The week on the bench · Monday to Sunday, UTC
Week 24, 2026 · 8 to 14 June
5 entries published: 2 tools, 2 builds, 1 guide. This page lists what was published; it is not a newsletter issue.
The week as a scope trace
One channel per kind, one pulse per entry at the hour it was published. Taller pulses have more points.
Build of the week · BB-0083
Claude Code boots RISC-V Linux on an Icepi Zero FPGA overnight
Craig Hollabaugh had Claude Code boot Linux overnight on an Icepi Zero, a Lattice ECP5 FPGA board with no hard CPU. The agent installed LiteX and built a VexRiscv soft core that boots OpenSBI, Linux 5.14 and BusyBox to a root shell over USB serial. The 10-minute video logs into the running system on the board.
Tools2
All tools4 mo ago
hackrf-proxy: a receive-only safety proxy and MCP server for a HackRF One
hackrf-proxy puts a localhost proxy between Claude Code and a HackRF One that validates every parameter, holds an exclusive session lease and serializes access. Its MCP server exposes sweeps, IQ captures, spectrum streams and detected signal events, and no transmit tools. An optional transmit path is off by default and blocks protected bands. The README shows no captures.
Claimed4 mo ago
hw-codesign: hardware brief to candidate KiCad board, with blockers listed
hw-codesign produces a candidate KiCad board, firmware and 3D assembly from a hardware brief, for 13 board families. Each run records gates as passed, failed or blocked. The README lists its RP2040 USB demo at 44 of 48 gates passed with clean ERC and DRC; the board has not been fabricated.
Claimed
Builds2
All builds4 mo ago
Claude Code boots RISC-V Linux on an Icepi Zero FPGA overnight
Craig Hollabaugh had Claude Code boot Linux overnight on an Icepi Zero, a Lattice ECP5 FPGA board with no hard CPU. The agent installed LiteX and built a VexRiscv soft core that boots OpenSBI, Linux 5.14 and BusyBox to a root shell over USB serial. The 10-minute video logs into the running system on the board.
Shown working4 mo ago
Claude Code reverse-engineers a standing desk's keypad protocol so an ESP32 can drive it
Dimitri Sudomoin spent an afternoon with Claude Code finding the handshake a FlexiSpot E7 Pro Plus controller expects from its keypad. A $7 ESP32 now imitates the keypad so Home Assistant can move the desk. Claude Code also mapped a Plaud Note recorder's Bluetooth protocol over about 5 days. He writes that the models are about 90% accurate.
Claimed
Guides1
All guides4 mo ago
Flash an ESP32 and build a Home Assistant panel through MCP (French video)
Bricolo2.0 shows how to connect Arduino CLI and Home Assistant to an AI agent through the arduino-mcp and ha-mcp servers, in French. He connects both servers to Antigravity and opencode. In the 16-minute video the agent writes and flashes an ESP32 project and builds a Home Assistant control panel, which he compares with the manual method.
Shown working
