A couple years ago I did a workshop for CodeMash on building a portable gaming system based on the Teensy 4.1. This is an incredibly powerful microcontroller development board created by Paul Stoffregen over at PJRC. It’s powered by an NXP i.MX RT1062 crossover MCU with ARM Cortext-M7 running at 600 MHz. Despite its cutesy […]
Author: paulpagel
Roland SCC-1 Sound Card Resurrection
The Roland SCC-1 GS sound card was a great piece of kit back in the day, with 24-note polyphony, excellent wave table samples, and high-quality onboard reverb and chorus effects. Released in the early 90’s, it cost almost $500 USD (~ $1,000 in 2022 inflato-bucks) depending on what was bundled with it. However, that extravagant […]
AVR GCC and AVRDUDE
The Arduino IDE is great for being able to dive right in and spin up a sketch quickly with a minimum of fuss. However, there are some situations where you want to get a little “closer to the metal” – without some of the limitations that come with that ease-of-use. Maybe you want to use […]
Building the ESP32 R4ge Pro
Want to build a versatile and hackable ESP32-based controller system with lots of useful peripherals and a full assortment of apps to get you started? Then the ESP32 R4ge Pro is for you!
ESP32 Pro Conference Badge
Meet the next generation prototype of the ESP32 Conference Badge, featuring high-fidelity sound and an expanded array of useful peripherals.