Lmst

Flappy bird on the sidekick? 😳

#meetsidekick #sidekick #esp32c3 #pcbcupid

Mistakes were made, lessons were learned.

The manufacturer reused pins 4 and 5 for i2c on the cheapest board. I forgot that+kicad gave me no hint

So now the touch I wired to pin 5 is useless. I can use this PCB without another iteration if I get rid of touch functionality and instead focus on code/personality core loading!

#meetsidekick #makersidekick #sidekick #esp32c3 #glpyhc3 #pcbcupid

Front view of an ESP32-C3 development board mounted on a green "sidekick v0" PCB. An OLED display is attached on top, showing a blue character "(---)" on its screen. The board is powered via a micro USB cable and rests on a wood table.

The rear side of the "sidekick v0" custom green PCB is shown up close, with the attached OLED display visible at the top. Two tactile push buttons are soldered in the center, with various text labels like "burn the hardware" and "made for glyph c3" are printed on the PCB. A person's hand holds the board, and a brown wooden surface is visible beneath.

A hand holds the back side of the "GLYPH C3" custom PCB with soldered components visible. Two tactile push buttons can be seen. The top has an attached OLED display module, showing its internal ribbon cable. Background includes a yellow mat, wires, and electronic workspace clutter.

A close-up photo of an ESP32-C3 development board mounted on a custom green PCB labeled "sidekick v0", connected via a micro USB cable labeled "boat". An OLED display is attached to the top, showing a blue smiley face icon. The assembly rests on a wooden table with a yellow silicone soldering mat in the background.

Sidekick v0 PCBs arrived!

#meetsidekick #makersidekick #sidekick #esp32c3 #pcbcupid #lioncircuits

A green printed circuit board (PCB) titled "GLYPH" and "Sidekick" is placed on a dark wooden surface. The board features numerous through-holes for electronic component mounting, white silkscreen labels for connection points (GND, VCC, SCL, SDA), component outlines (such as BC547, C3, SM4007), and designated spots for switches marked SW1 and SW2. Logos including "Burn This Hardware" and "Sidekick" appear on the left and bottom center

A green rectangular printed circuit board (PCB) labeled "Sidekick PCB v0" rests on a dark wooden surface. The PCB has various through-holes for component mounting, white silkscreen labeling for pin headers (including SCL, SDA, SDO, INT1, INT2, CS, VCC, GND), a circular outline labeled "BZ1" for a buzzer, and some mounting holes at the corners and sides. The silkscreen also has small text reading "Hack me for a", "digital cookie!"

We have a domain now! It doesn't do much so I added a preview of the thing! Kicad generating the model as glb and used Google's Model Viewer library to render it directly in your browser!

https://meetsidekick.tech

(This is not affiliated to or even related to other products or companies named or named around sidekick or meet sidekick or more!)

#esp32 #pcbcupid #sidekick #meetsidekick #makersidekick #esp32c3

Website screenshot with a model preview at the bottom

Text reads:
"SIDEKICK v0
Hello World.

Greetings.

Namaskaram.

Sidekick is an independent open-source hardware project. Not affiliated with Sidekick Browser or any other 'Sidekick' software or hardware products

Work in Progress Coming Soon
Open Source Digital Pet! The hardware companion for everyone.

This page will be replaced soon, but for now, we have a PCB preview screen.

- Team "Burn this Hardware"

Built with MONO design system in mind
Preview Built with Google's Model Viewer"

Week 0 Progress! The video is from around August 6th and there's been tons of work since!

Expect week 2 update veeeery soon! If all goes well, it'll be on a PCB

For now, here's a quick "Hello World" kind of intro video filmed with @layogtima

Apologies for the awkwardness, it was an extremely impromptu video :3

#makersidekick #sidekick #openhardware #pcbcupid #esp32c3 #esp32

Really enjoyed attending the lioncircuits x pcbcupid hackathon on 26th July 2025(Yesterday/Saturday!)

Didn't get a chance to show the final pic so here's a mockup we made early on to visualize what it will look like!

We made a "Guardian of the Nursery", a tiny "Absurd Buddy"! Basically a fun little stick robot that you put into a plant to measure its water intake. Just the right amount, not too much, not too little, also depends on the temperature and humidity around.

Didn't get a chance to make a companion app but that's okay! Here is our submission: https://guardian.layogtima.com/

The brains of this project was a PCBCupid Glyph C3, an ESP32 dev board. Check it out if you wish at https://shop.pcbcupid.com/product/gd001/

Update: We won 3rd prize!

#hackathon #pcbcupid #lioncircuits #hardwarehackathon #electronics #esp32 #esp32c3