Surface and Shadow – Ripples over Deep Waters
It is cold here, standing naked and alone. I watch the skimming stone fly over deep and dark waters, Seeing the same ripples over and over again. They reach the…[...]
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3d Printing and Painting Miniatures
I've been spending a lot of time lately 3d printing some models and painting them. It's a very rewarding and relaxing hobby. I like to design miniature models (or download…[...]
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New WordPress Blog Engine
I have moved my blog over to use WordPress. I was using Astro static site blog engine before. It worked pretty well, but it felt too much like work to…[...]
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New Intentional Music engine
Nocturne of Shadows by cerkit Engine Overview MUSE loads song descriptions from JSON and turns them into MIDI compositions. The core flow looks like this: Load configuration – SongLoader deserializes…[...]
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Building a Weather Display on the PyPortal Titano
I recently built a weather display for my Adafruit PyPortal Titano using CircuitPython. This project fetches live weather data from OpenWeatherMap and displays the current temperature, condition, and details like…[...]
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FPGA Sprite with VGA, Thruster Sound, and Flame
Over the past few days I’ve been working on a fun FPGA project: getting a sprite (my little ship) to move around the screen on a Nexys A7 board, complete…[...]
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Implementing the SAP-1 Computer on FPGA
Over the last few weeks I’ve been implementing a minimalist 8-bit SAP-1 (Simple As Possible) computer on an FPGA. This post captures the architecture, the SystemVerilog snippets that make it…[...]
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Hookpad → SystemVerilog: Programming Music on the Nexys A7
Programming music directly into an FPGA can feel like a grind—especially if you’re hand-coding note tables and timing values. When working with the Digilent Nexys A7 (100 MHz), I wanted…[...]
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3D Printable Tabletop Starship Combat: Battlefront Valkyrie
Fully FDM 3D Printable Game Battlefront Valkyrie is a fully 3D printable tabletop starship game created by Tom Tullis over at Fat Dragon Games. Finally! I've been looking for a…[...]
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Visualize APDS-9960 Color Sensor Data with CircuitPython and SwiftUI
Introduction In this tutorial, we'll build a real-time color monitoring system: Hardware: APDS-9960 color sensor connected to a CircuitPython-capable board. CircuitPython: Script to connect to Wi-Fi, read RGB values, and…[...]
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