Sprockit
A compact synth kit that grew out of the Rockit work: smaller, cleaner, and built for hands-on assembly.
Synth DIYKitPCB
Open hardware archive
Synths, circuits, code, and the build notes behind them.
HackMeOpen was a workshop for practical electronics: 8-bit synth experiments, the Rockit and Sprockit kits, Vectr gesture control, Kickstarter production runs, and the lessons that survived the prototypes.
Vectr, Sprockit, and Rockit files are preserved from the original HackMeOpen WordPress archive.
Project Archive
The new site is built around the hardware that mattered, not around old blog chronology or spammy imports.
Rockit
An 8-bit synthesizer project with schematics, firmware notes, case iterations, and Kickstarter updates.
8-bit synthKickstarterFirmware
Vectr
A 3D sensing Eurorack controller and sequencer designed for gestural control over modular systems.
EurorackGestureSequencer
Recovered Posts
These are the project posts that remain after the cleanup pass. Spam and unrelated posts should stay out of the public archive.
About
The Beginning
The Prototype
Electronics is dangerous
8 Bit Synth: The Schematic
8 Bit Synth: The Microcontroller: Part One: Selection
Dorkbot Awesomeness: DIY FM Transmitter
8 Bit Synth: The Microcontroller: Part 2
Take an Embedded Quiz
8 Bit Synth: The PCB
8 Bit Synth: First Real Proto Building
MCP23S08: 8-Bit I/O Expander: Part One: Extra Ports for LEDs
8 Bit Synth: Decimator in Blue
Volatile and the GNU C Compiler
MCP23S08: 8 Bit I/O Expander: Part Two:
Extra Switch Inputs
8 Bit Synth: Status Update
Embedded Software: #ifndef #define my_way
8 Bit Synth: It’s Alive!
Atavist, where have you been?
Digital Signal Processing : Aliasing
DSP: Aliasing and Synthesis
Wave-soldering SMT Components
8 Bit Synth: Audio Sample
Bandlimited Wavetable Synthesis
What This Becomes
A clean home for finished project pages, old videos, downloadable files, GitHub links, and the practical notes that are still useful years later.