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MicroPythonOS

https://micropythonos.com/

Open-source operating system that runs on ESP32 boards with a touch-screen interface. Develop software in MicroPython.

How systolic arrays work

https://williampan-personalwebsite.vercel.app/blog/systolic-array

An explanation with nice diagrams and discussion of why sistolic arrays are efficient for neural networks.

Tiny Tapeout

https://tinytapeout.com

The cheapest and easiest way to get custom silicon fabricated, as far as I can tell. The trick is not only using a shared wafer, but also sharing the chip: each design in a batch is on every chip. A controller circuit selects which design is active at a given time. See also this paper describing the history of the project.

Tayloe Quadrature Product Detector

https://www.norcalqrp.org/files/Tayloe_mixer_x3a.pdf

This simple circuit directly converts from RF down to baseband. Four square waves operating at 4×FRF4 \times F_{RF} and shifted 90° from each other control a multiplexer thus producing four quadrature signals. These can be combined to give I and Q signals. A copy of the PDF is here.

I found this while reading about the Pi Pico Rx, which uses this circuit and a Raspberry Pi Pico to make a software defined radio.