Converting my HLL byte code to FPGA via Verilog. So: Human readable *machine code*! The CPU is directly executing e.g.
f:0
g:1
i:0
[
f:f+g
g:f
i:i+1
i<3
]
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f:0
g:1
i:0
[
f:f+g
g:f
i:i+1
i<3
]
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GitHub - JamesNewton/abc-mc
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October 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Converting my HLL byte code to FPGA via Verilog. So: Human readable *machine code*! The CPU is directly executing e.g.
f:0
g:1
i:0
[
f:f+g
g:f
i:i+1
i<3
]
github.com/JamesNewton/...
f:0
g:1
i:0
[
f:f+g
g:f
i:i+1
i<3
]
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
James Newton:
🎵 Choir
#6music #JamesNewton
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
The Egg Travels (Dinosaur) James Newton Howard, by Audire Soundtrack Choir
from the album Duel of the Heroes
audiresoundtrackchoir.bandcamp.com
August 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
James Newton:
🎵 Choir
#6music #JamesNewton
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
Added simple comments to the little language. e.g.
# DS1307 test
i:D('I2C', 5, 4, 104) # SCL=5, SDA=4, addr 104
r:16 # radix is hex. registers a-f are now digits
0@i : 45 # write 45 seconds to reg 0
...
x : 0 @ 2 i # read 2 bytes from reg 0 into RAM and point x at it
...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
# DS1307 test
i:D('I2C', 5, 4, 104) # SCL=5, SDA=4, addr 104
r:16 # radix is hex. registers a-f are now digits
0@i : 45 # write 45 seconds to reg 0
...
x : 0 @ 2 i # read 2 bytes from reg 0 into RAM and point x at it
...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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July 29, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Added simple comments to the little language. e.g.
# DS1307 test
i:D('I2C', 5, 4, 104) # SCL=5, SDA=4, addr 104
r:16 # radix is hex. registers a-f are now digits
0@i : 45 # write 45 seconds to reg 0
...
x : 0 @ 2 i # read 2 bytes from reg 0 into RAM and point x at it
...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
# DS1307 test
i:D('I2C', 5, 4, 104) # SCL=5, SDA=4, addr 104
r:16 # radix is hex. registers a-f are now digits
0@i : 45 # write 45 seconds to reg 0
...
x : 0 @ 2 i # read 2 bytes from reg 0 into RAM and point x at it
...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
The silly little language now supports conditional blocks with indenting. So now you can do things like:
```
f:"a>5?
t:""BIG!""
b:2
!
t:""SMALL""
b:8
."
f(10)
f(2)
```
github.com/JamesNewton/...
```
f:"a>5?
t:""BIG!""
b:2
!
t:""SMALL""
b:8
."
f(10)
f(2)
```
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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July 28, 2026 at 5:05 AM
The silly little language now supports conditional blocks with indenting. So now you can do things like:
```
f:"a>5?
t:""BIG!""
b:2
!
t:""SMALL""
b:8
."
f(10)
f(2)
```
github.com/JamesNewton/...
```
f:"a>5?
t:""BIG!""
b:2
!
t:""SMALL""
b:8
."
f(10)
f(2)
```
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Again, no one will care, but...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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GitHub - JamesNewton/Arduino_Dynamixel_Stepper_Controller at abc-pio
USB adapter to Arduino with Dynamixel Shield provides simple digital IO and motion. - JamesNewton/Arduino_Dynamixel_Stepper_Controller
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July 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Again, no one will care, but...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
June 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Opened and closed several issues on the ESP bot / animation engine, including support for iOS junk, better reliability, smoother animation playback, PWM device support, configs, etc...
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Issues · JamesNewton/SDMG-Web-Bot
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April 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Opened and closed several issues on the ESP bot / animation engine, including support for iOS junk, better reliability, smoother animation playback, PWM device support, configs, etc...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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Distributed processing: $40 IP cams w/"brains on board" detect motion and forward to server GPU for reco / logging / user notification. e.g. auto doorbell w/o big brother. Setting up a little FTP service was harder than I expected, but with a little help, I got there.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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ftp server for smart IP web cams · Issue #10 · JamesNewton/Vision
A lot of IP cams have some "brains on board" and can at least do motion detection, then sent a frame or even a video to an FTP server or NAS. E.g. the Amcrest IPC-XD824-N which are available for ve...
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April 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Distributed processing: $40 IP cams w/"brains on board" detect motion and forward to server GPU for reco / logging / user notification. e.g. auto doorbell w/o big brother. Setting up a little FTP service was harder than I expected, but with a little help, I got there.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
My vision system is doing a great job of ringing the doorbell in the middle of the night when the spider people show up.
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March 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM
My vision system is doing a great job of ringing the doorbell in the middle of the night when the spider people show up.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Piper TTS runs amazingly well in a little aaeon Boxer (Jetson Nano + RAM). Lots of fun with offline (not helping ICE or depending on cloud) home vision, etc... and now it's going to announce things like temperature / air quality out of range, as well as system heath.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
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TTS · Issue #5 · JamesNewton/Vision
Added a small USB audio adapter, Piper TTS and some python libraries to use it. https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples/#en_US-lessac-high cd /mnt/sdcard mkdir -p piper-tts/voices cd piper-tts # Do...
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March 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Piper TTS runs amazingly well in a little aaeon Boxer (Jetson Nano + RAM). Lots of fun with offline (not helping ICE or depending on cloud) home vision, etc... and now it's going to announce things like temperature / air quality out of range, as well as system heath.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
March 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Yeah. That's why my cameras are all local, processed locally, and do not depend on any external cloud resources. And I'm not helping ICE.
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I would encourage people to try making their own doorbell (and chicken) cam systems. Not that hard.
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I would encourage people to try making their own doorbell (and chicken) cam systems. Not that hard.
March 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Yeah. That's why my cameras are all local, processed locally, and do not depend on any external cloud resources. And I'm not helping ICE.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
I would encourage people to try making their own doorbell (and chicken) cam systems. Not that hard.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
I would encourage people to try making their own doorbell (and chicken) cam systems. Not that hard.
Crashing out with angst at the state of the world while trying to force myself to finish a PCB version of the encoder disk and finish the prototype for the servo based on it:
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Distracting myself by playing with Machine Vision web stuff. Wish I could collaborate more.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Distracting myself by playing with Machine Vision web stuff. Wish I could collaborate more.
March 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Crashing out with angst at the state of the world while trying to force myself to finish a PCB version of the encoder disk and finish the prototype for the servo based on it:
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Distracting myself by playing with Machine Vision web stuff. Wish I could collaborate more.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Distracting myself by playing with Machine Vision web stuff. Wish I could collaborate more.
Sharing is caring. e.g.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
GitHub - JamesNewton/BOBPID: A VERY cheap, tested, working, PIC based P.I.D. PID servo controller
A VERY cheap, tested, working, PIC based P.I.D. PID servo controller - JamesNewton/BOBPID
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January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sharing is caring. e.g.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Aaeon Boxer (Jetson Nano w/ 4GB RAM for $36 NOS) and some web cams. Doing low power motion detect to trigger more expensive image reco for a local (non-cloud dependant) security system. Educational. Complex, but not impossible.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
GitHub - JamesNewton/Vision: Just some experiments with vision
Just some experiments with vision . Contribute to JamesNewton/Vision development by creating an account on GitHub.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Aaeon Boxer (Jetson Nano w/ 4GB RAM for $36 NOS) and some web cams. Doing low power motion detect to trigger more expensive image reco for a local (non-cloud dependant) security system. Educational. Complex, but not impossible.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
I think this is compatible with mastadon?
fosstodon.org/@JamesNewton
Let me know if you post anything because I almost never check it.
fosstodon.org/@JamesNewton
Let me know if you post anything because I almost never check it.
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I think this is compatible with mastadon?
fosstodon.org/@JamesNewton
Let me know if you post anything because I almost never check it.
fosstodon.org/@JamesNewton
Let me know if you post anything because I almost never check it.
But instead of /actually/ working on that, I'm distracting myself with a bunch of silly little side projects.
github.com/JamesNewton?...
github.com/JamesNewton?...
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
But instead of /actually/ working on that, I'm distracting myself with a bunch of silly little side projects.
github.com/JamesNewton?...
github.com/JamesNewton?...
Months later, still working on this:
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'same thing we do every night Pinky...'
I suck as a fabricator. LOL.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
'same thing we do every night Pinky...'
I suck as a fabricator. LOL.
Making a test joint to validate control loop improvement · Issue #9 · JamesNewton/HybridDiskEncoder
The encoder provides a capability that I believe is not well understood in control systems. First some background: Control loops take in a commanded desired position or motion and read the current ...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Months later, still working on this:
github.com/JamesNewton/...
'same thing we do every night Pinky...'
I suck as a fabricator. LOL.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
'same thing we do every night Pinky...'
I suck as a fabricator. LOL.
Sometimes projects need a little LCD user interface, which can distract from the project. This is a dirt simple FOSS nextron with human readable commands. e.g.
`1i 10x 20y 40h 50w #f800C R`
Sets up a clickable red 50 by 40 rectangle at 10, 20. if clicked, a "1" is TXd.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
`1i 10x 20y 40h 50w #f800C R`
Sets up a clickable red 50 by 40 rectangle at 10, 20. if clicked, a "1" is TXd.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Sometimes projects need a little LCD user interface, which can distract from the project. This is a dirt simple FOSS nextron with human readable commands. e.g.
`1i 10x 20y 40h 50w #f800C R`
Sets up a clickable red 50 by 40 rectangle at 10, 20. if clicked, a "1" is TXd.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
`1i 10x 20y 40h 50w #f800C R`
Sets up a clickable red 50 by 40 rectangle at 10, 20. if clicked, a "1" is TXd.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Recreated a bit of it, just for fun. Can run it online in the emulator mentioned. gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
September 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Recreated a bit of it, just for fun. Can run it online in the emulator mentioned. gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
Challenge accepted. I just did a little start on it for some fun. #FORTH #Z80 #RETRO
gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Challenge accepted. I just did a little start on it for some fun. #FORTH #Z80 #RETRO
gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
gist.github.com/JamesNewton/...
40 years ago today in 1985 flutist James Newton was in the studio recording "The African Flower (The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn)" with a cast of musicians including Olu Dara, John Blake, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Hart & others. Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/JamesNewton-...
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
40 years ago today in 1985 flutist James Newton was in the studio recording "The African Flower (The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn)" with a cast of musicians including Olu Dara, John Blake, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Hart & others. Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/JamesNewton-...
Also... analog speed has value. I've seen that with the Dexter robot's encoder, and I'm exploring it further in a less FPGA dependant version.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...
Making a test joint to validate control loop improvement · Issue #9 · JamesNewton/HybridDiskEncoder
The encoder provides a capability that I believe is not well understood in control systems. First some background: Control loops take in a commanded desired position or motion and read the current ...
github.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Also... analog speed has value. I've seen that with the Dexter robot's encoder, and I'm exploring it further in a less FPGA dependant version.
github.com/JamesNewton/...
github.com/JamesNewton/...