Ben Hencke

I make all the things. I'm a born tinkerer. I love a good problem, and share the tricks I've learned.

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Tiny computer OS for 1kB challenge. OKOS is just ok because OKOS is just OK.

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One Kilobyte Operating System (OKOS)

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Turn your badge into a 1-channel oscilloscope!

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Patrick Van Oosterwijck wrote 02/28/2019 at 15:18 • point

Thanks for your interest in my #wESP32: Wired ESP32 with Ethernet and PoE project Ben!

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My Projects

One Kilobyte Operating System (OKOS)

TapTDOA

Supercon 2017 VR Badge Hack

Ben's PIC nested if macros

2016 Hackaday SuperConference Oscilloscope Badge

Projects I Contribute To

Tindie Dog Park

2018 Open Hardware Summit badge

Supercon 2022 Badge Card Reader

Hackaday Superconference Chat 2016

8x8 WS2812 LED Cube

ATTENTION: SuperCon AddOn

Projects I Like & Follow

"Lixie", an LED alternative to the Nixie Tube

wESP32: Wired ESP32 with Ethernet and PoE

Hackaday.io Project

Raspberry Pi Vintage Arcade

Communication between two hc-05 Bluetooth modules

Home automation hub using Pis, Arduino and more!

EasyIoT framework

Aiie! - an embedded Apple //e emulator

OpenBionics Affordable Prosthetic Hands

STM32F030F4P6 breakout board

cyborg ring

ESP-12F Raspberry Pi GPIO SDIO Wifi

LAMEBOY - another ESP12 handheld

PH & Temperature Sensor to monitoring Hydroponics

Camera badge for Supercon 2017

OtterVIS LGL spectrophotometer

BADGE FOR SUPERCON.6 / November 2022

Manucon - A glove based controller

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