Reviving Old Unsupported Devices with AI – AVerMedia Game Capture HD II
The old AVerMedia Game Capture HD II refused to do the one thing I asked – record 640×480 from the picogame engine. Inside it runs a small Linux, and the limit is just a software whitelist. From serial console and decrypted firmware to custom software written mostly with AI – and where AI kept stumbling.
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Don’t Throw Them Away! 7 Ideas for Giving Empty Prusament Spools a Second Life
Anyone who 3D prints knows the feeling: the filament runs out, leaving you with a sturdy plastic spool. What to do with it? The new generation of Prusament spools is…
Picogame: a game engine for CircuitPython
Picogame is a 2D game engine for CircuitPython by Vladimír Smitka. A native C core handles rendering, scenes and collisions, while the game logic stays in Python – no compiling,…
European Plane Radar – see what is flying above you
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ESP32 Plane Radar: Aircraft radar on your desk for a few hundred crowns
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NASA 3D Printing: Hundreds of Space Models Free to Download
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Amateur air quality sensors in Moscow detected extreme particulate concentrations from a drone attack on the refinery.
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100 IoT Projects in 100 Days: ESP32, ESP8266 & Raspberry Pi Pico Projects
Open-source repo with 100+ IoT projects for ESP32, ESP8266, and Raspberry Pi Pico in MicroPython. Smart irrigation, RFID lock, gas detection, WiFi robot, and weather station—with code and wiring.
ESP32 Bit Pirate: Bus Pirate hacking tool for ESP32
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Hacking the PY32: Extracting Firmware from a Cheap AliExpress LED Toy
We used AI to hack a toy from AliExpress. We identified the type and tried connecting to its memory to read it. Although it didn’t work, I gained a lot…
Improved web-based Serial Monitor with Plotter. Free, no installation required, online.
Anyone who’s ever programmed an Arduino or ESP32 knows the ritual: upload the code, open Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE, and watch the stream of numbers to check if…