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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select teardown

kk99 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:33:43 GMT

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select is quite a new device equipped with MT8698 SoC, that runs four ARM Cortex-A55 core, 1 GB LPDDR RAM and 8 GB eMMC. This device is the one of first that runs a new operating system called Vega OS, that is based on Lin...(read more)

Building a Real, Working Star Trek Tricorder (Rev 2)

VishalSoni00 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:10:35 GMT

{gallery}My Gallery Title The Title image functions, more you can see on my hackster raw circuit diagram made in canva size of the device, could easily fit in hands after paint and clear spray A couple...(read more)

Webinar Prizes have Arrived !!

veluv01 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:32:15 GMT

Sometimes a webinar is just another event on your calendar. You join, listen to a few presentations, learn something new, and eventually move on to the next thing. But occasionally, something much more interesting comes out of it. What started as sim...(read more)

Debian 13 on ts7600

SensoredHacker0 — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:38:42 GMT

# Debian 13 on the TS-7600**TL;DR:** I have Debian 13.6 (Trixie) running on the TS-7600 with Linux kernel 6.12.103.The current build work is here:https://github.com/FOSSBOSS/ts7600 The disk image is here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p21ueJPkhPx4I...(read more)

Is the ESP32-C61 worth paying attention to?

micheal.embedded — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:19:54 GMT

I've been looking at the ESP32-C61, and it’s an interesting addition to Espressif’s lineup. All in a compact, low-cost module. What stands out to me isn’t just the feature list, but how it fits into the existing ESP-IDF ecosyst...(read more)

IDEC-TUI Gets an update

SensoredHacker0 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:08:53 GMT

Real quick: IDEC-TUI is a command line utility for reading, writing, and monitoring IDEC PLC registers and assets. Operates over usb serial, and it is still very much a work in progress. However there has been some new features added: Scrip...(read more)

PLC Pandemonium: On The Line Challenge

SensoredHacker0 — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:02:32 GMT

SensoredHacker's On The Line Challange with PLCs, HMIs, Arduinos R&D from May through June 2026 The original FC6A library began after a work project where I needed to log basically every PLC event in a testing array. I wrote the functions I neede...(read more)

Si5351 Clock Generator

kk99 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:53:03 GMT

The main concept was to build a clock generator that supported at least a 50 MHz frequency. I have decided to use a module with Si5351. This module supports the three simultaneous outputs for which it is possible to set individual output frequencies....(read more)

The car radio issue

kk99 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:47:56 GMT

A few weeks ago, I was asked to check the car's radio that had an issue with power on. It was the Blaupunkt Bremen 975, which is one of those radios with Android. The initial check and measurements showed that, from the perspective of electronic...(read more)

Siglent SDS2104X HD

kk99 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:19:37 GMT

For a few months, I was the owner of Siglent SDS824X HD, which is a really good device in case of performance and price ratio. But I have decided to perform an upgrade and get one more advanced device which supports higher bandwidth, sampling a...(read more)

ESP32 Bit Pirate: a browser-based hardware debugging ecosystem around ESP32

geotp — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:25:04 GMT

ESP32 Bit Pirate is open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol development and analysis tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate. When I started working on ESP32 Bit Pirate, the idea was simple: take the spirit of the origina...(read more)

ESP32 Bit Pirate - A Hardware Hacking Tool with Web-Based CLI That Speaks Every Protocol

geotp — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:06:24 GMT

ESP32 Bit Pirate is an open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol hacker's tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate. It supports sniffing, sending, scripting, and interacting with various digital protocols (I2C, UART, 1-Wir...(read more)

Cutting Edge PLC Implementations.

SensoredHacker0 — Mon, 25 May 2026 00:16:55 GMT

Oh Boy, Ive really done it now. When I told our OEM PLC supplier that we need to delete old log files, They just about lost it. We can write files, every second of everyday, but when the on board memory gets full, there is no method ...(read more)

Analog Discovery 3 - current and power measurement

kk99 — Sat, 16 May 2026 18:22:22 GMT

Background The Analog Discovery 3 has support for two programmable power supplies with a voltage range 0.5V to 5V and -0.5V to -5V. These power supplies have support for voltage readback, but there is no information about current usage. Even t...(read more)

Validating an idea: a tool to explain STM32/Cortex-M HardFaults more clearly

Moussa1492 — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:41:37 GMT

Hi everyone, I’m working on a small tool idea around STM32 / Cortex-M debugging, and I’d like honest feedback before building too much. The problem I’m trying to validate is this: When a Cortex-M firmware crashes into HardFault_Hand...(read more)