@mks.bsky.social
Electrical engineer, video game hardware/software enthusiast, modder, portablizer. β¨πΎβ¨
When you lose your Pebble 2 Duo charger and you have a flight in the morning... you do what you gotta do
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I thought the exact same thing!!!
Jonathan Clark was reverse engineering the RP3A0 a while back, but obviously wasn't able to figure out stuff like the MIPI DSI balls. I kinda wanna pick up where he left off, RE the CM0 and make an even tinier RP3A0 SOM.
github.com/jonny12375/r...
Thankfully, unlike the impossible-to-buy Compute Module 3E (which also used the RP3A0 SOC), the CM0 and IO Board devkit are widely available on AliExpress and Taobao!
Many thanks to RasPi and EDATEC for not completely locking down the supply chain! π
EDATEC has also designed a more fully featured carrier board, the CM0 NANO, with a battery-backed RTC, USB hub, and Ethernet.
edatec.cn/zh/cm0nano
Chinese makers are already releasing awesome OSHW projects using the CM0, like the MoCM0, which is a 45x45x20mm Mac Mini-inspired Linux PC with active cooling.
oshwhub.com/movecall/mocm0
Like other Compute Modules, there's a Lite version without eMMC that boots from a microSD card, as well as variants without onboard Wi-Fi 4 / Bluetooth 4.2.
The CM0 with no eMMC or wireless is the cheapest version; it costs Β₯145 from retailers (about $20)
To flash the onboard eMMC, just install the nRPIBOOT jumper and connect a cable to the bottom microUSB port. Run rpiboot, write an OS image, and you're off to the races!
raspberrypi.com/documentatio...
Some more pics of the IO Board. The CM0 is uniquely suited for low-profile applications that need a lot of IO.
othermod.com 's PSPi comes to mind!
The CM0 IO Board comes in a small, no-frills box with a 2.4GHz patch antenna and a jumper to enable flashing the CM0's onboard eMMC.
Oddly, the support URL on the box -- raspberrypi.com/products/cm0... -- currently 404s.
The CM0 is a SOM based around the processor that's on the Pi Zero 2W. It's got the exact same specs (1GHz BCM2710A1 + 512MB LPDDR2) but with MIPI DSI fanned out, optional onboard eMMC, and a u.FL antenna connector.
Here's a size comparison with a Pi Zero 2W and the CM0 IO board.
Here's a quick hands-on overview of the Raspberry Pi CM0, a 39x33mm RP3A0 castellated compute module @raspberrypi.com and EDATEC have released exclusively for the Chinese market!
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Got burned by this one a few years back. The red LED in this series has a flipped markings relative to every other color
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board layout in KiCad with lots of layers and colors
i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at github.com/schlae/cm5-r...
24.08.2025 20:57 β π 344 π 63 π¬ 9 π 8I use postale.io for basic email hosting. $1/month for two 1GB mailboxes and three aliases. Not sure how it compares to ProtonMail
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Tablet Magazine puff piece that goes into detail about his white supremacist worldview, including his desire to combat 'great replacement' to preserve Western society. Literally The Fourteen Words.
www.tabletmag.com/feature/amer...
The founder is enthusiastically pro-genocide. MR is his blood money funded pet project
16.07.2025 15:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 01000%. ModRetro tried to recruit me, but I refuse to work for such a monstrous individual, at a place funded by dirty Anduril money. Free Palestine!
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There's no recreation or emulation happening here. Kawaii contains an official Wii motherboard, heavily trimmed down with a Dremel!
But yes, Wiis can be trimmed much smaller than GameCubes, and also use much less power.
Thank you! It's CNC machined aluminum anodized in cyan and laser etched to create the artwork. @dingding-cnc.bsky.social did a fantastic job with all the machining and post processing.
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Some more glamour shots β¨π¦β¨
Kawaii is 100% open source. Please check out the GitHub repo! github.com/mackieks/Kaw...
And yes, there really is an entire Wii inside! It plays GameCube games beautifully.
The magnetic dock breaks out analog audio, component video, and four GC controller ports.
I'm stoked to have finally finished the Kawaii, a fully functional metal Wii keychain. It's way smaller than it looksβ only as big as a Game Boy cartridge! β¨π¦β¨
Huge thanks to @weskmods.bsky.social and @dingding-cnc.bsky.social for being awesome project partners!
The Nintendo Kawaii, a collaboration project between myself, @mks.bsky.social and @dingding-cnc.bsky.social has finally been released fully open source!
If you're brave enough to build one you'll have one of the most unique pieces of gaming jewellery ever.
Info here: bitbuilt.net/forums/index...
Looks great, dude!
21.06.2025 04:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh, you said flex PCBs... I magnet the stencil down on top of flexes... π
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My strategy is designing jig PCBs. Works extremely well! If you wanted to, you could add holes for steel locating pins to the jig PCB and stencil. github.com/mackieks/thu...
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It's a snazzy Wii power hat with software-controlled undervolting, created by me and @loopj.com!
Fully open source: github.com/mackieks/thu...
Thanks! A flex would totally work, but I decided to experiment with MHF4 for fun. Plus like you said, they're pretty optimal for transmitting analog audio+video in such a cramped and noisy environment.
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It's aliiiive!!! π
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Kawaii internal PCB wiring ft. AVEflex and nandFlex
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