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Supporting the maker community with @MicrochipTech MCUs and other devices and tools to bring innovative ideas to life. Follow along as we share their projects!
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Vladimir's AVR-Laptop is a homemade laptop built around an ATmega2560 board, which runs a multitasking environment with games, a file manager, and video playback. hackster.io/news/an-8-bit-ar…
Franck Sauer's Micro-8 is an 8-bit hobby computer built around an ATmega128 with a custom OS and programming language called Lofi, plus a suite of examples, tools, and utilities for creating small 2D games and applications that run on real hardware: francksauer.com/index.php/mi…
SamuelDePamuel built an ATmega328-controlled clock using six mechanical seven-segment flip displays, with both timer and stopwatch modes: reddit.com/r/arduino/comment…
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The Maker spirit is alive and well at Maker Faire Bay Area 2026! Stop by our booth to experiment with robotics, create music using everyday objects, explore open-source development with Zephyr® RTOS and meet the engineers behind the demos. Happy 20th anniversary, Maker Faire! mchp.us/4fgXi4J #MakerFaire
Jean-Pierre Gleyzes' µstep solo is a PIC16F57-powered motor control board capable of driving any bipolar stepper up to 55V 3A: hackaday.io/project/195056-s…
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#MFBA26 is here!
Heading to @MakerFaire Bay Area? Find us in Coal Shed #3 all weekend long with some of our most interactive demos yet:
🥕 Turn veggies into musical instruments
👾 Play retro arcade games
🤖 Tune a balancing robot using BLE
➕ More! microchip.com/makerfaire
Nick Electronics made a massive ATmega48 microcontroller (with an actual ATmega48 inside) that doubles as a fully functional wireless phone charger. hackster.io/news/this-giant-…
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Built an Ethernet-controlled RGB LED strip with an ATtiny3226 and ENC28J60. @MAYERMAKES explores PCB design, differential routing, Ethernet debugging and network-controlled visualisation:
bit.ly/4rk1whB
#MFBA26 is here!
Heading to @MakerFaire Bay Area? Find us in Coal Shed #3 all weekend long with some of our most interactive demos yet:
🥕 Turn veggies into musical instruments
👾 Play retro arcade games
🤖 Tune a balancing robot using BLE
➕ More! microchip.com/makerfaire
After Apple canceled its AirPower wireless charging pad, HTX Studio decided to create their own version scaled up to the size of an entire desk. youtu.be/KvLWuK2TU-w
Zachary Peterson's Dumpster Fire SAO is an ATtiny412-controlled add-on for your badge, complete with multiple dumpster fire intensity modes depending on how badly everything is going: uberflux.com/product/ZNJP-Du…
This DIY rig combines a small telescope, an astronomy camera, and a GPS-enabled, Arduino-controlled LED flasher to map asteroids from their shadows. spectrum.ieee.org/asteroid-s…
If this doesn't get you in the Maker Faire mood, we're not sure what will!
Cass of Chaos Theory built an ATmega328-powered, fully autonomous droid that abandoned its Imperial duties to become a rebel rave machine: makezine.com/article/technol…
2007 vs. 2026: Same project, different way of building it.
@JMNElectronica recreated a 20-year-old infrared receiver using a PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano along with today's development tools and an AI-assisted workflow. #ThrowbackThursday hackster.io/JMN_Electronics/…
Miklos Mod's ArcDice is a pocket-sized digital dice powered by an ATtiny13. Seven LEDs, one button, infinite rolls! vorosegyes.github.io/ArcDice
.@uwengineering's DirectHop is a tiny 1-gram robot that can precisely control how high it jumps, clear a standard stair step, and even right itself after landing.
washington.edu/news/2026/09/…
