Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/28
Still glad I got a few of [WayBack] GL-AR300M – GL.iNet: it makes travel life so much easier when you cannot use tethering.
I got the model GL-AR300M with external antennas (the GL-AR300M only has internal ones with a much shorter range).
Powered over USB, it runs OpenWRT and can NAT a local network towards an external network on the WAN, WiFi or (via USB) 3G/4G modem.
Despite doing only 2.4Ghz, it was a life saver in many occasions (there is a 5Ghz model, but it has over heating issues).
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/28
Geek pr0n from now all the way back to the 1980s [WayBack] Computer Hardware Chart – Imgur.
Basically all sorts of modules and connectors you find in computers:
- Notebook RAM
- Desktop RAM
- Hard Drives
- CPU Sockets
- Processor Card Slots
- Processor Card Sockets
- I/O ports
- Peripheral Cards
- Desktop Card Slots
- Power Connectors
Via: [WayBack] #NerdPorn Computer Hardware Chart https://imgur.com/gallery/hBE7ZF8 – DoorToDoorGeek “Stephen McLaughlin” – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/24
Interesting devices running OpenWrt:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/14
In the end, this list worked on a Fritz!Box, but I still do not know which other subdomains and protocols they silently let pass:
windowsupdate.microsoft.com
*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
*.update.microsoft.com
*.windowsupdate.com
download.windowsupdate.com
download.microsoft.com
*.download.windowsupdate.com
test.stats.update.microsoft.com
ntservicepack.microsoft.com
update.microsoft.com
*.update.microsoft.com
*.download.microsoft.com
windowsupdate.com
wustat.windows.com
login.live.com
mp.microsoft.com
*.mp.microsoft.com
www.update.microsoft.com
support.microsoft.com
www.msftconnecttest.com
Some source materials:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/04
On my investigation list as WinBox 3.17 only crashes some of the times.
It might have to do with changes in High Sierra:
The real problem: if this happens, WinBox will not start until I have rebooted.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/21
Good to remember both these:
[WayBack] Operant Conditioning by Software Bugs – Embedded in Academia which means when using a system, you subconsciously start behaving around it’s issues. This also happens when you the software you wrote the software for such a system: you hardly test the things that you broke.
The magic SysReq key on Linux systems running on PC-hardware allows you to sync/mount read-only/shutdown a system by keyboard (and many more options – see the Wikipedia list below). Do not forget to enable this as it is disabled by default. And remember that many laptops forego the SysReq key (as do Mac systems).
The order while holding Alt-SysReq down is S,U,B…
Both via [WayBack] Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/16
Just in case I want to really go off-grid: [WayBack] Li-Ion BMS – Lithium-Ion Battery Management Systems and large battery packs
It has a configuration selector module pointing to companies (even one in The Netherlands) that can help me out.
Via [WayBack] DIY Electric Car Forums – View Single Post – using 18650 cells to make 25kwh battery
Hopefully they are based on 18650 batteries:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/16
Thomas Rini (of U-Boot and Yocto fame) mentioned these solutions for remote power control of IoT devices and remote updating SD cards in this slide State of the U-Boot – Thomas Rini, Konsulko Group:
- FlashAir WiFi enabled SD cards
Two power solutions I like myself are:
The combination of these allows for really flexible production and testing environments.
Slides at [WayBack] ELC2017 – State of the U-Boot.pdf
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 