Category Archives: Projects
CarWatch: My homemade car tracking platform
Hi all,
few months ago, I was thinking about having my car tracked over GPS to make sure it is where I left it and to have some records how much I drive etc. There are commercial systems available for this but they cost some money and I wanted to have it customizable, under own control and to implement a few own ideas so I designed and implemented the system by myself. This is how CarWatch was born. Continue reading CarWatch: My homemade car tracking platform
Fixing non-working WiFi on RT5350
I have a favorite cheap chinese router based on RT5350 (running OpenWRT).
Recently, I was wondering, why I can’t get WiFi on a few of them working. I have one piece running quite old (4xxx svn) OpenWRT where the WiFi works OK. So I tried to compile exactly the same version and install it on the non working piece. I also put the same wifi config there but nothing. It didn’t work. Continue reading Fixing non-working WiFi on RT5350
My first optical cable splicing
Just a few photos:
Heavy-duty turntable for 3D scanning
After a few try and fails to build heavy-duty turntable for scanning a whole person I came to an idea to use something that was designed to withstand the weight of an adult person.
Using Tronsmart Pavo M9 for HDMI input streaming
Thanks to a tip of my reader, I found a relatively cheap (69Eur) Android box with HDMI input and record ability. I thought that it should be possible not only to record the HDMI input but also to stream it in realtime so I ordered one for experimenting. Continue reading Using Tronsmart Pavo M9 for HDMI input streaming
CH341A USB serial EEPROM reader under Linux
I n
eeded 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
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
Cloning iButton using RW1990 and AVR
Ahojte! 🙂
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
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