Collaborate Disseminate
[Vaibhav Chhabra], the co-founder of Maker’s Asylum hackerspace in Mumbai, India, starts his Remoticon talk by telling a short story about how the hackerspace rose to its current status. Born …read more Continue reading Remoticon 2021 // Vaibhav Chhabra and the M19 Collective Make One Million Faceshields
Tales of Raspberry Pi SD card corruption are available online by the fistful, and are definitely a constant in Pi-adjacent communities. It’s apparent that some kind of problems tend to …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi And The Story Of SD Card Corruption
[SolderParty] just announced FlexyPins (Twitter, alternative view) – bent springy clips that let you connect modules with castellated pins. With such clips, you can quickly connect and disconnect any castellated …read more Continue reading FlexyPins Might Help With Those Pesky Castellated Modules
On Twitter, [whitequark] has found and highlighted an intriguing design – a breakout board for the VL670, accompanied by an extensive yet very easy to digest write-up about its usefulness …read more Continue reading A Chip To Bridge the USB 2 – USB 3 Divide
At even vaguely infosec-related conferences, CTFs are a staple. For KernelCon 2021, [Tyler Rosonke] resolved to create a challenge breaking the traditions, entertaining and teaching people in a different way, …read more Continue reading Spaceship Repair CTF Covers Hardware Hacker Essentials
Ever wanted to measure soil moisture? Common “soil moisture meter module arduino raspberry compatible free shipping” PCBs might deceive you with their ascetic looks. Today, [Raphael (@rbaron_)] is here to …read more Continue reading Soil Moisture Sensor Coating Lessons Learned The Hard Way
There’s a slew of hardware hacker problems that a logic analyzer is in a perfect position to solve. Whether you’re trying to understand why an SPI LCD screen doesn’t initialize, …read more Continue reading Need A Logic Analyzer? Use Your Pico!
We’ve been contacted by [Cedric], telling us about the smallest MCU he’s ever seen – Huada HC32L110. For those of us into miniature products, this Cortex-M0+ package packs a punch …read more Continue reading New Part Day: Smallest ARM MCU Uproots Competition, Needs Research
Quite a few hackers nowadays share their tips and tricks on Twitter – it’s easy to do so, and provided either an existing audience or a bit of effort to …read more Continue reading Desoldering Without Hot Air: Piece Of Wire Edition
Novel programming interfaces for MCUs might catch us by surprise, but then we inevitably get up to speed with the changes required. Today’s bastion is HVTPI – a “12V reset” …read more Continue reading HVTPI Primer And Toolkit Equips You For BOM Substitutions