You get an SBC and start building projects on that. You start with a vision project. Then the next project idea needs audio. Perhaps the next one requires a bunch of sensors. Usually that means a stack of HATs on the GPIO
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I have been (mostly) happily running Home Assistant in my homelab for a while now. There is a tiny issue, though. While my wife and I can manage most devices through the companion app, kids or guests cannot. Reaching out for a
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A laptop fingerprint sensor unlocks the laptop and usually stops there. Immurok wants to do quite a bit more than that. It is a tiny wireless box that can unlock your desktop session, approve a sudo command, authenticate via polkit, log you
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Ever tried a DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) device? Unlike NAS, where you have a bunch of hard drives available over network, DAS is directly connected to your computer. I never used such a product because I never had the need. But then Orico
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I already reviewed the original ZimaCube Pro and gave it a positive verdict, for the most part. So when IceWhale offered me the newer version for review, I was curious to see how much had actually changed. Not much specification-wise. Here’s why.
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Arduino has been the cornerstone of embedded electronics projects for a while now. Be it DIY remote-controlled vehicles, binary clocks, power laces, or as is relevant to the month of publishing, flamethrowing Jack-O’-Lanterns! The versatility and affordability of the board has been
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