Mobile PINs are a lot like passwords in that there are a number of very common ones, and [Mobile Hacker] has a clever proof of concept that uses a tiny microcontroller development board to emulate a keyboard to test the 20 most common unlock PINs on an Android device.
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There are quite a lot of inexpensive and fairly reliable PCB manufacturers that can produce double-sided PCB’s with solder-mask and silkscreen in a day or two, but what if you need it now? I will not cover expensive prototyping machinery nor messy printer/etching process instead let’s use a 20W
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Just want to test? Hardware: Current supported boards are the icebreaker + VGA PMOD, mch2022 badge and ULX3S over HDMI. Pre-built bitstreams are included but the game data is needed in GAMEDATA so the data packs can be prepared. Jump here if you’d like to test on hardware first.
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[Johannes 4GNU_Linux] has been filming a video series on how to write Linux device drivers for a couple of years now, but luckily, you won’t need that long to watch them or to create your own driver.
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Remember learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike? Like many things, that’s easy once you know how to do it, but seems impossible before you learn. [NovaSpirit] asserts that Freecad is simple, and provides a simple walkthrough to create a part in the video below.
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LED wristbands are now a common feature of large arena concerts and events, with a variety of capabilities and technical implementations. In the video after the break, Wall Street Journal does a fascinating deep dive into these wearable light shows.
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C’est le genre de projet un peu dingue qui montre les possibilités acquises par de simples particuliers ces dernières années. Arriver a réduire de 90% le châssis original de la console pour proposer cette GameCube Nano est assez ahurissant. Le projet est assez simple en théorie.
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Marble runs are fun enough on their own, but what if you could eat the marbles? Gumballs are the satisfying answer to that question. To that end, [Adrian Seeley] whipped up a system for producing gumball runs programmatically for entertainment and candy dispensing purposes.
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Power tool batteries are a convenient portable power supply for all manner of different things. [Zachary Goode] noticed that Ryobi was using them to power soldering irons, but no such tool existed in the DeWalt range. Thus, he set about to build such a rig himself.
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Jeff Geerling a été visiter l’usine Sony qui fabrique les Raspberry Pi et revient avec une vidéo très complète. On y découvre les méthodes employées pour assembler les cartes, les tester et les empaqueter. Une visite intéressante a plus d’un titre.
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