Maker Community Responds to Prusa’s New Open Community License

Prusa released a new set of Core One files on December 19th under a new license they made called Open Community License (OCL). Their blog post explains they created the license to “answer to the gaps left by traditional software licenses when applied to physical hardware.” They wish to use it to open up more of their source files while keeping their work protected. They cite examples of patent trolls attacking their MMU1 extruder and 3D designer Soozafone...

December 23, 2025Uncategorized, , 0 Comments
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exA-Arcadia Updates: Asuka 120% Burning Fest Exallent Ships, More IAAPA 2025 Videos

The last title to be released on the exA-Arcadia platform for 2025 is upon us, with Asuka 120% Burning Fest EXALLENT now shipping out to interested buyers. This is also likely the last arcade release of the year, unless someone else begins shipping a game out before the 31st. This release has reportedly done exceptionally well on test in Japan, and has been getting attention on Twitter/X over there. Let’s dig in a little further.

December 23, 2025Uncategorized0 Comments
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Watch: The Founder’s Vision—Dale Dougherty on the DNA of the Maker Movement

Before Dale Dougherty’s keynote at Maker Faire Bay Area in September, the crowd was silent. As Dale stood at the podium and looked out on the packed audience, there was a collective “ohhhh” in the air, a deep breath of, “we are home.” Dale is not only the founder of this event and this magazine, but also this community. His keynote was a history lesson, but not just a history lesson. Dale was telling our community’s origin story. If you...

December 23, 2025Uncategorized0 Comments
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Newsbytes: EAG 2026, New Pop’n Music, Time Crisis Turns 30 & More

Welcome to the last 2025 edition of Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. We usually aim these to launch on the weekend, but there can be exceptions. We have just started the first day of winter for the Northern hemisphere, which means that the holidays are also upon us, with many companies and operators in the business shutting up shop or reducing...

December 22, 2025Uncategorized0 Comments
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Guide to Boards 2026: Indie Boards

While the big guns like Arduino and Raspberry Pi may steal all the headlines, there are a huge variety of lesser known but equally, and sometimes even more, exciting single-board computers (SBCs) cropping up from all over the world. Boards like the Pi-shaped D-Robotics RDK X5 have caught us off guard with their impressive compute-to-price ratio, not to mention the outrageously cost-effective Luckfox Lyra family of boards with their many form factors (see “

December 22, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Introducing the latest Arduino App Lab updates and examples

The latest 0.3.2. update brings improved reliability, automated setup, AI model control, and exciting new examples to inspire your next creation. From smarter updates to better hardware visibility, everything is designed to make coding easier and more powerful with your Arduino UNO Q. Arduino App Lab 0.3.2 user interface

1. A smarter, more reliable update flow

We’ve made sure you never get left behind by fixing the “stuck” update issues for Windows users. Arduino App...

December 22, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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From Scratch to DOOM: it’s running on UNO Q!

When we launched the Arduino UNO Q board on October 7th, we knew it was something special: a dual-brain board that brings together the real-time control of a microcontroller with the power of Linux. But even we’ve been amazed by how quickly the community has embraced it, and started pushing its boundaries in wildly different directions. In just a few months, hobbyists, educators, researchers, and engineers have been exploring what’s possible when you combine accessible hardware with serious...

December 22, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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CES 2026 presents the future of tech – and Arduino makes it accessible to all! 

We’re starting the new year with a big event: the Arduino team will be in Las Vegas for CES 2026 (January 6-9), ready to demonstrate a selection of advanced applications based on the new Arduino UNO Q board. Come by Qualcomm’s booth #5001 in the West Hall to check them out, ask questions, and experience in first person how easy development, robotics, and edge computing can be!

One board for robotics, smart homes, and easy parking?...

December 22, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Episode #816 – Christmas Leftovers & New Year’s Resolutions

Air Week: December 22-28, 2025

Christmas Leftovers & New Year’s Resolutions

Matt The Cat has dug up some more R&B Christmas treasures and added a few tunes about New Years for this week’s continuation of the “Juke In The Back” R&B Christmas Spectacular. The holiday juke is jumpin’ with cool tunes by Big John Greer, Champion Jack Dupree, Lowell Fulson, The Moonglows, Marvin & Johnny and many more. The range of topics is wide, from dancing Santas...

December 21, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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Programming the Oxocard Connect with Arduino

This article was machine translated from Make Germany 7/2025 with light editing by David Groom. NanoPy is the standard IDE for Oxocard projects. However, thanks to the ESP32 microcontroller at the heart of the Oxocard, programming with C++ via the Arduino IDE is also a viable development option. This offers advantages for both beginners and experienced programmers, as this article demonstrates. The term “Oxocard” refers to an entire family of modularly designed microcomputers in credit card format. The Oxocard...

December 20, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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