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BLHeli open ESC firmware cover showing an electronic speed controller board, motor phases, firmware traces, and signal waveforms
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BLHeli - Open ESC Firmware for Brushless Motors

A source-first look at BLHeli, BLHeli_S, and BLHeli_32 documentation for brushless ESC firmware, motor control, DShot, …

Firmware Drone FPV
SmartBMS open source battery management cover with cell modules, controller board, and battery monitoring traces
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SmartBMS - Open Source Battery Management

A source-first look at SmartBMS, also known as Green BMS, an open source battery management system with KiCad hardware, …

Open Hardware Firmware Battery
ArduPilot autopilot architecture with simulated drone, rover, and plane connected to ground control and firmware modules
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ArduPilot - Open Source Autopilot Firmware You Can Simulate Locally

A practical technical look at ArduPilot: the open-source autopilot stack for aircraft, rovers, boats, submarines, …

Robotics Autopilot Drone
PiGallery2 directory-first photo gallery running on a home server
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PiGallery2 - A Lightweight, Directory-First Photo Gallery

Run PiGallery2 with Docker to browse an existing photo library while keeping the original folders read-only.

Self-Hosting Docker Media
Self-hosted Ente dashboard with encrypted photos, authenticator codes, and secure documents
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Self-Hosting Ente - E2EE Photos, Auth, and Locker

A practical look at self-hosting Ente, the AGPL-3.0 end-to-end encrypted cloud platform for Photos, Auth, Locker, …

Self-Hosting Docker Privacy
copyparty browser file manager with folders, thumbnails, and media files
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copyparty - Portable Self-Hosted File Server

copyparty is a portable Python file server with resumable uploads, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, media indexing, thumbnails, and …

Self-Hosting File Sharing Docker
VeighNa vn.py cover with quantitative trading chart
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vn.py / VeighNa - Python Quant Trading Framework

vn.py, now branded as VeighNa, is an open-source Python framework for building quantitative trading systems with an …

Python Quant Trading
Self-hosted Fluxer chat and VoIP infrastructure with web, API, gateway, media, and voice services
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Self-Hosting Fluxer - Open Chat and VoIP for Communities

A practical look at Fluxer, an AGPL open-source chat and VoIP platform, including its self-hosted Docker stack, PWA …

Self-Hosting Chat VoIP
cliamp terminal music player cover
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cliamp - Retro Terminal Music Player

cliamp is a Go terminal music player inspired by Winamp, with local playback, streams, online providers, playlists, …

Go Terminal Music
PitLane telemetry overlay PWA rendering GPS and G-force data over action-cam footage
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Py_RouteTracker - PitLane Telemetry Overlay PWA

Run Py_RouteTracker, also known as PitLane, as a self-hosted PWA for rendering GPS and G-force telemetry overlays onto …

PWA GoPro Telemetry WebCodecs
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