Raspberry Pi Illuminates Staircase Steps with LEDs and a Motion Sensor

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This summer seems to be an excellent opportunity for home repair and improvement. If you're looking for something fun and colorful to spruce up your home, check out this awesome Raspberry Pi -powered LED staircase project by Reddit user chocolate_dingy .

The project concept is simple enough, it uses a motion sensor to detect when someone is walking on the stairs. There are LED strips corresponding with each step. The Pi will send a signal to light up each step depending on


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AMD A520: Unauthorized Ryzen Overclocking On A Really Tight Budget

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Youtuber Buildzoid , on his channel Actually Hardcore Overclocking, has demonstrated how you can overclock your AMD Ryzen 3000-series (codename Matisse) processor on an A520 motherboard .

If you're familiar with AMD's A-series chipsets, you already know that they don't support CPU overclocking. As Buildzoid has proven, BCLK (base clock) overclocking appears to be working just fine on Gigabyte's A5


Blue Yeti Nano Review: Same Quality at a Lower Price

Our Verdict

At the expense of a couple of extra polar patterns, the Blue Yeti Nano is a fantastic way to get that clean, refined Yeti sound for less than other mics in the lineup.

For

  • Same Yeti sound for less
  • Very portable
  • Choice of colors
  • Illuminated control dial

Against

  • Only two polar patterns
  • Front dial feels loose
  • Flimsy ports
  • Standard Yeti isn’t much costlier
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Performance and Benchmarks: Your PC May Need an Upgrade

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Microsoft Flight Simulator has a storied history dating back to 1982, and the 2020 release is easily the best looking and most advanced version ever. The game links to Bing Maps to pull real-time weather and traffic data, and lets you fly anywhere in the world and get what appears to be a realistic representation of what it looks like — bugs notwithstanding , naturally. But to get the most out of Microsoft Flight Simulator , you're

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Aukey KM-G12 Gaming Keyboard Review: Serious Budget Contender

Our Verdict

Aukey’s KM-G12 is a sturdy keyboard with a simple, approachable design. It lacks some basics, like a wrist rest, but delivers the fundamentals of a mechanical gaming keyboard at a very low cost.

For

  • Solid build quality
  • Great price
  • Vibrant, colorful RGB

Against

  • Side lighting can’t be customized or turned off
  • Very loud, even for a Blue-switch keyboard
  • Software is buggy, poorly designed
  • Need software to change profiles
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Seasonic Outs 12-Pin Nvidia Power Connector, Lists 850W PSU Requirement (Updated)

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Update, 11:45am PT: Added more pictures posted by Seasonic to bilibili forums.

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The countdown to Nvidia's Ampere GeForce GPUs has started , and meanwhile, the rumor mill is working as hard as it can to get you excited. We recently caught wind of a rumor detailing Nvidia's new 12-pin power connector and verified through our sources that such a cable does exist, and now a new

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Corsair Gaming To Go Public, Files $100 Million IPO

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As spotted by Forbes , gaming peripheral and hardware company Corsair Gaming has filed an initial public offering (IPO) with an initial target price of $100 million. Corsair's sales for 2020 thus far weigh in at $1.3 billion, so the $100 million filing seems to be an initial value and could be adjusted. Corsair plans to trade under the CRSR symbol on the Nasdaq.

Corsair, founded in 1994, has


Researchers Set New Fiber Optic Speed Record of 178 Tbps

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One of the biggest limiting factors of modern networking technology is the data transmission rate between devices. Researchers from the University College London (UCL), KDDI and Xtera set out to change that recently by teaming up, together setting a new global record for data transmission rates by using a new approach to transmitting data over fiber optic cables.

The new record is seriously impressive, transmitting 178 terabits (or 178,000,000 megabits) per second .


Pi-top [4] Review: Learning Made Easy on the Raspberry Pi

Our Verdict

The pi-top [4] is a clever machine that makes learning programming intuitive and accessible with the help of a Raspberry Pi 4.

For

  • Comes with pre-installed OS
  • Kid-friendly learning platform
  • Clean Design with easy-to-use components and sensors
  • Plenty of free learning resources online

Against

  • Requires additional peripherals to get started
  • Can be a pricey investment because of accessories
  • Uses proprietary connectors

From the moment you have the pi-top [4] box in your hands, you can tell you're handling

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How I Overclocked the Ryzen 9 3900XT to World-Record Speeds

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AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900XT has been out for a bit now, and thanks to COVID-19 (I’m an eternal optimist), I’ve had ample time to play around and see what's going on with these new, high-frequency chips. I even managed to snag a few world overclocking records for the Ryzen 9 3900 XT along the way.

When I was first asked if I wanted to

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