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It’s an unfortunate reality these days that if you see a cheap piece of consumer electronics, there’s a good chance its only cheap because it’s designed to lock you into …read more Continue reading Low-Cost 433 MHz Door Sensors Get Open Firmware
In their monthly announcement, among all the cool things Pine64, they talked about the open firmware for PinePhone’s LTE modem. The firmware isn’t fully open – a few parts remain …read more Continue reading Open Firmware For PinePhone LTE Modem – What’s Up With That?
There’s no question that Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) was an impressive piece of hardware when it was released in 2004, but for all its technical wizardry, it wasn’t able to …read more Continue reading PSP Turned Robot Remote With Custom Software
Introduced back in June, the IKEA VINDRIKTNING is a $12 USD sensor that uses colored LEDs to indicate the relative air quality in your home depending on how many particles …read more Continue reading ESP8266 Adds WiFi Logging to IKEA’s Air Quality Sensor
Got an nRF52 or nRF51 device you need to flash? Got an ESP32 laying around collecting dust? If so, then firmware hacking extraordinaire [Aaron Christophel] has the open source code …read more Continue reading ESP32 Turned Handy SWD Flasher for nRF52 Chips
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to control a few devices from your computer, a cheap USB relay board might be the ideal solution. These are fairly …read more Continue reading Custom Firmware Teaches USB Relay Board New Tricks
When Nintendo officially ended production of the 3DS in September 2020, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. For one thing, some variation of the handheld system had been on the market …read more Continue reading Exploring the World of Nintendo 3DS Homebrew
If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that hackers love to know what temperature it is. Seriously. A stroll through the archives here at Hackaday uncovers an overwhelming number of bespoke gadgets for recording, displaying, and transmitting the current conditions. From outdoor weather stations to an ESP8266 with a …read more
Continue reading Exploring Custom Firmware on Xiaomi Thermometers
The Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC temperature and humidity sensor is ridiculously cheap. If you’re buying a few at a time, you can expect to pay as little as $5 USD a pop for these handy Bluetooth Low Energy environmental sensors. Unfortunately, that low price tag comes with a bit of a catch: …read more
Continue reading Custom Firmware For Cheap Bluetooth Thermometers
A few years ago, low-cost pocket digital oscilloscopes aimed at the hacker and maker crowd started hitting the market and gained quite a following. While few would consider them to be a replacement for a proper bench scope, they’re cheap and convenient enough that it’s hard to complain. Manufacturers are …read more
Continue reading Teaching a Pocket Logic Analyzer (Many) New Tricks