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SILICON & SOLDER

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Your persona lab for DIY builds and honest product reviews — unboxing displays & dev boards, putting processors & the ESP32 through their paces, and shipping a new open-source project every single month.

What is Silicon & Solder?

A one-person hardware lab sharing the journey out loud. No hype, no filler — just real builds, teardown-level reviews, and open-source projects you can clone and remix. If it has a chip in it, we're probably taking it apart.

1 open-source project / month
boards unboxed & tested
100% honest, unsponsored takes

What you'll find here

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Unboxings

First looks at displays, development boards and modules — what's in the box and whether it's worth your bench space.

Processor & ESP32 Reviews

Deep, benchmarked reviews of processors and the ESP32 family — real numbers, real projects, real verdicts.

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Open Source Monthly

A fresh open-source hardware/firmware project every month — schematics, code and build notes you can actually use.

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Got a board we should review or a project we should build? Tell us.

Work with us 🚀

Sponsorships, product features and collaborations. Send the details and we'll be in touch.

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