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This month DietPi released version 8.12 of this SBC-oriented Linux distribution. Most notable is the addition of support for the NanoPi R6S and the Radxa ROCK 5B SBCs. The ROCK 5B features …read more Continue reading DietPi Releases 8.12 With Support for the Rockchip RK3588 SoC
When [Elixir of Progress] was looking at setting up environmental sensors around their home to keep track of temperature, humidity and such, the obvious ideas of using WiFi-connected sensors didn’t …read more Continue reading Connecting Commercial 433 MHz Sensors to MQTT and Home Assistant with RTL-SDR
The Unified Program and Debug Interface (UPDI) is Microchip’s proprietary interface for programming and on-chip debugging, and has become the standard on AVR MCUs after Microchip’s purchase of Atmel. Being …read more Continue reading Turning a Microchip MPLAB Snap Into a UDPI AVR Programmer
This month the media was abuzz with the announcement that the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) had accomplished a significant breakthrough in the quest to achieve commercial nuclear fusion. Specifically, …read more Continue reading Laser Fusion Ignition: Putting Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs Into Perspective
With so many cheap network-connected devices out there being Linux-powered, it’s very tempting to try and hack into them, usually via a serial interface. This was the goal of [Andrzej …read more Continue reading Getting Root On A Chinese IP Camera
For much of the 19th and 20th century, the mining and use of asbestos saw near-constant growth, with virtually every material used in the construction of homes, offices, ships, road …read more Continue reading Asbestos: the Miracle Mineral of Our Worst Nightmares
The great thing about the wide availability of single-board computers (SBCs) is that it offers such a large selection of options, in terms of CPU performance, GPU features, RAM size, …read more Continue reading Hackerboards: Making Finding The Right Single-Board Computer Easy
While churning through rolls of FDM filament, there are these empty spools that remain at the end. These can be thrown out with the trash, or be used as a …read more Continue reading Spool Tower: Empty Filament Spool Or Base For Miniature Civilizations
Hooking up I2C sensors is something which is generally associated with microcontrollers and SBCs, yet it’s very easy to use such I2C sensors from basically any system that runs Linux. …read more Continue reading Using I²C Sensors with any Linux via USB and IIO
Everyone who writes bare-metal code for microcontrollers probably know the joys of looking up the details of specific registers in the reference manual, including their absolute address. Although the search …read more Continue reading Making SVD Files Searchable With Svd2db