Category: alternative hardware

the USB cable coming with this cost effective unit is VERY SHORT and NOT WELL SHIELDED had an older adapter of the same brand without any problems doing backups on FRONT USB copy oeprations would stall and even keyboard and […]

WARNING! WORDPRESS DISPLAYS ONE-LINER-COMMANDS IN MULTIPLE LINES MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS COPY THE WHOLE LINE! based on https://anchored.host/articles/how-to-turn-a-debian-machine-into-a-router hardware requirements: have at least 2x network interfaces LAN (internal network shielded from WAN) WAN (this is the network that connects to […]

this is no promotion had to pay the 36 bucks, imho its absolutely worth it the rockpi-e specifically the RK3588 ARMv8 has a lot of CPU power multi core wise it is 12x times slower than AMD Ryzen 5 (6 […]

https://hackerboards.com RISC-V status quo latest board just dropped fastest ever released RISC-V board? after Apple demonstrated unparalleled computing-per-watt CPUs (M1,M2,M3) is the RISC revolution here? “Dozens of chip makers may have to reassess their relationship with Arm” “some major players […]

since 2022: ARM in the datacenter for example Gigabyte R272-P33 in the ARM Ampere Altra Max Version:  2HE All-NVMe Server happyware.com) while Ampere Altra ARM CPUswere geekbenched a bit NO ONE GEEKBENCHED THIS SERVER YET! 😀 BE THE FIRST! 😀 […]

Starlink is a cost effective internet-via-satellite provider run by SpaceX at 2024-01 currently (2014-01) counts over x > 2 mio customers SpaceX plans to put 12.000 to 42.000 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). currently (2024-01) 5289 satellites (Wiki) in […]

once upon a time… found a strange looking cable.. Double micro audio jack? WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT? It is a serial-to-usb programming radio cable for RETEVIS handheld “walkie talkie” radios, that allows to set different modes of the radio […]

it truly works OUT OF THE box 😀 (without complicated manual compilation of drivers) this screenshot says “disabled” because wifi adapters were “soft blocked” # tested on lsb_release -d Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (x86 and ARMv7 (ODROID XU4)) su […]

From Open Source software to Open Hardware: RISC-V is the future: “Computer chip designs are expensive and hard to license. That’s all about to change thanks to the popular open standard known as RISC-V” https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1064876/riscv-computer-chips-10-breakthough-technologies-2023/ future Smart Phones could be […]

2023 Update: first scandal with SandDisk SSDs: cheap solder. WD helps ruining latest bought up brandname SandDisk it’s name for quality, by building maximal cheap crap and selling it for premium prices: “Suspected cause of SSD death raises eyebrows | […]

those did not: no matter the position of the poti, the output current did not change at all X-D #wtf is going on? (power source was a “12V” solar panel delivering 20V which is in the allowed input range of […]

why? because it would be a shame to put all those intel Macs to the trash not particularly big fan of the aluminum bodies (uses loads of energy to make also not healthy to be touched daily) but they surely […]

mekotronicsplz note: “the-best-technology-does-nothing-without-a-good-human-culture” Yes! Read that correctly, modern SmartPhones are actually full blown computers, so why not use them as such? Now that they have enough (RISC) based computational power that they can replace Desktop and Notebooks, problem: they can […]

easiest and best fire protection: have the cells SPACED apart, so one cell CAN NOT heat up surrounding cells put the battery pack in as-thick-as possible metal box then put plastic bag of sand on top of pack (better than […]

about giada are small, power efficient but powerfull embedded PCs (x86 and ARM, tested the F300, 5 years later: 30x boxes still working perfectly fine, not even a power supply failed!) 😀 benchmark results: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9718004 quasi same CPU speed as […]