Collaborate Disseminate
[Daljeet Nandha] from [RoboCoffee] writes to us, sharing his research on cryptographic signature-based firmware authenticity checks recently added to the Xiaomi Mi scooter firmware. Those scooters use an OTA firmware …read more Continue reading Xiaomi Cryptographically Signs Scooter Firmware – What’s Next?
Did you ever feel like your laptop’s GPU was sub-optimal, or perhaps that your laptop could use a SAS controller? [Rob Rogers] felt like that too, so now he has …read more Continue reading This Laptop Gets All The PCIe Devices
Robotic pets are sci-fi material, and [Kevin McAleer] from [Kev’s Robots] is moving us all ever so closer towards a brighter, happier, more robotic future. One of his latest robot …read more Continue reading Build Your Own Cat – Some Assembly Required
A proper gun safe should be difficult to open, but critically, allow instant access by the authorized party.[Dr. Gerg] got a SnapSafe and discovered that, while it was quite easy …read more Continue reading Gun Safe Made Safer With Lithium Battery Upgrade
What are the options you have for securing your workpiece to the drill press table? [Rex Krueger] shows us that there’s plenty, and you ought to know about them. He …read more Continue reading Drill Press Piece Fastening 101
JTAG is a powerful interface for low-level debugging and introspection of all kinds of devices — CPUs, FPGAs, MCUs and a whole lot of complex purpose-built chips like RF front-ends. …read more Continue reading Need A JTAG Adapter? Use Your Pico!
[Martin Roberts] wrote to us, telling us about a build that his company, [Ocean View Workshop], was tasked with. Creating a four meter wide window able to open vertically is …read more Continue reading Swing Gate Motors Come To Help For Opening A Giant Servery Window
Teaching people efficiently isn’t limited to transmitting material from one head to another — it’s also about conveying the principles that got us there. [Mara Bos] shows us a toolkit …read more Continue reading Boards For Playful Exploration Of Digital Protocols
[Avian]’s dad got a new ham radio transceiver with a 3.5 mm jack, and his pile-of-cables got him a headphone cable from Bose headphones. He built a DB9 to 3.5 …read more Continue reading This 3.5mm Cable Distorts Signals, Hides Audio-Filtering Circuit
What do you do when you buy a broken shredder and, upon disassembly, find its gears in pieces? You might reach towards your 3D printer – this one’s not that …read more Continue reading Shredder Rebuilt From The Ashes, Aims To Produce More Ashes