What just happened? A compact quadcopter built around an ESP32 microcontroller has reached a measured top speed of about 67 miles per hour, demonstrating how far a low-cost, small-format platform can ...

[Paul McCabe] wrote in to let us know about his $25 robot. This small wheeled robot is based on an ESP32 and made using cardboard and hot glue. You drive the contraption using a Bluetooth game ...

I tried the HX711 with CircuitPython and I got some strange results (on an ESP32 chip). So I analyzed the signal and this is what I found. Sometimes, the clock signal (in orange) stays too long ...

Have you ever wished your workspace could adapt to you, rather than the other way around? Picture this: instead of fumbling with clunky buttons to adjust your standing desk or manage your workspace ...

A hot potato: The ESP32 chip, found in over a billion devices worldwide, contains undocumented vendor-specific commands that could potentially be misused to access device memory and manipulate ...

Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term 'backdoor' to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ...

Smartphones may be pocket-sized computers that can do thousands of different things… but sometimes that’s as much a weakness as it is a strength. I can’t count the number of times I pulled my phone ...

The CL-32 is a work-in-progress pocket-sized PC that combines modern hardware with classic design inspired by systems from the 1980s like the TRS-80 Pocket Computer. While some details haven’t been ...

Retro technology is “in” these days. Vinyl records, print books, and even film photography have all made a comeback. And “renew, reuse, and recycle” is a trend that recognizes the value and aesthetic ...

The company behind the Flipper Zero has developed a new module, the Video Game Module, and a Raspberry Pi chip powers it. Digital multitool Flipper Zero is bringing a new piece of kit to its ...