The Makerville badge is fun to play with! I tried embedding visual programming on the esp32 itself, and now I can drag and drop blocks to set the LED shade from any connected device !

Batteries included Zephyr Project is a boon because we didn’t have to look for a library anywhere to get support for the popular i2c to pwm PCA9625 2 new project configs, an entry to the overlay and a little bit of application code is all that we needed to add a servo to our badge!

jithinbp.in/projects/maker… My experiments with the Makerville badge

I think the Indian government should remove the 18% GST on all kinds of electronics development kits. The people purchasing these kits are researchers, students, and engineers, and they have to bear an unnecessary extra cost compared to other countries.

KiCad Version 9.0.5 Released The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest version 9 bug fix release. See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information about this release. kicad.org/blog/2025/10/K…

MASH aka Maker's Asylum System of Hacking Live #CAD session Learn hands-on Take the FreeCAD (CAD+CAM+FEA) Challenge! Design something useful - phone stand, pen holder & show it off live! 17th Oct, 7:30 to 9:00 pm (IST India) Get access to our LMS & CAD Course airtable.com/appLMGtTv9VXD3…

For those who haven’t seen the last tweet yet, grab yours now! Shrike-lite, just ₹349 / $4.

We’re grateful for all the support we’ve received from around the world. Not only in India, but also in Japan, the USA, South Korea, the UK, and across Europe, people have taken the initiative to start using FPGAs. Let’s make this movement truly global, let’s put FPGAs into

$4 FPGA development board cnx-software.com/2025/10/16/4-s… The Made-in-India Vicharak Shrike-lite board combines a 1K LUT Renesas Electronics ForgeFPGA with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller. It offers two 18-pin GPIO headers, one PMOD-compatible header, a USB-C port for power

The Open Hardware Devroom videos just went live! IndiaFOSS 2025 Anuj Deshpande Kiran Jonnalagadda Balu Babu youtube.com/playlist?list=…

9.0.6 release candidate 2 available See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information. kicad.org/blog/2025/10/K…

Shrike-lite, the $4 FPGA kit, is moving into production! Keep hacking, everyone. You’re about to sail into a whole new ocean of electronics.

Despite my concerns with bad software being sold or imposed via govt in the name of patriotism, I think sovereignty of tech infrastructure is too important to ignore for India. So, I am putting together this catalog of Indian-made alternatives to popular global software

software friend who pivoted to hardware sent me this

#FreeCAD #InTheWild #python based image/camera feed overlay for tracing models within FreeCAD (includes code available on github) Posted to r/FreeCAD reddit.com/r/FreeCAD/comm… #CAD #CAM #3DCAD #FLOSS #FOSS @OpenSource

KiCad Version 9.0.6 Released The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest version 9 bug fix release. See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information about this release. kicad.org/blog/2025/10/K…

Just modeled the entire SolidWorks Professional Certification exam using FreeCAD (CAD+CAM+FEA)! Proof that open-source can handle pro-level CAD ! Full process in the video 👇 🔗 youtu.be/VEfNRST_3x8 #FreeCAD #SolidWorks #CAD

Production update for the $4 Shrike-lite: we’ll begin shipping next week. FPGAs are among the most wonderful technologies for every embedded engineering team. Let’s begin a new chapter in making FPGAs accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Kudos to Deltahedra 3D for their popular recent crystal clear #FreeCAD #tutorial, now mentioned on hackaday. We salute you🫡 hackaday.com/2025/11/05/sol…

#FreeCAD FreeCAD Machine parts WB(self-made) C-type retaining rings for shafts, C-type retaining rings for holes