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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 23/08/2026

bmputil V1.2.0 release! Fixes Windows user issue, a metadata problem related to the upcoming V3 hardware and aligns the CoC to the greater Black Magic Debug project! 🎉 Thanks to everyone supporting the projects through hardware purchases and donations! 🙂 #rust #opensource #electronics #debugger

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The ======= marker. The "merge" style tends to behave very well, so.

Current changes ... .

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 19/08/2026

New Black Magic Debug V2.1.0 Firmware release! Twenty one new supported targets, RISC-V semihosting, non halting RTT, BMDA WCH-Link support and more! Thanks to everyone who contributed and those that bought our hardware! #embedded #jtag #swd #electronics #debugging #mcu codeberg.org/blackmagic-d...

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\ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux.git \ my-linux $ cd /path/to/my/codebase $ git commit except the base path.

Tool only if the original repository from the ref does not permit.

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1BitSquared @1bitsquared.com · 07/08/2026

Hey everyone! We have a vendor booth this year at #defcon34 come and say hi!!! #defcon #opensource #electronics #embedded

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 09/07/2026

Black Magic Debug V2.1.0-rc1 Firmware pre-release! It has been a while since our previous release there is a lot of new things in here. Read the release notes, test it out on your setup, and help us find all the remaining gremlins this release might contain! 🥰 codeberg.org/blackmagic-d...

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Git. Git-imap-send(1) Send a "thin" pack by omitting commits that lead.

Decorations. Log.excludeDecoration.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 16/06/2026

I realized something: I like computers and programming. I like the process of understanding how they work and how to make them do what I want them to do. LLMs makes that process worse and more frustrating. People using them make collaboration less fun. It is another reason why I hate this stuff...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 16/06/2026

We are doubling down on NO AI, we just added a strict set of clauses to our Black Magic Debug CoC. I still need to spread it among the other project repositories. The version from the Zig CoC spoke to me and my fellow project maintainers/developers so we adopted it. codeberg.org/blackmagic-d...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 30/05/2026

If you feel like you need to use llm codegen, consider using drugs instead, they are better for you and people around you...

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Joe FitzPatrick @securelyfitz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The clock is ticking! This is the last week for early registration prices at @blackhatevents.bsky.social USA. I have a new class this year: How to use Secure Boot and Encrypted Firmware. blackhat.com/us-26/traini...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 15/04/2026

bmputil V1.1.0 stable release! Contains: Created logs sub command allowing aux-serial interface access. Added target power status display. Built out CI actions for the project and more! Big thanks to all the contributors! #opensource #rust #embedded #jtag #swd #debug black-magic.org/blog/2026-04...

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bmpuitl V1.1.0 Stable Release

We are happy to announce the v1.1.0 first minor release of Black Magic Probe Utility! This comes with pre-built binaries available in the release assets, and is compatible with cargo binstall. Inst...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 09/04/2026

Black Magic Debug is now officially moved to #codeberg! We put together a blog post describing how you can redirect your cloned repositories, continue working on your PRs, as well as some reasoning behind the move. 🧳 Let us know if you have questions or comments! :) black-magic.org/blog/2026-04...

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We moved to Codeberg

Hi everyone! As some of you might have noticed we moved Black Magic Debug to Codeberg. All the repositories that used to be hosted on GitHub are now marked as archived, and an archive branch is set...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 29/03/2026

A Video impression of the #NoKings 3 march in #Springfield #Oregon It was a nice sunny spring day. The turn around was a good way to see the massive amount of people that joined the protest! #nokings3 #resist #resistence

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This would be incredibly easy to foresee for everyone who managed to realize what fuel is and that renewable technologies do not require fuel to operate but y'know thinking isn't popular these days.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 07/03/2026

We did it! We moved Black Magic Debug project to Codeberg! 🎉 codeberg.org/blackmagic-d... Thank you #codeberg for all the hard work to offer an alternative! Onwards and upwards! 🚀

codeberg.org

Black Magic Debug

Easy to use Microcontroller JTAG/SWD Debug Tools

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 05/02/2026

If you call yourself apolitical and expect others and their youtube content to be apolitical. This is a video for you. Take your time, get a snack, and watch the full F’in video… you might actually learn something for once. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 05/02/2026

@techconnectify.bsky.social thank you for the most recent video. I did not expect to end up being emotional at the end. But here we are. You put things in words that I could not have.

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

On her livestream tonight, #IL09 candidate Kat Abughazaleh teased what appears to be a new 60-second-long campaign ad

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Helen Leigh @helenleigh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🎉 #Teardown2026 will be happening 24-26th July. We're in a cool new space: the Jupiter on Burnside. Our 60s mall era is dead, long live our 60s motel era. Tickets, calls for participation + volunteers, and general info on the @crowdsupply.bsky.social site: www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/por...

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Tomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I've been busy trying to reverse engineer a fairly complicated circuit board.

kicad PCB layout with footprints and traces overlaid on a scanned photo of a circuit board about the size of a US legal sheet of paper

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Jeri Ellsworth @jeriellsworth.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I have a special project in the works. Time to cut MDF!

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 22/10/2025

For Black Magic Probe v3 development, I designed a little breakout carrier. We will likely spend some quality time with a debugger hooked up to it so I think it will be a worthwhile. The SMT threaded inserts are really nice. I also 3D printed a base to keep the TH pins from scratching the table. ;)

Green Black Magic Probe v3.0 JTAG/SWD debugger and programmer with a built in GDB server. Mounted on top of a carrier board that provides a regular ARM Cortex debug connector and 0.1” pitch breakout pins for the debug lines and the AUX expansion connector. It also features a jumper to allow TPWR connection to the debug connector allowing the choice of how things are powered.

A 3D rendering of the BMP and debug carrier board.

The debug carrier being reflown on a miniware hot plate. (The bigger one not the original tiny one)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This is a grassroots campaign: “Abughazaleh reports over $1.1 million in individual contributions under $200, making up around 74% of her contribution totals. In contrast, over 90% of Biss’ campaign contributions come from big-money donations of over $200.” dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/20/c...

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Biss and Abughazleh neck-and-neck in Democratic primary

Over the past three months, 17 active Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District reported a total of $4.7 million flooding into the competitive race. All the congressional candidat...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 20/10/2025

Hey everyone! Tune in to @katmabu.bsky.social stream either on YT or Twitch. They are trying to prove that streams are better way to spend time of candidates than calling rich people for donations. Let's show their theory is correct! :) Consider donating at secure.actblue.com/donate/katst...

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Campaign Stream #11: FINAL Trial Stream!! Stardew Valley with John Iadarola ⭐⭐ !donate !discord

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 19/10/2025

A Video impression of the #NoKings 2 march in #Eugene #Oregon It was a really pretty autumn day. Lot's of patriotic people came out. I hope you get some good vibes from it as I did. :) #nokings2 #resist #resistence

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 18/10/2025

Some photo impressions from #nokings in #eugene #oregon It was _SIGNIFICANTLY_ bigger than NoKings 1 and way more cars were honking too! #nokings2 #resistance #resist

NoKings protesters. Some of the signs: “Due Process for All”, “Willie Nelso for President”, “Dump the Trump”. But the biggest one is carried by a person dressed in blue scrubs. Carries a “Operation Game” styled sign. A cartoon Donald trump is on the operating table and has a bunch of annotations. “Bird Brained Idiot”, “Forked Tongue Liar”, “Mean Hearted Bully”, “Taco Tits”, “Small D—K Energy”, “delusional Dictator”, “Cankles Crime King” he is holding also a crown in his hand.

More signs in the crowd. “I have a dream”, with police arresting Trump.

More people, “Hate will not make us great”

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 18/10/2025

I feel bad involving Germans in any of this. But it works in the US context very well to convey a message. (see alt text for description) #nokings #nokings2 #protest #USA

Caricature of a crazed Stephen Miller, holding a “naked cat”/“little baby” Donald Trump with empty eyes on his lap. Miller is pressing his vampire claws into Trumps back. On Stephen’s arm is a red armband with a part of a circle suggesting a “certain party” affiliation. The picture has a subtext “Peewee German’s Pet” which is a play on words with “Peewee Hermann” who was a US American comedy character known for being small and childlike. In the right lower corner is the date October 18th, 2025, the day of the second No Kings protest.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 09/10/2025

I might be using codeberg (aka. forgejo) more in the future. I am unreasonably excited to see how many merge options it offers, but mainly "fast-forward only" is in there! ❤️ Why can't I have it on GitHub 💔

Merge pull request dropdown:
* Create merge commit
* Rebase then fast-forward
* Rebase then create merge commit
* Create squash commit
* Fast-forward only

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 29/09/2025

I am bit shocked that there were only 2 other people in 7 years that also thought that having resizable objects (logos, graphics) for PCBs would be a useful addition. :/ Running campaigns around useful KiCad feature requests is something we should be doing? #kicad #pcb #electronics #opensource

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Wishlist: Add PCB object scale tool (lp:#1748311) (#2105) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab

Original report created by Piotr Esden-Tempski (esden)

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 12/08/2025

For some time @securelyfitz.bsky.social and I have been working on a new hardware security tool. A tiny m.2 WiFi module sized FPGA board allowing the access to the PCIe interface. You can sign up for updates for when the campaign launches, some time next year. #EpicErebus #fpga

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EPIC Erebus

A tiny PCIe DMA tool that's fully customizable with an open toolchain and gateware

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Stargirl @thea.codes · 21/07/2025

"the AI knows it did something wrong" Nah man, the AI knows nothing. It has no understanding. No critical thinking skills. It's just giving you a reasonably likely response to the garbage you yell at it. It's a Ouija board with terminal access.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 19/07/2025

The long awaited Black Magic Debug V2.0.0 release is finally here! A big update with a lot of improvements and newly supported targets. It pairs very well with bmputil, make sure to give it a try! Thanks to everyone who contributed! 🙂 #opensource #debugger #electronics #jtag #swd #arm #riscv

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Release Stable Release v2.0.0 · blackmagic-debug/blackmagic

We are happy to announce the v2.0.0 release of Black Magic Debug. This is the first major release of the v2 series. Here are some of the highlights: Switched to the Meson build system (the make bu...

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 13/07/2025

First stable release V1.0.0 of bmputil! This Black Magic Probe Utility simplifies the process of keeping your Black Magic Probe up to date. New: the ability to automatically find and download the newest Black Magic Probe firmware. No need to find correct binaries any more! github.com/blackmagic-d...

Command line output of bmputil when invoked with no parameters.

-> bmputil-cli
Black Magic Probe companion utility v1.0.0

Usage: bmputil-cli [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
probe Actions to be performed against a probe
target Actions to be performed against a target connected to a probe
server Actions that run the tool as a debug/tracing server
debug Actions that run debugging commands against a target connected to a probe
complete Generate completions data for the shell
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
-s, --serial <SERIAL_NUMBER> Use the device with the given serial number
--index <INDEX> Use the nth found device (may be unstable!)
-p, --port <PORT> Use the device on the given USB port
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 12/07/2025

One thing led to another and I am back to being the maintainer of libopencm3. Thanks karlp for all the years of dedication. I will do my best to take care of locm3 well. I will work to address the PR backlog and do a bunch of genatorial tasks. Please be patient :) #opensource #embedded #electronics

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LibOpenCM3 by libopencm3

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 04/07/2025

bmputil V1.0.0-rc.2 is here! This release is quite a big change from rc.1 to future proof the API before V1.0 release. See release notes for details. github.com/blackmagic-d... #opensource #rust #embedded #electronics #debugging #microcontrollers #jtag #swd

Screenshot of a terminal. Showing the output of `bmputil-cli`.
```
Black Magic Probe companion utility

Usage: bmputil-cli [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
probe Actions to be performed against a probe
target Actions to be performed against a target connected to a probe
server Actions that run the tool as a debug/tracing server
debug Actions that run debugging commands against a target connected to a probe
complete Generate completions data for the shell
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
-s, --serial <SERIAL_NUMBER> Use the device with the given serial number
--index <INDEX> Use the nth found device (may be unstable!)
-p, --port <PORT> Use the device on the given USB port
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
```

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 02/07/2025

If you struggle with the limits of an interconnect you designed years ago just add another MCU 🎉🤪

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aki-nyan //nullptr::live @aki.lethalbit.net · 26/06/2025

github.com/shrine-maide... 🎊 Final release before we break API to clean up a bunch of things and properly switch to real semver :v (the docs will be all fixed and proper by then too) Many fixes and some new things in this release though~

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Release v0.8.0 · shrine-maiden-heavy-industries/torii-hdl

Torii can be installed from the wheel attached or from PyPi ImportantThis release is the last release before version v1.0.0 where we will finally be fully semver compliant, as such, there will be a...

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Great Scott Gadgets @greatscottgadgets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Meet HackRF Pro! HackRF Pro is a Software Defined Radio peripheral capable of transmission or reception of radio signals from 100 kHz to 6 GHz. You can read more about HackRF Pro and preorder it now from select resellers here: greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/pro/

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 10/06/2025

PSA: I currently don't have the energy to cross post on Bluesky... it seems most tech folks that interact with my content are on fediverse anyways... and Bluesky seems to become more and more like the old Twitter… :/ (I know I could put effort in customizing it but *ugh*)

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 03/06/2025

GRRR... >_< iT iS NoT a tAx 🤡 It would be interesting to know which STM SKU’s are made in the EU fabs. But I bet they are still sending the DIEs to china for packaging.

Mouser order cart listing several STMicroelectronics parts. Each part has an extra line labeled "Estimated Tariff:" adding about 25% to the price of every item on the list.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 17/05/2025

Updated my STM32 KiCad Symbol generator! It now generates the modern library format and uses alternate pin functions feature. This results in more compact symbols. Plus a few other tweaks compared to the official KiCad library. Give it a try, let me know what you think. github.com/esden/stm32-...

Two sets of sub-unit STM32 symbols. One set for STM32G0B1C(B-C-E)Tx and the second set for STM32L452V(C-E)Tx.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 10/05/2025

Is the US trade war affecting your business? Have you received emails, watched videos, read social media posts from manufacturers & suppliers explaining how the tariffs are affecting them? Share them! More info: tariffsarebullshit.com

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Tariffs Are Bullshit

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 04/05/2025

We are happy to announce the pre-release of `bmputil` V1.0.0-rc.1 a Black Magic Probe management tool. This release adds the `switch` command that automatically finds and flashes available Black Magic Probe firmware builds. Give it a try and let us know if you have any questions! 🎉

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Release Release Candidate v1.0.0-rc.1 · blackmagic-debug/bmputil

We are happy to announce the first v1.0.0 release candidate of the Black Magic Probe Utility. This is the first full release of the tool, and comes with pre-built binaries available in the release ...

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Stargirl @thea.codes · 28/04/2025

All those renders I did are coming in handy. :D

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Stargirl @thea.codes · 25/04/2025

So I kind of fell down an insane rabbit hole this week and... well..

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.

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Piotr Esden-Tempski @esden.net · 23/04/2025

Catching up on some PCB assembly in the shop today. Collected a little bit of a backlog. 😅 #fpga #opensource #manufacturing #electronics

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