DIY Lockpicking Robot Uses ESP32-C3, Load Cells and Claude AIA robot that feels a lock's pins through load cells and asks a cloud AI what to do next is a tidy lesson in closed-loop control. Dr. Kun Dániel built exactly that, and Hackster covered it in this writ47m ago · 3 min readcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
Jet Studio: Godot-Style Game Editor for ESP32 and STM32 BoardsA 2D shooter running at 62 FPS on a $10 Arduino Nano ESP32 sounds like a demo-reel fib, yet that is the number reported for Jet Studio, a new open-source game editor for microcontrollers. Hackaday cov6h ago · 2 min readcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
Insect-Inspired Flying Robot Survives Swats and 11,000x LoadsMost micro drones die the first time they hit a wall. A new insect-sized robot from UCLA and UC Davis shrugs off a flyswatter hit and keeps flapping, which matters because fragility is the main reason19h ago · 2 min readcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
DIY Handheld Spectrometer Uses a TCD1304 CCD and STM32A $20 prism cannot tell you how much protein is in a test tube, but a linear CCD sitting where the light lands can. That is the trick behind a handheld visible-light spectrometer built by the maker Cu1d ago · 2 min readcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
Hidden Lockbox Opens Only to a Secret Magnet GestureHidden electronics keep showing up in maker projects: sensors tucked behind wood, glass or fabric so the finished object looks like nothing special. A lockbox with no keyhole, no keypad and no visible1d ago · 2 min readcircuitrocks.hashnode.dev
