6558 based modules) via UART is a smart move—it's more power-efficient than USB and keeps your build slim. Moving Beyond USB: Integrating M5Stack GPS with Pwnagotchi When building a Pwnagotchi, most people start with a simple USB GPS