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The article compares the Bambu Lab X1C and the newer H2S 3D printers, highlighting the H2S's larger build volume, quieter operation due to anti-vibration feet, and actively heated chamber as key upgrades. It also details…
This article provides a guide on using a Raspberry Pi 4 to send HDMI-CEC commands to a PlayStation 5 via the `/dev/cec1` interface. The commands allow users to turn the PS5 on and off, check its power status, and simulat…
The article describes the author's struggle to improve Wi-Fi coverage in a detached apartment, despite using a recommended Asus ZenWiFi XT8 mesh network. After other solutions failed, the author discovered and utilized M…
The article describes the release of 486Tang v0.1, a port of the ao486 MiSTer PC core to the Sipeed Tang Console 138K FPGA board, marking the first time this core has been adapted for a non-Altera FPGA. Key architectural…
This article provides a community-driven guide for installing Nova Launcher on the MG4 Electric's Android Automotive OS 9 infotainment system. It details methods to access hidden developer and engineering settings, enabl…
The article describes how Diné weaver Marilou Schultz created a rug depicting the internal circuitry of the 555 timer integrated circuit, using thick white lines for metallic wiring, a black background for silicon, and r…
On Void Linux, an NVIDIA MX150 GPU in a ThinkPad T480 was experiencing CUDA initialization failures after sleep/wake cycles due to corrupted GPU memory mappings and MMU faults. The solution involves adding the kernel par…
The article summarizes the reverse-engineering of the Intel 386 processor's input/output (I/O) circuits, which protect the chip from static electricity, latchup, and metastability. It details how specialized protection d…
A CT scan of Intel's 1986 386 processor revealed that its ceramic package contains six layers of complex internal wiring, including two separate power and ground networks for I/O and CPU logic. The scan also showed nearl…
The article explains the process of reverse engineering an analog integrated circuit using the Philips TDA7000 FM radio receiver chip as an example. It describes how to identify key components like bipolar transistors, r…
A collector discovered an empty chassis labeled "AGC Confirm" in a warehouse, later finding its missing circuit boards in a bag elsewhere, which turned out to be an "Up-Data Link Confidence Test Set" built by Motorola fo…
The article describes the design and creation of the "Hyper Case," a custom 3D-printed case for the Halcyon Elora split keyboard. The author developed the case to address the lack of a built-in case and cheap wrist rests…
The article discusses the Fujifilm X half camera, noting that its announcement divided opinions due to its limited features and high price. The author, a long-time Fujifilm user who switched to a Leica M11, bought the X …
The Apollo FDAI, or "8-ball," was a critical instrument that displayed the spacecraft's orientation (roll, pitch, and yaw) using a rotating black-and-white ball and guidance needles. The ball could rotate in three axes t…
The 386 processor, introduced by Intel in 1985, used a 16-byte instruction prefetch queue to improve performance by fetching instructions from memory before they were needed, taking advantage of idle memory bus cycles. T…
The Intel 386 processor, introduced in 1985, was the first 32-bit CPU in the x86 architecture and contains numerous registers that provide much faster storage than main memory. The processor's register implementation is …
This article provides instructions for installing Tailscale on a rooted webOS TV. The process involves using an SSH client or dev-manager-desktop to access the TV's terminal and running a specific curl command to execute…
This article provides instructions for installing the CUDA toolkit on Void Linux, detailing the use of a silent installation command with specific flags like `--override` and `--no-opengl-libs`. The author notes that a c…
The article describes the repair of a non-working Commodore PET computer from 1977, part of the "1977 Trinity" of early home computers. The repair was challenging due to multiple failed custom ROM and RAM chips, which ar…
The article explains that the Pentium processor uses microcode, a layer of software underneath machine instructions, to control its circuitry. The Pentium's microcode ROM contains 4,608 micro-instructions, each 90 bits l…