Tag: retro

European computer company Olimex Ltd. has created Agon light a budget-friendly microcomputer and microcontroller on one small board. Bernardo Kastrup designed the AgonLight and the Quark firmware was developed by Dean Belfield. The module is the cheapest and fastest 8-bit microcomputer...

Penk Chen designed a pocket-sized computer with a retro appeal, built from either off-the-shelf parts or 3D-printed structures. Inspired by the retro-style, powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, Penkesu is a portable computer with a 7.9-inch widescreen display and a 48-key ortholinear...

Nixie tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information using glow discharge. A potential difference is applied between two electrodes in a glass tube containing low-pressure gas. The flow of electric current through the gas makes plasma. This phenomenon is...

Nixie tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information using glow discharge. When a voltage is applied between two electrodes in a glass tube containing low-pressure gas, the flow of electric current through the gas makes plasma. This phenomenon is called glow...

Many of us plan to turn Raspberry Pi or a similar single-board computer into a retro music player. There are several projects that we discussed using Raspberry Pi as a controller to build an 80s style music player. However, these projects use bulky hardware, which may not be as portable...

If you’d like to return to a time when your computer had very accessible components, a microprocessor, RAM, ROM, and I/O chips all hanging from an exposed bus, you can do so by building your very own BASIC color microcomputer with the CB2 micro kit in under 30 minutes for as low as...