Dune 3D – parametric 3D CAD supporting STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers
Published: March 24, 2026, 6:28 pm
Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers. So why another open-source 3D CAD application when FreeCAD and Solvespace exist? My primary use case for 3D CAD is designing 3D-printed enclosures for my electronics projects. I often found myself procrastinating designing the enclosure and attributed that to my […]
Book Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition, is out this May
Published: March 24, 2026, 6:09 pm
No Starch Press had announced the book Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition, An Introduction with 21 Fun Projects by Øyvind Nydal Dahl is set to be published in May. Electronics for Kids will teach you how electronics really work: what electricity is, how circuits behave, and how and why things like resistors, capacitors, and transistors do […]
A dual-core audio engine for the Raspberry Pi RP2040
Published: March 24, 2026, 5:50 pm
PicoSound is a dual-core audio engine for Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040). PicoSound delivers glitch-free audio for any RP2040 application by dedicating Core1 exclusively to audio processing. While a main program runs on Core0 (handling graphics, I/O, calculations, or game logic), Core1 manages the audio mixer and output independently. This architecture eliminates audio dropouts caused by […]