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Damien Cauquil<p>Le planning des streams de la semaine est là ! </p><p>Au programme: du nettoyage de code et la conception de la version 2 du PCB pour la console chinoise 😊</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/livecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livecoding</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️<p>My latest blog post: Installing CircuitPython on a Freenove ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM Board </p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.com/circuitpython-on-freenove-esp32/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikecoats.com/circuitpython-on</span><span class="invisible">-freenove-esp32/</span></a></p><p>In celebration of CircuitPython Day 2025, here's how I installed CircuitPython on one of my favourite, but unsupported, boards, the Freenove ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM Board.</p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/circuitPythonDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circuitPythonDay2025</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/circuitPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circuitPython</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/espressif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espressif</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/freenove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freenove</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a></p>
1BitSquared Store DE<p>Great news everyone! The following products are back in stock in the German store:<br>* Black Magic Probe <a href="https://1bitsquared.de/products/black-magic-probe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1bitsquared.de/products/black-</span><span class="invisible">magic-probe</span></a><br>* 10 to 20 Pin JTAG cables <a href="https://1bitsquared.de/products/jtag-swd-10pin-to-20pin-idc-cable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1bitsquared.de/products/jtag-s</span><span class="invisible">wd-10pin-to-20pin-idc-cable</span></a><br>* 12Bit DVI Pmod <a href="https://1bitsquared.de/products/pmod-digital-video-interface" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1bitsquared.de/products/pmod-d</span><span class="invisible">igital-video-interface</span></a><br>* 24Bit DDR DVI Pmod <a href="https://1bitsquared.de/products/pmod-digital-video-interface" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1bitsquared.de/products/pmod-d</span><span class="invisible">igital-video-interface</span></a><br><a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/debugging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debugging</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/jtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jtag</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/swd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swd</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a></p>
Christoff, the human<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>Hello, my name is Christoff. </p><p>I live in Illinois, USA, outside the St. Louis area. Below I'll talk about my technology and creative interests, and a bit about me personally. I'm going to hashtag the heck out of this post. </p><p>the whole "deadbeef" thing is the magic number from <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> for freed memory. I simply chose .monster TLD because it seemed cool and I like "extended" TLDs. </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> </p><p>I have been using a OpenBSD, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a>, or <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a>/#Linux since the late 1990s as a primary workstation. I used macOS from 2020 to 2025, switching to the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> neon distro (KDE plasma is amazing and KDE isn't bloated anymore, yay!).</p><p>My current career is as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/pentester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentester</span></a> where I break into web applications, IP networks, mobile applications (especially <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>), and people to their face or over the phone; code <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>; write documentation; and enjoy helping clients in a third party contractor/consultant role. I started that job change in 2020, when I earned the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSCP</span></a> certification at the height of "<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> twitter" when I did well there.</p><p>Previously I worked for about 20 years as a senior-level programmer, and systems, infrastructure, and database administrator. Burnout was very real and I was extremely bored/unfulfilled. </p><p>Now that programming and sysadmin stuff isn't my career, I find I enjoy programming and tinkering again.</p><p>I am a big fan of NetBSD and always have been. I am not a huge fan of GNU/Linux but I do appreciate things "just working", even if it is full of closed-source binary blobs and other garbage. It was fun in the 1990s.</p><p>I know many programming languages but have been paid professionally to code in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PHP</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Groovy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Groovy</span></a> for big commercial entities like eBay, small companies, and the US government.</p><p>I've maintained 99.99% uptime for a 60MM+ platform for years, including failover and backups (that were regularly tested... you test your failover and backups, right?!). </p><p>I always wanted to be a cool C and low-level programmer, which I thought for the longest time was being a kernel programmer, but now I know that isn't the life for me. </p><p>Emacs is something I've enjoyed since the beginning and I still can't code a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> well. I'd love to be a cool <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lisper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lisper</span></a> with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a>, but haven't gotten there yet. I'm on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> train now.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creative</span></a></p><p>For creative stuff, I aim to do a lot but tend to hop around as interests take me. I could use some discipline there (someday?). </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a>, I have an electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bass</span></a> (Fender Jazz) and electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a>. I love <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/jambands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jambands</span></a> (<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GratefulDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GratefulDead</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Phish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phish</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Goose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goose</span></a>) and that's the type of music I like to play along to. </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, I like <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/acrylic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acrylic</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> painting. I rarely do it, but think about it a lot and love it when I do it. I don't have any skill or talent, but that's not the point. It's for me and no one else. </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a>, I am venturing into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> programming and exploration. Not only was I too poor to get one when I was little but I sorta forgot about it over time. The desire to do cool things in a restricted environment where folks are playing in the sandbox, too, is very exciting and attractive to me. I don't know how to code the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> stuff yet, but will! Learning the assembly language (I have zero desire to code in BASIC again and I can just code assembly). </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Personal</span></a></p><p>I live with my soulmate and our five amazing cats in a small town outside St. Louis living a quiet life. Just doing our jobs, taking care of daily life stuff, and enjoying each other and life as much as we can. Ups and downs of life chaos, like anyone else, but we're doing alright! </p><p>We enjoy exploring places within driving distance and there are a lot of places to go to. </p><p>Currently, we're really into playing two-player games together and just started collecting <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a>. Right now, we're really digging <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SkyTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkyTeam</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RoyalGameOfUr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalGameOfUr</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ForrestShuffle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForrestShuffle</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SentinelsOfTheMultiverse</span></a>, and this magnet game I don't know the name of. We have <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SpiritIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritIsland</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArcNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcNova</span></a> to unwrap and learn. We tried really really hard to get into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame</span></a> but the rules are too complicated and confusing, where it felt like we were doing the wrong thing all the time. </p><p>I am 46. I grew up loving Star Wars, Star Trek, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a>, reading novels non-stop, horror, and watching movies. I collect classic SciFi books from 1960s and 1970s.</p><p>I would perhaps describe myself as an extremely curious person, that loves <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/puzzles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puzzles</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysteries</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a>, figuring out <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanBehavior</span></a> like I'm an alien studying humans (I'm good at it, it turns out), that has a keen eye for detail, remembering random little things, and a good listener. I'm fairly adaptable and fluid in most things, which works well for me. My brain works differently than a lot of people, and while frustrating a lot of the time for things I don't understand fully, it is me and serves me well in niches. </p><p>Making people laugh makes me happy. I am a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tinkerer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tinkerer</span></a>.</p>
rayslava<p>Okay, starting my endless busy loop 🫡</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.do.rayslava.com/collections/tags/dev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.do.rayslava.com/collections/tags/embedded" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#embedded</a></p>
Stewart Russell<p>Today is Propeller Day, apparently.</p><p>Parallax Open House and Developer Day — <a href="https://www.parallax.com/parallax-open-house-and-developer-day-save-the-date-for-may-2nd-and-3rd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parallax.com/parallax-open-hou</span><span class="invisible">se-and-developer-day-save-the-date-for-may-2nd-and-3rd/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/propeller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propeller</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
Wesley Moore<p>Did some tinkering last night and got a RISC-V ESP32 hosting a small website using bare metal Rust¹ over Wi-Fi.</p><p><a href="https://forge.wezm.net/wezm/esp32-website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forge.wezm.net/wezm/esp32-webs</span><span class="invisible">ite</span></a></p><p>¹ With the exception of the binary blobs that are part of esp-wifi-sys</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/Embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embedded</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Speeding Up Your Projects With Direct Memory Access - Here’s the thing about coding. When you’re working on embedded projects, it’s quit... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/18/speeding-up-your-projects-with-direct-memory-access/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/18/speedi</span><span class="invisible">ng-up-your-projects-with-direct-memory-access/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/directmemoryaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>directmemoryaccess</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dma</span></a></p>
Embedded Podcast<p>This week, we spoke to Prof. Shimon Schocken about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems, and the Tetris games among other things.</p><p>Join us on the show here: <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/496" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">embedded.fm/episodes/496</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>Here's Prof. Schocken on the importance of hardwork in getting to the depth of concepts:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a></p>
Schoumi<p>I have work on this, today. Very long time to make it work like last time. Some weeks between today and the last time i worked on it. I didn't commit when it seems to work and somehow it doesn't today but not sure what i've changed in between.</p><p>Anyway the screen work but too long to update ~12s to change pixels state</p><p>I'm happy because it update througt time with lgvl library handling widgets.</p><p>I need some more understanding on some part but that's for another day.</p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/eink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eink</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wip</span></a></p>
fastachee<p>This is why we can't have nice things.</p><p>Sincerely disappointing.</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-backdoor-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/undocumented-backdoor-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a></p>
Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️<p>My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 2 - Echo Firmware</p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-2-firmware-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikecoats.com/van-spoof-protot</span><span class="invisible">ype-2-firmware-1/</span></a></p><p>In part 1 and part 2 of building my first VanSpoof prototype, I managed to flash the microcontroller on the PCB with a blinky demo. This time round, let's see about sending and receiving some serial data.</p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBike</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSource</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/reverseEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reverseEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/rustLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustLang</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/stm32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stm32</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/vanMoof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanMoof</span></a></p>
rhempel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@laurensvalk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laurensvalk</span></a></span> I cannot say enough about how awesome the work that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@laurensvalk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laurensvalk</span></a></span> is doing - and how awesome he is as a person.</p><p>It is incredible that he has been able to do what the LEGO Group could not or did not want to do - unify the MINDSTORMS user experience under one app.</p><p>If you have a MINDSTORMS kit gathering dust bring it out again and try <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/pybricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pybricks</span></a> - and if you don't want to do that, consider donating it to a kid in your area that is interested in tinkering.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegoMindstorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegoMindstorms</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Laser-Cut Metal Endoskeleton Beefs Up 3D Prints - There are limits to what you can do with an FDM printer to make your parts stronge... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/24/laser-cut-metal-endoskeleton-beefs-up-3d-prints/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/24/laser-</span><span class="invisible">cut-metal-endoskeleton-beefs-up-3d-prints/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinterhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>3dprinterhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/endoskeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endoskeleton</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reinforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reinforce</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>testing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/epoxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>epoxy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>steel</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/truss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>truss</span></a></p>
David Heidelberg<p>Mon 3rd Feb, just a day after the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> we'll have small HackDay in Brussels — hopefully making more cameras run well on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/postmarketOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postmarketOS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Mobian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobian</span></a> </p><p>If you're interested to help with hacking around <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> CCS, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libcamera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libcamera</span></a> or <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Qualcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qualcomm</span></a> CAMSS (not limited to) ping us on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/qcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qcom</span></a>-camss OFTC IRC channel or here.</p>
Dion Dokter<p>Alright, finally my bug hunt retrospective blog has been published!</p><p><a href="https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/145/the-hunt-for-error--22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/145/the-</span><span class="invisible">hunt-for-error--22</span></a></p><p>Want a deep technical dive into a really weird error that took ages to find and fix? Then this is for you.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a></p>
mmu_man<p>Next in <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3Glitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3Glitch</span></a>: Beyond <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/BLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLE</span></a>: Cracking Open the Black-Box of RF <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcontrollers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/glitch/hls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/gl</span><span class="invisible">itch/hls</span></a></p><p><a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/beyond-ble-cracking-open-the-black-box-of-rf-microcontrollers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hu</span><span class="invisible">b/en/event/beyond-ble-cracking-open-the-black-box-of-rf-microcontrollers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embedded</span></a></p>
mmu_man<p>Next in <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3Huff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3Huff</span></a>: Reverse engineering <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/UBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UBoot</span></a> for fun and profit</p><p><a href="https://streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/huff/hls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/hu</span><span class="invisible">ff/hls</span></a></p><p><a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/reverse-engineering-u-boot-for-fun-and-profit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hu</span><span class="invisible">b/en/event/reverse-engineering-u-boot-for-fun-and-profit/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embedded</span></a></p>
mmu_man<p>Next in <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3Glitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3Glitch</span></a>: Demystifying Common Microcontroller Debug Protocols</p><p><a href="https://streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/glitch/hls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/gl</span><span class="invisible">itch/hls</span></a></p><p><a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/demystifying-common-microcontroller-debug-protocols/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hu</span><span class="invisible">b/en/event/demystifying-common-microcontroller-debug-protocols/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/debugging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debugging</span></a></p>
mmu_man<p>Next in <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3Saal1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3Saal1</span></a>: Liberating Wi-Fi on the <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a></p><p><a href="https://streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/eins/hls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/ei</span><span class="invisible">ns/hls</span></a></p><p><a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/liberating-wi-fi-on-the-esp32/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hu</span><span class="invisible">b/en/event/liberating-wi-fi-on-the-esp32/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/38C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38C3</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a></p>