Build guides

Free build guides

Step-by-step guides for the things I build on the way to Muon Sortes. Parts, wiring, firmware, no paywall.
Handheld e-paper reader in a taped case showing a page of a generated news brief.

Build a $40 WiFi e-reader

A build guide for a homemade ESP32-S3 e-paper reader: parts, how to choose an e-ink panel, power options with or without a battery, and an automated news brief pipeline using Claude Code routines and a small server.

About $40 in parts

A $13 radar trip wire for your hallway

Count people walking in and out of a room and log overnight movement with a $3 mmWave radar and an ESP32.

About $13 in parts

More guides land here as the side projects finish. The dev log has the unfinished versions, mistakes included.