InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Oct 25Lab Notes: ‘One-click’ PCB fabbing and assemblyAnything that makes your life easier is worth exploring. The trick is knowing it’s available.A response icon1A response icon1
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Oct 22A WebSockets server on the RPi PicoAll I wanted was a simple WebSockets server on a Raspberry Pi microcontroller. Was that too much to ask? Well, yes and no, and not in that…A response icon6A response icon6
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Oct 16Lab notes: It never endsIt happened again. I announced that a project is finished and then…
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Oct 8Fundamentals of creating an 8-bit homebrew OSThe code in your homebrew computer’s ROM probably contains all kinds of useful functions. But how do you get to them?A response icon4A response icon4
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Oct 1From the archive: Word for Windows in businessLet’s go back 35 years and see how Microsoft is getting on in the corporate word processing business.A response icon5A response icon5
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Sep 25Creating a web front end for the SmartMatrix parallel printer serverHaving a hardware device is all very well. But it becomes so much more powerful when you can use it easily, and from anywhere in the house.A response icon1A response icon1
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Sep 18SmartMatrix finale: a wifi-enabled parallel printer server with OLEDMy odyssey to find the perfect solution for using an old dot matrix printer has finally reached its destination.A response icon4A response icon4
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Sep 15My first time (with a computer)They say you never forget your first time. But my introduction to programming was all in the mind.A response icon5A response icon5
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Sep 10A simple OLED driver in C for the Raspberry Pi PicoOLED panels are cute, crisp and very versatile. And they are surprisingly easy to program yourself, if your aims are modest.A response icon3A response icon3
InMachina SpeculatrixbyMachina Speculatrix·Aug 13SmartMatrix: A Raspberry Pi Pico parallel printer interfaceThis simple board makes an ancient dot matrix printer available to modern devices across the whole network.A response icon2A response icon2