Something similar to the Spotify Car Thing, built with a cheap ESP32 Screen. Connects to your Spotify account and displays your currently playing song with its album art.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   AI-On-The-Edge-Cam is an ESP32-S3 board with a 2MP camera, microSD card, WiFi, BLE, and PoE Ethernet connectivity designed to digitize legacy utility meters such as water meters, gas meters, or electricity meters that require manual onsite reading. It supports Tensorflow Lite, has a web interface, and integrates with Home Assistant.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Meshtastic is an off-grid mesh network for short messages, but its use is limited by the need for a phone app or web UI. The T-Deck offers a standalone solution, though it has its issues. The article covers the installation and use of the experimental T-Deck UI firmware, its limitations, and community reactions.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Lopaka is a web-based tool for creating graphics and user interfaces for electronic projects, supporting various display types and libraries. It allows users to create images and interfaces visually, with generated source code for integration into projects.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   The author describes their project of replacing a Digital Pet from Tiger, a cheaper Tamagotchi rip-off, with an Arduino Nano, an OLED screen, and 6V batteries. This is a prototype for their thesis in New Technologies of Art. They detail modifications like eviscerating the original device, integrating a new battery holder, and making adjustments to the case. The final goal is to create a working game loop display on the OLED screen.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Application for Flipper Zero device to control radio boards. Supports the TEA5767 board and includes pin configuration instructions. Inspired by Arduino Radio project with acknowledgments to contributors.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Desk Thing: The Discord Thing, Trello Thing, The Weather Thing, The Macro Thing, Just not The Car Thing anymore. An alternative OS for the Spotify Car Thing allowing community-made apps.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   The December 2024 newsletter from Obsolescence Guaranteed covers updates on new projects such as PiDP-10 and PiDP-1, news about existing projects like PiDP-8 and PiDP-11, and upcoming plans for 2025 including a PiDP-1 replica and an annual programming competition.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   A tool for flashing devices like t-embed-cc1101 ,M5Stack, Lilygo, CYD ESP32, and Generic boards by putting them into download mode and selecting the appropriate version and device.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   A Flasher utility for DIY miners to flash NerdMiner firmware onto various boards, such as LILYGO S3 Dongle, LILYGO T-Display-AMOLED, ESP32-WROOM, LILYGO T-QT, TDisplay v1.14, ESP32-2432S028R, and M5-StampS3. The flashing process should take less than one minute.