Tagged “electronics”

A KVM Over IP I Built From A Spare Pi

KVM Over IP, Built From a Pi

Reflashing a Router I Should Have Left Alone

A Cheap Logic Analyser and Finally Seeing the Bus

The Router That Took Two Flashes to Forgive Me

Reflashing a Router I Should Have Left Alone

Fixing A PSU Instead Of Binning It

A Cheap Logic Analyser and Finally Seeing the Bus

Reflashing a Router I Should Have Left Alone

a keyboard you build is mostly a firmware project with switches attached

how I bricked a router, and the long way back to a working one

the router that worked fine until I touched it

a weather station that's right about everything except the rain

a five pound capacitor versus a new power supply

a kvm over ip i could actually trust, built from a pi

poking at a usb-c charger until it gave me 20 volts

the router worked fine until i decided to improve it

building a keyboard was the easy bit, the firmware was the fun bit

a cheap logic analyser, and finally seeing the bus

a weather station that is right most of the time

persuading a usb-c charger to hand over 20 volts

the router that worked fine until i improved it

lessons from the second pi-kvm i built

a pi-kvm in a 3d-printed box, finally

an esp32 weather station that mostly works

the router that fought back

a weather station held together with an ESP32 and optimism

a pi cluster that taught me nothing useful but was fun

i finally bought a logic analyser, and the bus stopped lying to me

a kvm over ip for the price of a pi

bringing a dead sensor board back with a soldering iron

kvm over ip, built from a pi for the price of a takeaway

a pi-shaped kvm for the machine in the cupboard

i built a raspberry pi cluster and learned nothing useful, and i'd do it again

a keyboard, soldered by hand, and the firmware that nearly beat me

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron and some stubbornness

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron and stubbornness

a thirty-quid kvm over ip from a pi and a hdmi grabber

a dead monitor, two bulging capacitors and a soldering iron

the weather station on my shed roof, and the bits that lie to me

a cold joint, a magnifier, and a board that lived again

bricking a perfectly good router for no good reason

four raspberry pis, a stack of jumper wires, and zero lessons learned

sniffing a £6 bluetooth thermometer to find its secret

what's actually happening on the CC line when your charger negotiates

i built a raspberry pi cluster and learned almost nothing

the router that was working fine until i improved it

reflashing a router I should have left alone

a dead psu, one swollen capacitor, and forty pence

reverse-engineering a usb-c charger that lied to me

i built a keyboard and then spent a week on the firmware

the dead psu was a forty pence capacitor

the pi cluster that taught me nothing useful but was fun

an esp32 weather station that mostly works

the afternoon i poked at a usb-c charger with a logic analyser

the dead psu that only needed a 30p capacitor

poking at a £6 bluetooth thermometer until it talked

four raspberry pis, one bad idea, no regrets

poking at a four-quid bluetooth thermometer

bricking a router that was working perfectly well

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron

a keyboard build, and the part where the firmware fought back

an esp32 weather station, mostly working, which is the best kind

prising open a £6 bluetooth thermometer

i built a four-node pi cluster and learned almost nothing

poking at a cheap bluetooth gadget until it confessed

reflashing a router i should have left alone

the logic analyser that ended weeks of guessing at i2c

fixing a psu instead of binning it

kvm over ip, built from a pi

a back-garden weather station, held together with hope and a BME280

an esp32 weather station, and the lies sensors tell

a keyboard i built, and the firmware that made it mine

soldering switches is the easy half

the logic analyser, or finally seeing what the bus was doing

poking at a cheap ble thermometer until it talked

talking to a tenner's worth of bluetooth

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron and stubbornness

a dead psu, a swollen capacitor, and one evening with a soldering iron

reflashing a router i should have left alone

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron and stubbornness

poking at usb power delivery with a logic analyser

a weather station held together by hope and a bme280

the router that worked fine until i improved it

soldering a dead board back to life

a dead power supply, two bulging capacitors and a soldering iron

a dead power supply, two bulging caps, and a soldering iron

an ESP32 in a jam jar that thinks it's a weather station

a tenner of capacitors versus a new power supply

i built a four-node pi cluster and learned almost nothing

i built a four-node pi cluster and learned nothing, gladly

bringing a dead board back with a steady hand and flux

a pi cluster that taught me nothing useful but was fun

soldering a keyboard, then flashing the firmware that makes it mine

the router that was fine until i improved it

i built a raspberry pi cluster and learned absolutely nothing, which was the point

soldering a keyboard, then arguing with qmk

fixing a psu instead of binning it

the cheap logic analyser that ended the guessing

a kvm over ip i built from a pi and a capture stick

poking at a usb-c charger until it gave me 20 volts

an esp32 weather station that mostly works

reflashing a router i should have left alone

the dead amp and a five pence capacitor

finally seeing the bus, one logic analyser later

a cheap logic analyser, and finally seeing the bus

four raspberry pis, a kubernetes cluster, and absolutely no point

a tenpence capacitor versus a forty quid power supply

a dead power supply, a soldering iron, and a tenner saved

building a keyboard, and then flashing it

poking at a four quid bluetooth thermometer

a cheap logic analyser and the moment the bus stopped lying to me

a weather station that's right most of the time

logic analyser, and finally seeing the bus

building a keyboard, and then arguing with qmk

four raspberry pis, one switch, and absolutely no point

i built a four-node pi cluster and learned almost nothing

i built a keyboard and then spent a week in the firmware

the day i could finally see the i2c bus

the dead board that just had a tired capacitor

the router that was fine until i flashed it

what my laptop charger and my phone were arguing about

the router, the serial header, and a quiet evening ruined

i reflashed a router that was working perfectly well

building a keyboard, and the firmware that makes it mine

a raspberry pi cluster that taught me nothing useful, and i'd do it again

the router that worked fine until i improved it

bringing a dead board back with a steady hand and a flux pen

building a keyboard, and the firmware that makes it mine

a pi cluster that taught me nothing useful, but was fun

an esp32 weather station, warts and all

a cheap logic analyser and finally seeing the bus

a dead ATX supply, one blown fuse, and a lesson in respect

bringing a dead board back with a soldering iron and stubbornness

i reflashed a router that was working perfectly fine

a cheap logic analyser and the moment the bus stopped being theoretical

building a keyboard, and falling down the qmk hole

four raspberry pis, one switch, and a weekend i won't get back

sniffing a £6 bluetooth thermometer with gatttool

the router that was working fine until i improved it

prising open a five pound bluetooth thermometer

bricking a perfectly good router for no good reason

poking at a £6 ble thermometer until it gave up its secrets

four raspberry pis, a lot of velcro, and no real point

the router that was working fine until i opened it

soldering 67 switches and flashing my own layout

building a keyboard, and the bit nobody warns you about

the psu that wasn't quite dead

bringing a dead board back with a hot iron and some patience

a fiver of capacitors versus a dead power supply

bringing a dead board back from the edge with an iron

the desk-sized data centre that does almost nothing

i built a four-node pi cluster and learned nothing of value

the router i bricked, and the serial cable that saved it

the router i should have left alone

a mechanical keyboard build, down to the firmware

logic analyser, and finally seeing the bus

the router that worked fine until i touched it

a dead psu, two bulging caps, and an hour with the iron

a cheap logic analyser, and finally seeing the bus

i reflashed a working router for a vlan feature i barely needed

finally seeing the bus instead of guessing at it

the router i bricked, and the serial header that saved it

a tenner of capacitors beats a new power supply

a cheap logic analyser and finally seeing the bus

a bulging capacitor and a fiver's worth of fix

a cheap logic analyser and the moment i2c stopped being magic

prodding a £6 bluetooth thermometer until it talked

the logic analyser that finally let me see the bus

an ESP32 weather station, and the long road to "mostly"

a cheap logic analyser and the moment the bus made sense

sniffing a cheap ble thermometer to find its temperature characteristic

reviving a doorbell transformer board and learning to reflow

bringing a dead amp board back from the brink

the dead psu that wasn't quite dead

bringing a dead psu back from the dead with a soldering iron

soldering a board back to life

a keyboard i soldered, and the firmware that made it mine

a weather station on a chip i can barely get hold of