Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to μArt
A UART adapter finally for professionals
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. μArt launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I needed to stuff twice the telemetry through the same 115 kbaud line on a Cortex-M0+ that only had 8 kB flash left. Micro-RLE is the smallest drop-in I could come up with: 264 B of Thumb code, 36 B of state, no malloc, worst-case 14 cycles/byte and still lossless for every 8-bit pattern. On the usual sensor streams (ADC, IMU, GPS) it’s 33-70 % smaller than raw output and boots in < 600 µs, so you can fire-and-forget from main() before the PLL even locks. Repo is a single .c file and a 3-function API—replace the weak emit() hook with your UART / DMA / ring-buffer and you’re…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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micro-gl▲101Run vector graphics on any computer (without GPU or FPU)
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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U2F USB token optimized for physical security, affordability, and style - conorpp/u2f-zero
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MuConnect 2.0▲184Universal cable for magnetic fast charging
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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GitLab Community Edition
2014 · gitlab.brokenpipe.de · its alternatives →
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Transform your PC into a Raspberry Pi. Contribute to gbin/DonglePi development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spatial awareness for your mobile apps
2022 · estimote.com · its alternatives →
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I've been hacking away lately, and I'm now proud to show off my newest project - The Icepi Zero! In case you don't know what an FPGA is, this phrase summarizes it perfectly: "FPGAs work like this. You don't tell them what to do, you tell them what to BE." You don't program them, but you rewrite the circuits they contain! So I've made a PCB that carries an ECP5 FPGA, and has a raspberry pi zero footprint. It also has a few improvements! Notably the 2 USB b ports are replaced with 3 USB C ports, and it has multiple LEDs. This board can output HDMI, read from a uSD, use a SDRAM and much more.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SlimQ▲69World's first & smallest 65W USB-C & USB-A GaN adapter
2019 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Powerful charger for all your portable devices ⚡️
2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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EMV & chip-compatible dongle from Square, pre-launch
2014 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
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A cost-effective robot arm for your automation
2021 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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The world’s most advanced digital film camera
2020 · blackmagicdesign.com · its alternatives →
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P0RT4L▲86Live in the Future for €40/mo. With the Power of Cryonics!
2022 · p0rt4l.com · its alternatives →
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Dongle Daddy▲88An app that helps you find the right cables.
2017 · dongledaddy.com · its alternatives →
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AI-powered multilingual unit conversion tool
2025 · ultraconverter.org · its alternatives →
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Contribute to Park07/amradio development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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DAN64 is a open software and open hardware project to build an 8-bit microcomputer using an AVR microcontroller.
2015 · usebox.net · its alternatives →
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Sign, authenticate and encrypt with a USB dongle at the cost of a soda. The goal here was to easily program around ~20 Gnuk devices at the budget of a single dongle of the commercial solution. Contains every step and fixes to get it running on current and next Ubuntu and Debian versions.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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