I do teardowns, reverse engineering, and generally nerdy tech things on here.
If you re in the US, and you don t have a million bucks to spend, the go-to choice for PCBs is usually OSHPark. OSHPark rocks. There is no minimum spend (you can literally order 3 copies of a $1 board if you want to), no minimum board quantity, and the fab tech is decent for 2/4 Continue reading "Review: PCBWay circuit board fab and assembly"
Several months ago, I set up a small webapp using PythonAnywhere. It s a really easy to use service and for small projects is hard to beat since there is so little setup. They even let you use Let s Encrypt (albeit in a hackish way) for free SSL certificates! The problem that I ve run into is Continue reading "Automatically renewing Let s Encrypt SSL Certificates on PythonAnywhere"
I have an iPhone 6 (🦕, I know) and noticed an incredible performance hit when I upgraded to iOS 11. I had never seen such an awful change immediately after installing a software update; when I upgraded the phone to iOS 10, it actually got faster that it was on iOS 9. I knew something had to be Continue reading "Apple s BatteryGate : iPhone 6 Performance Before After a Battery Replacement"
My buddy recently decided he wanted to watercool his Asus GTX1070. There s only two real choices: the NZXT G12 bracket (which replace the stock cooler) and the Corsair HG10 N980. The HG10 isn t actually made for the 10 series, but is apparently easily modified to clear the VRM caps using some power tools. The G12 Continue reading "Liquid Cooling an ASUS GTX1070 with Using NZXT G12 GPU Cooler…
Tonight, I stumbled on an interesting post on Reddit. It linked to two Nest Cams livestreaming the landfall of hurricane Irma from a Miami condo. I popped the streams open on my phone (the hurricane had not hit yet, and the sky was mostly clear) and thought about the fact that I was probably going Continue reading "Downloading Saving a Nest Cam Live Stream Using a Raspberry Pi + Debian Linux"
I ve got an older Marineland Eclipse 3 tank that needed a new CFL bulb (the old one was barely igniting, and the spectrum was all sorts of off). After looking into the cost for a new bulb from Mainland, I decided I would rather do a simple DIY LED upgrade than pay for the same Continue reading "DIY LED Lighting for Fishtank/Aquarium Setups"
I ve been using Acorns, the app to help anyone invest for a little over a year, mainly as a curiosity. One common theme I ve seen amongst Acorns users is the disappointment with the lack of returns throughout their usage. Simply searching Acorns Returns online brings up hundreds of posts (many of them, uncoincidentally, occurring on r/investing*). Continue reading "Analyzing the Performance of…
My buddy just bought an Illuminati32 FC board from Hobbyking for his new ZMR180 miniquad. The board is pretty sweet: Naze32, MWOSD, 35x35mm form factor, and only 20 bucks (on sale). It was really easy to set up, especially with the ZMR180 PDB that Diatone is shipping. The biggest problem is that there s no buzzer output! A Continue reading "Adding a buzzer beeper to the Illuminati32/Tarot Naze 32…
I recently flashed my new Eachine H8 with some custom firmware (Silver13 s CFW, to be particular) and I spent some time tuning it to be flyable in acro mode with the stock remote. Overall, I think this firmware is super cool and really strokes my roots as a hardware engineer and reverse engineer. Not to Continue reading "Eachine H8 Quadcopter Custom Firmware Rates/Settings"
Here s a short post but one that I think a few people might find useful: CadSoft EAGLE keyboard commands/shortcuts (strangely found under the Assign menu in Eagle) to show and hide the Top and Bottom layers independently. I ve also got one to show all layers, top and bottom. Note that you can change any key a Continue reading "Eagle Keyboard Commands for Showing and Hiding Layers"