Sieve as a Hypothetical Container for Liquid Substances
We all know water is the source of life, and since ancient times people have sought to settle near water sources.
DIY - Articles for May 2026 year
Read interesting articles and reviews for May 2026 year. Analysis of key events in the "DIY" sector
Private Home Automation Architecture: KNX, Modbus, Node-RED and Sprut.Hub
Standard solutions are convenient — it’s hard to argue with that. Pick KNX for example, and everything works according to a clear established scheme from there: there…
Motion planning for an Ackerman-steered rover
Verifying if the MPPI-Generic GPU planner can work without a global planner. Includes a DIY simulator, an angular velocity-priority controller, comparisons against State…
Connecting AI senses: bash daemon, soldering, and self-awareness on Raspberry Pi
What will happen if we try to give a neural network access to real sensors, actuators, and tell it how to use them? Will it understand? And figure out how to glue its…
How I make a DIY controller for PC: volume, applications, MIDI, OBS
In 2024, I knew nothing about Arduino and Python. But within a week, I assembled a working prototype on a breadboard for music control, using AI and the internet. I didn't…
Vibe Coding for FPGAs: How I Built an I2S FIFO Retimer Without Knowing Verilog
Vibe coding seems harmless when it comes to scripts, landing pages, and small services. But what happens if you try to use it to build an FPGA project with I2S, FIFO…
BLE for Arduino: Write Commands, Not Descriptors
Building a Bluetooth LE device for Arduino is not particularly difficult. The real hassle begins when you need to set up proper command and response exchange on the client…
Can AI print a usable model on a 3D printer?
I'm tired of articles about how everything in the world can be entrusted to AI. And the crazy idea that everything in the world can be printed on a 3D printer is also…
Catching time in DCF77 format
In the comments to the exact time server, it was suggested to add DCF77 as another time source in addition to NTP and GPS. And I finally made it, although as a separate…