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Archive for the ‘Hardware Development’ Category

Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 Comparison – {DPHacks}

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/21

For my link archive as I have the oldest cams and might upgrade at least one of them: [Wayback/Archive] Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 Comparison – {DPHacks}

Via: [Wayback/Archive] makerbymistake on Twitter: “I compared the new @Raspberry_Pi Camera Module 3 standard and wide versions side-by-side. Check it out:” Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Development, Hardware Development, LifeHacker, Power User, Raspberry Pi | Leave a Comment »

Rudimentary DaynaPORT packet driver to use WiFi from DOS using BlueSCSI: GitHub – cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/08

Despite beta or early alpha quality [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver by by [Wayback/Archive] RetroTech Chris – YouTube is very cool.

Main source: [Wayback/Archive] daynaport-dos-packet-driver/src/dayna.c at main · cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver · GitHub

Related:

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Posted in C, Development, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, MS-DOS, Network-and-equipment, SCSI, Software Development, TSR Terminate and Stay Resitent, Turbo C | Leave a Comment »

i-am-shodan/USBArmyKnife: USB Army Knife – the ultimate close access tool for penetration testers and red teamers.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/30

Now that I got pointed to this twice (see “Via” below), I need to get one so I can play with it: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – i-am-shodan/USBArmyKnife: USB Army Knife – the ultimate close access tool for penetration testers and red teamers.

Via:

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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Blue team, Bluetooth, Development, Encryption, ESP32, Hardware, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, Home Audio/Video, HTTPS/TLS security, Infosec (Information Security), Network-and-equipment, Power User, Red team, Software Development, WiFi, Wireshark | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

433 MHz is not dead! Using an ESP32 board with LoRa module to talk to 433 MHz sensors – CNX Software

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/23

This was a cool post: [Wayback/Archive] 433 MHz is not dead! Using an ESP32 board with LoRa module to talk to 433 MHz sensors – CNX Software

433MHz LoRa Transceiver-based ESP32 board work with regular 433 MHz sensors found on the market. This gives end users a simple off-the-shelf solution for receiving these signals without having to use a soldering iron and making a circuit.

This opens many doors regarding 433 MHz sensor readings with one device, including weather stations, doors, PIR, TPMS, temperature, and BBQ sensors.
Recommended reading!

Related: [Wayback/Archive] Making your RF 433mhz sensors and devices communicate with your home automation, gateways comparison

–jeroen

Posted in Development, ESP32, Hardware, Hardware Development, IoT Internet of Things, LoRa - Long Range wireless communications network, MQ Message Queueing/Queuing, MQTT, Network-and-equipment, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

LAN/WAN network building: test and know how to locate your cabling

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/04

I have seen too many sites where cabling was laid en never tested before actual use, which meant locating the cabling and faults was a nightmare.

Be sure to have good (which can be very simple, but more complex when Power over Ethernet is involved) testing hardware and use it during installation. You will thank yourself later.

A few videos that can be helpful:

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Posted in Development, Ethernet, fiber, Hardware, Hardware Development, Internet, Network-and-equipment, PoE - Power over Ethernet, Power User | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

The Miracle of Flux – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/03

I see so many people not using flux while desoldering.

Flux works like magic: [Wayback/Archive] The Miracle of Flux – YouTube

This trick work like magic too: [Wayback/Archive] Soldering hacks Soldering 9 contacts at once with a soldering iron and how to use Desoldering wire – YouTube

--jeroen

Posted in Development, Hardware Development, Soldering | Leave a Comment »

Dennard scaling – Wikipedia: finally learned why since 20 years, maximum CPU frequency stagnated at about 4 Ghz

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/29

Dennard scaling – Wikipedia

Since around 2005–2007 Dennard scaling appears to have broken down. As of 2016, transistor counts in integrated circuits are still growing, but the resulting improvements in performance are more gradual than the speed-ups resulting from significant frequency increases.[1][10] The primary reason cited for the breakdown is that at small sizes, current leakage poses greater challenges and also causes the chip to heat up, which creates a threat of thermal runaway and therefore further increases energy costs.[1][10] Since 2005, the clock frequency has stagnated at 4 GHz, and the power consumption per CPU at 100 W TDP.

Via [Wayback/Archive] What Happened to the Capacitors in 2002? – YouTube

--jeroen

Posted in Development, Electronics Development, Hardware, Hardware Development, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Today, very briefly, Tweakers.net leaked the WHY2025 badge: a Konsool/Tanmatsu remix with two ESP32s, a LORA module, screen, keyboard and sensors

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/24

The leak was short enough for Google to index the imagery and this text:

WHY2025 nam het zekere voor het onzekere door een ESP32-controller, een lora-chip en een kraakhelder scherm in zijn badge te verwerken. Tweakers …

Edit 20250727: two days later the page got reinstated without in their “Gathering of Tweakers” portion of the site a clarification why it was taken off-line for two days. It is still at the same URL, so I re-archived it: [Wayback/ArchiveBad] Dit is de WHY2025-badge met twee ESP32’s en een loramodule (need to re-archive in Archive.is as their IP got blocked)

The page now is a nice 404: [Wayback/Archive] Dit is de WHY2025-badge met twee ESP32’s en een loramodule

Not sure why the page got retracted, as the specs got released on LinkedIn a month ago at [Wayback/Archive] 🚀 Officially public launched: the WHY2025 Badge! | Jelmer Lopes Terto:

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Posted in Conferences, Development, ESP32, Event, Hardware Development, WHY2025 | Leave a Comment »

Power goes nuts – Network UPS Tools on a Raspberry Pi! – Jeff Geerlings -YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/17

Interesting NUT explanation: [Wayback/Archive] Save your servers! NUT on a Raspberry Pi! – YouTube.

Wonder how well it does with a combo of APC and Victron UPS systems.

Related:

--jeroen

Posted in apcupsd, Development, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, Power User, Raspberry Pi, UPS | Leave a Comment »

For my link archive: swSIM and swICC by Tomasz Lisowski, two open source repositories to enable SIM card emulation

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/10

I wonder how this evolved, as the links are from fall 2022:

More links and info below, but first the image from the above Tweet:

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Posted in Development, Hardware, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, Raspberry Pi, Software Development | Leave a Comment »