FREE-WiLi

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

POV: You’re finally catching up on sleep after weekend, but your brain is still stuck on this loop. 🕺✨Big thanks to everyone who rocked the suit. The vibes were immaculate.

03/28/2026

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03/26/2026

FREE-WILi team will be at GrizzHacks this weekend! Are you ready for 24 hours of coding and creating at Oakland University School of Engineering and Computer Science? We are bringing 60 FREE-WILi units for a hands-on workshop. Plus, we have a ton of amazing prizes up for grabs for the best projects.

03/25/2026

If you’re at the this week, come find our booth! We are handing out FREE-WiLi kits to attendees to help everyone master the physical layer. For those of you who couldn't make it to the event, we didn't want you to miss out on the news. The FREE-WiLi is the "Swiss Army Knife" of PHY debugging, designed to turn a complex bench-top bring-up into a streamlined process.

The Hardware:
➡️ Full MDIO Control: Clause 22 & 45 read/write capabilities via CLI or a sleek GUI.
➡️ Hardware Safety: Use Pin 4 to match logic levels directly to your PHY datasheet.
➡️ Fast Setup: Connect MDC (Pin 17) and MDIO (Pin 14) for instant register polling.
➡️ SFP Support: Monitor real-time Signal Quality (SQI) and Temperature via Intrepid Control Systems, Inc. SFPs.

Now with Full Python Support!
We’ve made it even easier to automate your testing. You can now script your PHY interactions with our Python library:

Resources
Video Demo: Watch it in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah5A9nwn7tI

Documentation: Full Docs here https://docs.freewili.com/gpio/mdio/

Python Examples & Releases: Download V0.0.51 here https://github.com/freewili/freewili-python/releases/tag/V0.0.51

Python API Documentation: Learn how to use mdio_poll_sfp and more https://freewili.github.io/freewili-python/api/fw.html .fw.FreeWili.mdio_poll_sfp

In this step-by-step tutorial, we demonstrate how to use the MDIO (Management Data Input/Output) functionality of the FREE-WILi to communicate with and contr...

03/11/2026

We’re live at Embedded World 2026 🇩🇪⚡

The team is here showcasing our developer tools and looking for distributors and partners worldwide.

If you’re attending, come talk hardware with us and try the tools.

📍 Booth 4-620 – Nürnberg

Let’s build the future of embedded together.

03/10/2026

Germany 🇩🇪 we’re here!

The Free-WiLi team is excited to be at embedded world 2026.

If you’re passionate about embedded systems, hardware innovation, and open developer ecosystems, come visit us at:

📍 Booth 4-620

We’ll be showcasing what has been building and connecting with engineers, partners, and innovators from around the world.

Let’s talk embedded. See you at the booth.

02/16/2026

We are thrilled to spotlight Joshua and Talip, who used FREE-WILi to create their winning project: Pot Sticker.

They tackled a massive problem in cybersecurity: static honeypots. Their solution? An AI-powered system that changes its identity the moment it detects an intruder.

By utilizing the FREE-WILi WiFi Orca module, they created a "hot-swappable" network that can change its name and password on the fly. Even cooler? They integrated an AI that writes new web pages to keep hackers busy and away from real data.

Seeing our hardware used for such high-level innovation is why we do what we do. Congratulations to the team! 🥇💻

02/13/2026

Who says hardware can’t be romantic? 🌹🛠️
We built this interactive Valentine’s Day demo for the FREE-WILi using Embedded Rust and WASM.
Push the green button to trigger:
💓 A rhythmic LED heartbeat
🎶 Looping barbershop quartet audio
🖼️ Frame-by-frame animations
📡 Secret IR code transmissions
The best part? The whole program is smaller than a single low-res photo (~1.5KB!).
Check the link in our GitHub for the source code to build your own! 🔗 GitHub.com/FreeWili

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02/11/2026

Checkout how Intrepid Control Systems, is using FREE-WILi as a professional vehicle network interface.

02/10/2026

Huge congratulations to Akram Djomehri for his incredible project, "Wolf Hunt," which won "Best Game on FREE-WILi" at SpartaHack! 🎉

Akram perfectly blended Spartan spirit with retro gaming! He reimagined the classic Duck Hunt mechanics, but with a fantastic twist: instead of ducks, Sparty is zapping Wolverines on the FREE-WILi platform. This demo is a must-see!

The Mission: Help Sparty clear the screen before time runs out!
The Hardware: Powerfully driven by the FREE-WILi dev kit.
The Result: A well-deserved 1st place finish for Best Game!

"We’re Spartans, and we don’t like Wolverines." ⚔️ - Akram Djomehri

02/01/2026

At 11 this weekend and the energy is unmatched. ⚔️💻 Go Green! 💚 .egr