https://grainworks.tech/tags/graindrop/Recent content in Graindrop on grainworksHugoen-USMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://grainworks.tech/posts/graindrop-v0.5/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://grainworks.tech/posts/graindrop-v0.5/<p>The idea came from wanting a pocket recorder that didn&rsquo;t exist. Not a voice memo app on a phone. Not a dedicated field recorder with menus and levels and configuration. A single-purpose device: slide a switch, it records audio to a MicroSD card. Slide it back, it stops. No screen, no buttons, no setup.</p> <p>I had spent years assembling electronics projects designed by other people. Kits, development boards, hobby modules that I wired together on perfboard. I never attempted my own PCB design. Not because I couldn&rsquo;t learn the concepts, but because the tools had a reputation. KiCad. EDA software. The learning curve felt like a prerequisite course before the real work could start, and I could never justify that to myself.</p>