Mark
@nevyn.bsky.social
Firmware Engineer, hardware designer, software developer and geek.
Affinity Photo has always been a good value rival to Photoshop. I have been using it to edit my photos for 10 years.
Now Affinity Photo is part of Affinity Studio and it is free. You only pay if you want the Canva AI features.
www.affinity.studio
Now Affinity Photo is part of Affinity Studio and it is free. You only pay if you want the Canva AI features.
www.affinity.studio
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Affinity Photo has always been a good value rival to Photoshop. I have been using it to edit my photos for 10 years.
Now Affinity Photo is part of Affinity Studio and it is free. You only pay if you want the Canva AI features.
www.affinity.studio
Now Affinity Photo is part of Affinity Studio and it is free. You only pay if you want the Canva AI features.
www.affinity.studio
Currently learning Rust and week one has been an easy enough start. Week two is going to take me into the realm of ownership and that is going to be a little more taxing.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2025/10/gett...
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2025/10/gett...
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Currently learning Rust and week one has been an easy enough start. Week two is going to take me into the realm of ownership and that is going to be a little more taxing.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2025/10/gett...
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2025/10/gett...
Not saying they are watching you but...
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Not saying they are watching you but...
Terry Pratcett can work miracles. Apparently (according to Amazon) Small Gods went to print about 200 years before he was born:
April 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Terry Pratcett can work miracles. Apparently (according to Amazon) Small Gods went to print about 200 years before he was born:
I know what I'll be doing this afternoon:
April 13, 2024 at 9:36 AM
I know what I'll be doing this afternoon:
Trying out some KiCad plugins:
* Round tracks
* PCBWay ordering
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/12/tryi...
* Round tracks
* PCBWay ordering
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/12/tryi...
December 16, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Trying out some KiCad plugins:
* Round tracks
* PCBWay ordering
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/12/tryi...
* Round tracks
* PCBWay ordering
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/12/tryi...
Soak test running on the development so these PCBs arrived just in time.
Now where's the soldering iron...
Now where's the soldering iron...
December 5, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Soak test running on the development so these PCBs arrived just in time.
Now where's the soldering iron...
Now where's the soldering iron...
Take an hour or two every now and then to do something you enjoy. For me, here's a shot of York Minster taken before sunrise this morning.
December 1, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Take an hour or two every now and then to do something you enjoy. For me, here's a shot of York Minster taken before sunrise this morning.
So the rumours are true, Raspberry Pi 5 28 in stock.
October 31, 2023 at 3:31 PM
So the rumours are true, Raspberry Pi 5 28 in stock.
Battling remote access to a Mac.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/10/mac-...
TL;DR FileVault was the problem.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/10/mac-...
TL;DR FileVault was the problem.
October 15, 2023 at 6:13 AM
Battling remote access to a Mac.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/10/mac-...
TL;DR FileVault was the problem.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/10/mac-...
TL;DR FileVault was the problem.
I can't believe it has taken me so long to discover Ansible.
Contact established, now for some serious work.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/gett...
Contact established, now for some serious work.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/gett...
August 28, 2023 at 6:43 AM
I can't believe it has taken me so long to discover Ansible.
Contact established, now for some serious work.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/gett...
Contact established, now for some serious work.
blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/gett...
I can't believe it has taken me so long to discover Ansible. Contact established, now for some serious work. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/getting-started-with-ansible/
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I can't believe it has taken me so long to discover Ansible. Contact established, now for some serious work. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/08/getting-started-with-ansible/
Had some problems with an oscilloscope firmware update a few days ago, luckily it was recoverable
https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
August 14, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Had some problems with an oscilloscope firmware update a few days ago, luckily it was recoverable
https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
Had some fun updating the firmware on my oscilloscope recently. Luckily there was a recovery mode. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Had some fun updating the firmware on my oscilloscope recently. Luckily there was a recovery mode. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/oscilloscope-firmware-update/
20x4 LCD Displays with NuttX and Raspberry Pi Pico W some debugging was required... https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/20x4-lcd-display-and-nuttx/ @nuttxchannel
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
20x4 LCD Displays with NuttX and Raspberry Pi Pico W some debugging was required... https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/20x4-lcd-display-and-nuttx/ @nuttxchannel
C++ Emulation of the Small Scale Experimental Machine (Manchester Baby) now runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico W on the NuttX OS https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/ssem-program-execution-complete/ @Raspberry_Pi @nuttxchannel
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
C++ Emulation of the Small Scale Experimental Machine (Manchester Baby) now runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico W on the NuttX OS https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/ssem-program-execution-complete/ @Raspberry_Pi @nuttxchannel
And here we have a fine specimen of the lesser spotted Raspberry Pi soon to be released into its natural habitat...
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
And here we have a fine specimen of the lesser spotted Raspberry Pi soon to be released into its natural habitat...
Tidying up my desk, bringing the Picoprobe and the PicoW together in a single board with simple connections to external hardware. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/picodebugger-bringing-picoprobe-and-the-picow-together/
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Tidying up my desk, bringing the Picoprobe and the PicoW together in a single board with simple connections to external hardware. https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/picodebugger-bringing-picoprobe-and-the-picow-together/
Had a look at adding a file system to a PicoW running NuttX and how to add files to the system image: https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/2239/
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Had a look at adding a file system to a PicoW running NuttX and how to add files to the system image: https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/07/2239/
Time to get the soldering iron out, hopefully this will stabilise the Pico debugging environment.
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Time to get the soldering iron out, hopefully this will stabilise the Pico debugging environment.
Debugging NuttX on the Raspberry Pi PicoW seems to be working... https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/debugging-nuttx-on-the-raspberry-pi-pico/ @nuttxchannel
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Debugging NuttX on the Raspberry Pi PicoW seems to be working... https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/debugging-nuttx-on-the-raspberry-pi-pico/ @nuttxchannel
Still playing with the Raspberry Pi PicoW and NuttX. Today, adding a new user application: https://t.co/CbkfGkBxaZ and adding SMP to the configuration: https://t.co/kXBqQIhh1t @nuttxchannel
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Still playing with the Raspberry Pi PicoW and NuttX. Today, adding a new user application: https://t.co/CbkfGkBxaZ and adding SMP to the configuration: https://t.co/kXBqQIhh1t @nuttxchannel
The next step in the journey, adding my own user application to NuttX and running it on the Raspberry Pi PicoW @nuttxchannel https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/adding-a-user-application-to-nuttx/
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
The next step in the journey, adding my own user application to NuttX and running it on the Raspberry Pi PicoW @nuttxchannel https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/adding-a-user-application-to-nuttx/
Enabling C++ in NuttX on the Raspberry Pi PicoW, next up adding my own C++ application. @nuttxchannel @Raspberry_Pi https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/enabling-nuttx-c-support-on-picow/
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Enabling C++ in NuttX on the Raspberry Pi PicoW, next up adding my own C++ application. @nuttxchannel @Raspberry_Pi https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/06/enabling-nuttx-c-support-on-picow/
Took the heat set threaded insert idea from @hackaday and extended it a little to use equipment from around the workshop: https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/04/threaded-inserts-and-3d-printed-mounts/
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Took the heat set threaded insert idea from @hackaday and extended it a little to use equipment from around the workshop: https://blog.mark-stevens.co.uk/2023/04/threaded-inserts-and-3d-printed-mounts/