.@MicrochipTech is returning to @MakerFaireRome! Stop by our #MFR2026 stand to see our latest MCUs and dev tools in action, with demos ranging from gesture-controlled robotic hands to facial recognition with liveness. Come meet the team and discover how we're powering the next generation of innovation! microchip.com/makerfaire

Simone Carriero's PolarPlot is a 3D-printable, ATmega328-controlled SCARA parallel plotter (and laser engraver) for your desk. kickstarter.com/projects/sc9…

MattKC created an ATmega32U4-based adapter that enables him to use Sega Genesis controllers with his old '90s Philips CD-i system. hackaday.com/2026/10/21/sega…

Add some '80s Masters of the Universe nostalgia to your jacket, bag, or lanyard with GizmoLab's pin badge! This ATtiny13A-powered PCB features Skeletor's iconic skull with bright LED eyes and custom lighting effects. Perfect for Halloween! uberflux.com/product/GZL-1

Vignesh Natarajan's TACLINK is a PIC32-powered interface board for reading and processing data from a 36-sensor high-density tactile array via I²C and SPI — designed for robotics, touch-sensitive interfaces, and pressure-mapping systems: github.com/vikisensorik/TACL…

Remember the old Palm Pilot? Bringing ’90s PDA nostalgia into the modern maker era, Mark Wilson's Palmetto-III recreates the look and feel of the classic Palm III on an ATmega328-based Arduino with a touch LCD display. hackaday.io/project/207132-p…

Great Scott! It's Back to the Future Day! @Hojadurdy's ATtiny1616-controlled Flux Capacitor Badge packs a little time travel nostalgia into a pocket-sized device — complete with 25 animated LEDs to create the iconic “fluxing” effect: tindie.com/products/curiousd…

"The result sits somewhere between a logic probe, data acquisition system and a deliberately very slow oscilloscope, with a SCPI interface tying the whole lot into the rest of Clem's lab."

Ready to start bare-metal programming AVR® devices like the ATtiny3227 with MPLAB® Tools for VS Code? @MicrochipTech's new video series has you covered! The goal is simple: Start from scratch and learn the fundamentals of embedded development without frameworks or code generators. Watch as we walk through practical workflows including datasheet navigation, register configuration, GPIO, interrupts, and eventually low-power modes, and USART communication: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Hannah Robertson's Birduino is an ATmega328-powered audio player that brings birdwatching to life with NFC-enabled cards. hackaday.com/2026/10/19/bird…

The Agency Wand will have the DEF CON community under its spell! Designed by Brooke'sd Bytes, this ATtiny1616-based wand-shaped badge features five addressable LEDs with animated lighting and customizable colors, motion-controlled effects, and more: uberflux.com/product/WIDOW-a…

The PIC16F670-controlled 8-bit Workbench ED makes exploring binary, decimal, hexadecimal, and octal hands-on. Flip eight switches, watch the LEDs light up, and use bit-level annotations to see how each value comes together. tindie.com/products/8bitflux…

Kacper Bizoń's 17keynumpad is an ATmega32U4-controlled numeric keypad that can also function as a standalone calculator: github.com/KacperBizon/atmeg…