Between 6am and noon CST yesterday the blog slowed down and eventually stopped working. Scheduled posts, like our call with LeafLabs, will be pushed to next Tuesday. Here’s what we know… Last weekend we got a ton of traffic from one IP address in China. Our internet service is metered, and they ran up a […]
Author Archives: Ian
IBM Thinkpad T30 Bios password reset with the Bus Pirate
Using the Bus Pirate to read the SVP supervisor power on password off an IBM T30 Thinkpad: A friend of mine recently came upon an old IBM T30 Thinkpad at an auction for $40. Bringing it home, he found that there was a power-on supervisor password. This can’t be reset by removing the battery, as […]
chipKIT32 unboxing
haley0918’s first impression of a chipKIT Max32. Via the forum.
Open Hardware Summit 2011 – Call for submissions
The Open Hardware Summit (OHS) has announced submissions for the second annual summit: The Open Hardware Summit (OHS) invites submissions for the second annual summit, to be held on September 15, 2011 in New York City (Venue TBA). The Open Hardware Summit is a venue to present, discuss, and learn about open hardware of all […]
Linux Web board in-progress release package
Over the last few weeks we did a massive cleanup and reorganization of our SVN code repository. Most projects now follow a standard directory structure. All our in-progress and stalled project files are now completely open and available to anyone. We also included all the manufacturing resources used to initiate production at Seeed, and the […]
Bus Blaster v2 back in stock
Bus Blaster v2 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. You can get a Bus Blaster v2 for $34.95.
Vinculum ll programming model super-duper secret
From the rumor mill: I exchanged a set of emails with VNC2 team two or three months ago. They said that they will NOT GIVE the programmer model of their CPU (internal secret) and that we have to stick the api provided with their compiler and their IDE. I can’t work or recommand working in […]
Breakout boards release package v1.0
Over the last few weeks we did a massive cleanup and reorganization of our SVN code repository. Most projects now follow a standard directory structure. All our in-progress and stalled project files are now completely open and available to anyone. We also included all the manufacturing resources used to initiate production at Seeed, and the […]
xQFP protoboard release package
Over the last few weeks we did a massive cleanup and reorganization of our SVN code repository. Most projects now follow a standard directory structure. All our in-progress and stalled project files are now completely open and available to anyone. We also included all the manufacturing resources used to initiate production at Seeed, and the […]
Microcontroller quick start schematics release package v1
Over the last few weeks we did a massive cleanup and reorganization of our SVN code repository. Most projects now follow a standard directory structure. All our in-progress and stalled project files are now completely open and available to anyone. We also included all the manufacturing resources used to initiate production at Seeed, and the […]
Adafruit + Instructables make it Tweet challenge
Adafruit announced a Make It Tweet Challenge: We’re teaming up with Instructables to bring you the Make It Tweet Challenge. Ever wish you had a tweeting coffee pot that would announce via Twitter when a pot was ready? What about a potted plant that twittered when it needed to be watered? This is your chance […]
Simple VGA interface for the XuLA FPGA board
Squonk found this simple VGA interface for FPGA board. Thanks Squonk! Via the contact form.
Vacuum sucking pen for SMD parts
A cheap manual suction pen for handling SMD parts: Ah and wrt “suction pen” – I made the syringe with vacuum pump and it works but I don’t like it, I found then for 3.5$ a working device that does not require power and works like a charm :D I strongly suggest everyone get one […]
Bounty for a Bus Blaster v2 self-test app
Bus Blaster v2 is a pain to test at the factory. That is likely holding up the supply. A simple Windows test application would help things along. It’s a very basic app if you’re already setup to work with FTDI chips, but we’re not. To speed things along, we’re offering a bounty for a test […]
LeafLabs Maple conference call in progress
Kinda short notice: we’re currently on a conference call with LeafLabs, maker of the Maple ARM-based Arduino compatible platform. If you have any questions please post below and we’ll ask them. Also in the forum. Audio and notes will be available shortly after the call.
How to: Mail PCBs the cheap way
Over the past two years we’ve mailed close to 1000 free PCBs all over the world. We find that a sturdy envelope and a stamp is the cheapest, and somewhat successful, way to mail PCBs. A new wiki page shows the tricks we use to mail PCBs. The how-to is reproduced here for you blog […]
Another SID player update
Another SID player update from Markus: I added digi-support and a follow-up video demonstrating digi playback is available here Two things to keep in mind: The emulator code (TinySID) can only playback tunes in PSID format (in which the majority of the files in the HVSC are). However, with update #50 the digi-tunes in the […]
Superprobe free PCB build
Rubi built a free Superprobe PCB. RN1, RN2, and RN3 are 0603 resistor array 4-packs, but Rubi didn’t have any. Instead, individual 0402 resistors are hand-soldered in their place. Nice work! If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a […]
Free PCB coupon to RT #3 & #14 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 3rd and 14th person who retweet it get free PCBs. We changed the approach this week due to auto-retweeters grabbing boards first. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! Love it, hate it? Let us know in the […]
Soldermask ink for homemade PCB’s
erdabyz has been experimenting with soldermask on homemade PCB’s: I found it like a year ago, and I thought I had to give it a try. Bought a syringe and… my life has changed since then. Once you know how to use this stuff properly, your homemade PCB’s will never look the same. Via the […]