It is quite simple device. The main chip is Vango V9821S – a single-phase energy metering SoC chip, then there is one EEPROM 24C04, optical isolation for S0, display and power supply circuitry and a display. There is no serial interface so no way how to get more data out of the device, only JTAG for programming.
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Wio Terminal in PlatformIO
Seed Studio offered me a sample device (see specs) for exchange for an article on my blog and I accepted. The device came a few weeks ago so I am fulfilling my part.
When it came, I went to their page and searched for some example code to test and I picked GitHub Stats example. The documentation is pretty good but it describes the usage with original Arduino IDE which is not my weapon of choice. Some time ago I noticed PlatformIO added support for this device so I wanted to use it.
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Chip decapping using hot air
Recently I saw an interesting video about chip decapping using only hot air.
It looked quite easy so I gave it a try and indeed I managed to extract three dies without breaking them or any other problems so it was 100% successful on first try.
You can see die pictures below. From left to right: GD32F103C8T6 main die, it’s flash and MAX7219
Using Travis CI for KiCad PDF schematic generation
I was thinking how to automatically generate PDF schematics for my public KiCad repos without committing it to the repo itself. I managed to make Travis CI do this for me and put the output to Github Releases.
If you are interested, read on.
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Ender 3 as a laser cutter
I wanted to do some laser cutting so I thought I will just order a laser and mount it to my 3D printer. I ordered one with most orders on ali: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32562052620.html . When it came, the fun started.
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OpenShift 4: Automatic LDAP group synchronization
If you need to use LDAP for authentication in OpenShift 4, the documentation is pretty clear and everything works nicely [1].
But if you need to grant privileges based on LDAP groups [2], the situation gets complicated.
The synchronization from [2] works ok but you need to run it manually. I was searching for an automated solution and I have found a definition [3] which works for OpenShift 3.x so I updated it work with OpenShift 4 and here it is [4]:
CometBlue teardown
Chips used:
Links
- https://github.com/xrucka/cometblue
- https://github.com/Hy3n4/ha-cc-cometblue
- https://www.torsten-traenkner.de/wissen/smarthome/heizung.php
- https://github.com/esphome/feature-requests/issues/485
- https://github.com/GrumpyMeow/esphome-components
- https://github.com/gnbl/sparmatic2011
- https://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/Sparmatic_Heizungsthermostate
- https://blog.renekliment.cz/2015/11/termostaticka-hlavice-z-lidlu-s-atmega-169.html
- https://github.com/MrKrabat/Comet-Blue-Thermostat
Eavesdropping HTTPS with Haproxy
Sometimes one needs to debug a protocol problem between client and server but what if the connection is encrypted with SSL/TLS? You can use this trick to reveal the unencrypted traffic.
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Adapter powered NX-300 camera
My wife owns a Samsung NX-300 camera and I wanted to use it for longer periods without needing to charge batteries round and round. Unfortunately, this camera can use its microUSB port only for charging – it doesn’t work without a battery and doesn’t charge when powered on. So I had to create a dummy battery.
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About adding a static route to my DOCSIS modem
You may think this is an easy task but let’s find out. One would expect such functionality in a web interface …
… but no, it’s not there. So what’s next? Let’s hack it!
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