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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "What we've been reading in [month] (xxxx)" |
| 3 | +description: |
| 4 | + Here are the articles, videos, and tools we've been excited about in [month |
| 5 | +] xxxx. |
| 6 | +author: gminn |
| 7 | +tags: [roundup] |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +<!-- excerpt start --> |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +🎆 Happy New Year! 🎆 Here's to making 2025 the best year yet. 2024 was an |
| 13 | +exciting year for Interrupt with 39 new articles, 6 new external contributors, |
| 14 | +and 576 new subscribers. Thanks for being a part of it! |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Here are the articles, videos, and tools that we've been excited about this |
| 17 | +December. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +<!-- excerpt end --> |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +What have you been reading? Share in the comments or |
| 22 | +[on the Interrupt Slack](https://interrupt-slack.herokuapp.com/). |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## Articles & Learning |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +- [**Controlling RGB LEDs With Only the Powerlines: Anatomy of a Christmas Light String | Tim's Blog**](https://cpldcpu.com/2022/01/23/controlling-rgb-leds-with-only-the-powerlines-anatomy-of-a-christmas-light-string/)<br> |
| 27 | + Powerline control of RGB string lights. - Noah |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- [**X-macros: Not all C macros are evil | M0AGX / LB9MG**](https://m0agx.eu/not-all-c-macros-are-evil.html)<br> |
| 30 | + Macros can be extremely useful for simplifying tasks like struct definitions. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## Projects & Tools |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +- [**pigg - Raspberry Pi GPIO GUI | GitHub**](https://github.com/andrewdavidmackenzie/pigg)<br> |
| 35 | + Nice GUI-based tool for accessing Raspberry Pi GPIO pins (including the |
| 36 | + Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W!) - Noah |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +- [**Moonshine | GitHub**](https://github.com/usefulsensors/moonshine)<br> A |
| 39 | + cool speech-to-text model optimized for (non-MCU) devices - François |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +- [**Marimapper | GitHub**](https://github.com/TheMariday/marimapper)<br> |
| 42 | + Video-based addressable LED mapping utility - Noah |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- [**Imposter Attack | Ian Langworth's Things of Variable Interest Blog**](https://blog.langworth.com/imposter-attack)<br> |
| 45 | + Ian makes an Among Us themed game with an infrared gun, a bunch of ESP32s, and |
| 46 | + LED lights. Looks really fun! - Tyler |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +- [**Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS | sailor.li Blog**](https://sailor.li/aocnds.html) |
| 49 | + Bootstrapping rust on the Nintendo DS, for solving Advent of Code |
| 50 | + puzzles - Noah |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- [**ch32v003 USB Driver for 3-digit 7-segment TN LCDs | GitHub**](https://github.com/cnlohr/ch32v003_3digit_lcd_usb/)<br> |
| 53 | + A neat project using one of the low-cost CV32 chips. The PCB cutout design for |
| 54 | + the USB C connector is very nice! - Noah |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +## News & Announcements |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- [**Introducing LVGL's UI Editor (Preview of v0.1) | LVGL YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntAuLhuK3Ck)<br> |
| 59 | + The LVGL team recorded a walkthrough of their upcoming UI editor. I like how |
| 60 | + beyond the editor itself, they embrace modern workflows such as “designers |
| 61 | + live in Figma”, “reload UI without flashing new firmware” and even “generate |
| 62 | + an interactive gallery of all composable UI elements in CI for stakeholders to |
| 63 | + review early” - Heiko |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +## Upcoming Events |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +- [**January 7-10, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV | CES 202**](https://go.memfault.com/2025-ces)<br> |
| 68 | + Heading to CES 2025 next month? Meet up with Memfault and the Interrupt team |
| 69 | + in Exhibit Suite 29-223 (Venetian Tower). Schedule a demo to see how Memfault |
| 70 | + can help you build better IoT products, faster. |
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