Building Docker images using the Nix package management system.
Introduction to the world of Nix - a unique and powerful package manager powered by a functional programming language.
Reviewing the latest project developments, and experiments compiling software for the IT9919 with GCC.
Investigating the booting mechanism to try and uncover the mystery of the SMAZ compressions scheme and checksum.
Digging deeper into the IT9919 upgrade files.
Building a larger hardware hacking rig, and experiments with the upgrade files.
Tools and techniques for reading and writing to flash chips with the flashrom open-source flash-reader software and the “Blue Pill” STM32F103 board.
Review and experiments with the Eakins HDMI Microscope Kit, and various C-Mount lenses.
Hardware design and construction of a Software Defined Radio project powered by the IcoBoard.
Experiments with Open Source FPGA synthesis with the IceStorm tool-chain and the IcoBoard.
Teardown and experiments with EZCAP 283S video capture device for HDMI and analog video inputs.
Advanced USB packet capture with logic analyzers and sigrok.
Initial assembly, review and testing of the brand new Anet E10 3D Printer. Is it a Creality CR-10 beater?
Review, teardown and experiments with the DSLogic Plus 400Msps 16-channel logic analyzer.
Introduction to 3D Modelling in FreeCAD and OpenSCAD for designing 3D printed mountings for prototype electronics.
Review, assembly and experiments with the Anet A8 sub-$200 3D Printer.
Review, tear-down and experiments with the IBQ102 Frequency Counter.
The ADF4351 is an RF frequency synthesizer capable of producing tones from 37MHz to 4.4GHz. But how well does it perform? and can it work with open source software?
Review and experiments with the CHIP $9 mini-computer, and the PocketCHIP plug-in for the CHIP that makes it into a mobile computing device.
The Lenkeng LKV373A is a $40 HDMI-over-IP network sender used for sending video over a network to a remove TV, but can it be used instead as a cheap video capture device?
Demonstration and testing of the new Linux Kernel driver for the Lattice iCE40 FPGA with sigrok, including an introduction to device-tree and driver development.
Introduction and experiments with low-cost logic analysers and the sigrok software suite.