When I window shop chinese ebay shops I can hardly humble myself. Must feel like Dr. Jones in The Raiders of the Lost Arc. Arduino Pro Minis for 2€ + 1€ shipping. Arduino MEGA 2560s for 14€ including shipping and INCLUDING a 20×2 LCD shield. Nema 17 Stepper Motors for 5 €…Insane. Oh well but…
[HOWTO] TL WR703N extroot for the greenhorn
After several tries and a lot of serial console usage I finally got extroot working. I am new to digging in the guts of linux and started my journey about extroot in the openwrt wiki. As this is very technical I got confused and…long story short here is a howto for beginners on how to…
USB to serial cable part 2
I recently got my TP Link WR703N ultra tiny router. Neat little thing. But what makes this small electronic piece even more neater ? Flashing custom firmware, of course !! So long story shorts. I successfully bricked my device. Totally. Not even failsafe was working anymore. So I had to get access to the console…
My first arduino clone (serious soldering ever)
While reading my electronic shop catalogue and looking at the price tag I often think… Hey I can do this myself while simultaneously … …save money, …burn a lot of idle time, …and of course, learn stuff I don’t actually need in my daily life. So I came upon Arduinos and building them by your…