[Link] Picoclick C3T Is the World's Smallest IoT Button and It Has a RISC-V Processor

Read: 19/1/2022 www.hackster.io

WiFi-enabled buttons send an MQTT message or REST call from a single button push. This simple action enables a wide range of automation activities. For example, at one point, online retailers gave them to customers to quickly purchase replacement products.

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[Link] The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Cloning Open-Source Hardware

Read: 31/10/2021 hackaday.com

We’re great proponents (and beneficiaries) of open-source hardware here at Hackaday. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that the free sharing of ideas has had on the hacker hardware scene.

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