I needed to backup original firmware of my favorite Chinese wireless router but I didn’t want to spend much time with hacking the embedded Linux. So I have ordered this cheap USB serial EEPROM programmer on ebay. You can easily find the original utility & driver for Windows on the Internet but the chip manufacturer doesn’t provide software for Linux. Continue reading CH341A USB serial EEPROM reader under Linux
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Installing SNMP MIBs in Ubuntu
If you get this error in zabbix autodiscovery function:
snmp_parse_oid(): cannot parse OID “IF-MIB::ifDescr”
Or if you just want to install MIBs for some other reason, do following:
Continue reading Installing SNMP MIBs in Ubuntu
Blinking LED on STM32F103 with only Linux tools
I decided to do some experiments with STM32. Continue reading Blinking LED on STM32F103 with only Linux tools
Rebooting linux using sysrq
Equivalent to pressing reset button on PC case
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
other commands: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysrq.txt
Cloning iButton using RW1990 and AVR
Yesterday arrived my RW1990 keys I had ordered from aliexpress. They look the same as original iButton (DS1990A) but they hide one awesome feature: they are writeable so you can change their Serial Number! This is how I managed to write them white some cheap parts I had at hand. Continue reading Cloning iButton using RW1990 and AVR
My patch made it to the OSCam trunk :)
USB switch for 2 PC under Linux
Hi there!
As you can note from previous blogs, I love to buy strange devices directly from china :). This time I needed to connect one USB device to 2 computers (servers) so i fired up ebay and aliexpress and found this:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB-2-0-Sharing-Switch-Hub-2-PC-to-1-Printer-Scanner-Newrok-Switcher-Wholesale/2037808594.html
The description doesn’t say anything about Linux support, but I thougt: “Come on… how complicated can it be?” Continue reading USB switch for 2 PC under Linux
Cheap USB Skype/VoIP phone protocol discovery
I’ve bought cheap USB handset from eBay to use with my VoIP provider. In Widows it worked good with supplied app which supported few VoIP programs and Skype. Since I use Linux on my desktop, I tried to plug it in. In USB listing it showed up as soundcard and HID device. Continue reading Cheap USB Skype/VoIP phone protocol discovery
My first AVR
Nothing special, just attiny2313, usbasp and some basic functions
OSCam: Cheapest smart card reader
While I was searching for cheapest oscam compatible card reader on e-bay, I found this SIM card reader:
With a price under $3 it is able to read/write SIM cards so I bought one to test if I can use it also for standard decrypt cards reading. Continue reading OSCam: Cheapest smart card reader