{"id":5258,"date":"2023-09-13T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:26:34","slug":"paragon-project-a-recycled-single-board-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/paragon-project-a-recycled-single-board-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragon Project: A Recycled Single-Board Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Want to become a computer wizard? Want to do it without being wasteful? This is the project that will inspire you to master computers on a super low-level, all while being a good environmentalist. You can do it all with this recycled single-board computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wonderfully innovative project comes from Anders Nielsen, who calls it the “65uino”. Anders has posted the project over on Hackaday<\/a> and we think that it undoubtedly qualifies as a Paragon Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main idea is to build a single-board computer out of an Arduino and old integrated circuits. Best of all, Anders has made this project open-source, so you can build it and customize it as you see fit!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anders calls it the 65uino, because it’s pin-compatible with the Arduino Uno<\/a>. And, indeed, the shape is clearly similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Anders has created this customized printed circuit board and you can find the files on the GitHub page<\/a> and then send off to a PCB house, like PCBWay<\/a>. Alternatively, you could still just construct this on a breadboard, although that’ll only really serve as a temporary solution. But it would get the job done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s great about it’s pin-compatibility with the Arduino Uno is that all the shields, modules, and adapters for the Arduino also will work with the 65uino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main idea is that the computer runs on the I2C bus, which only needs power, ground, sda (serial data), and scl (serial clock). If you’re interested in learning more about I2C, you can read our article on it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n