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Muse Gadgets

Muse Gadgets

10 hours ago

Open source hardware for your Muse

Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself. Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench.

Muse gadgets: a Waveshare round AMOLED, an M5Stack StickS3, Muse Home Link, a Raspberry Pi and a Seeed reTerminal e-ink display
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01 / ON YOUR HARDWARE

Make your own

We open sourced the code you need to make a Muse gadget. It’s built by hackers, for hackers, just for fun. Side effects of tinkering may include bricked boards, voided warranties, brownouts, or bankruptcies. Proceed at your own risk!

Get started by grabbing an SDK token and one of our featured project ideas. Then tinker and customize to your heart’s delight. Or build support for an entirely new board if that’s more your thing.

03 / BUILD TOGETHER✳

Community

Meet other hackers who are building and customizing Muse gadgets in our community Discord. Get inspired, support each other, and share what you make.

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04 / OPEN IT UP</>

Source

Explore the source code for our device SDKs and firmware. Use it as a starting point for your projects and contribute your improvements back to the community.

The device SDKs and firmware are open source under the Apache 2.0 license and provided as-is, without warranty.

Muse Gadgets on GitHub↗
05 / MUSE GADGET EXAMPLES

Project Ideas

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