About

Hardware builds, tinkering, and how-to guides.

elk tinker lab is a personal hardware workshop — Raspberry Pi builds, Arduino sketches, embedded experiments, and the occasional 3D-printed enclosure. Some projects are solo; some I build with my son.

The blog is where finished (or finished-enough) projects get a proper write-up: what the build is, what parts you need, how to put it together. Less "here's my polished product," more "here's the thing I made — you can make it too."

Projects

Mini CRT arcade box — RetroPie running on a 3.5" composite CRT tucked inside a 3D-printed cabinet. Plays SNES games on a tiny vintage-looking screen.

Antique telephone AI operator — A restored 1930s candlestick telephone wired up to a Raspberry Pi. Pick up the receiver, hear it ring, and talk to an AI operator on the other end.

Hardware

Mostly Raspberry Pi — Zero W, 2B, 4B — plus whatever Arduino boards end up on the workbench. The occasional display module, amplifier board, or peculiar eBay find.

Find the source

All project source files, configs, and docs live in public repos at github.com/matt-bey.