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Open-Source Capacitive Linear Encoder Reaches 40 Micrometre Accuracy With an STM32L4 and Two PCBs
Nick's open-linear-scale uses the digital-caliper principle: a four-layer sensor board with eight transmit antennas, a passive two-layer reflector 0.1 mm away and an STM32L476RC. He reports 40 µm accuracy and a build cost of roughly $32 before shipping. The design is still in development.
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Hack the North open-sources its ESP32 badge: 1,750 boards, a Lua runtime and lessons from four spins
Hack the North organiser Nicholas Ficara has open-sourced the ESP32 badge built for 1,750 hackers at the 18 September event (KiCad files, GPL-3.0 C firmware with a Lua runtime, and a WebAssembly emulator) and detailed what went wrong across EVT, DVT and PVT.
