Major Havoc and Star Wars run on closely related Atari Analog Vector Generator (AVG) hardware. Rather than re-implement the hard parts — the DDR3 triple-buffered vector framebuffer, the MISTER_FB scan ...

Tempest and Star Wars run on closely related Atari Analog Vector Generator (AVG) hardware. Rather than re-implement the hard parts — the DDR3 triple-buffered vector framebuffer, the MISTER_FB scan-out ...

Raspberry Pis are excellent tools to bring your home to the modern age without spending thousands of dollars on fancy smart devices and electronic gadgets. These single-board computers are incredibly ...

AERIS-10 is an open-source hardware, “low-cost” (more on that later) 10.5 GHz phased array radar system featuring Pulse Linear Frequency Modulated (LFM) modulation and based on an AMD Artix-7 FPGA.

In the closing hours of JawnCon 0x2, I was making a final pass of the “Free Stuff for Nerds” table when I noticed a forlorn Kindle that had a piece of paper taped to it. The hand-written note ...

Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) play crucial roles in astronomy owing to their widespread use in the optical band, offering high sensibility, low noise, high dynamic range, and high spatial resolution.

Using PlatformIO with Visual Studio Code offers a powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use environment for microcontroller firmware development. This article describes an example of integrating PlatformIO ...

For years, there has been a clear distinction between the Arduino and Raspberry Pi boards. There are some things the Arduino can do that the Raspberry Pi can't, and vice versa. When you think of ...

This article discusses battery management controller solutions and their effectiveness in both the development and deployment of energy storage systems. A battery management system (BMS) is needed for ...