Category Archives: software

CadSoft releases EAGLE Version 6 for beta testing

Eagle has released beta Version 6 of their CAD software for public testing. They note: We suggest that only users who already have experience with previous versions of EAGLE participate in the beta test. If you are new to EAGLE please use our current release version. CadSoft notes that the beta version is NOT for […]

Defcon 19: Kinect + Metasploit = Kinectasploit

In this presentation from last summer’s Defcon 19 conference, Jeff Bryner, Owner of P0wnlabs.com, demonstrates how to integrate the Kinect with Metasploit. He uses the open source Blender 3D game engine to interface the Kinect hardware with Metasploit. This hack allows you to launch preassigned Metasploit attacks based upon your gestures as detected by the […]

Xilinx ISE Design Suite v 13.3 now available

Xilinx has announced the availability of Version 13.3 of their ISE Design Suite. This download includes the free Webpack version of the ISE and is available for Windows and Linux. This is the software package used to develop for our CPLD Development Boards. Don’t want to download 4.9 GB? No problem. Xilinx is making the […]

NuttX RTOS

If you’re into using an RTOS with your MCU board, you might want to check out NuttX. NuttX RTOS is a real time embedded operating system for 8-bit to 32-bit MCUs. Its goals are to achieve a high degree of standards compliance (POSIX and ANSI) while maintaining a small footprint. It’s compatible with various MCU […]

DraftSight free 2D CAD product

N S K Chaitanya wrote in about an open source CAD program: I just came across a software called DraftSight. It is an open source alternative to autocad. It is by Dassault Systemes and even runs on Linux. Finally Linux has DWG support… According to Dassault Systemes, DraftSight is a “no-cost, easy-to-use 2D CAD product […]

andLinux: seamlessly run Linux apps on Windows

Michael Reed of LinuxJournal has posted this review of the andLinux distro. Primarily he gives it positive marks, while pointing out concerns about security and the age of the distro from which it’s derived (Ubuntu 9.04), as well as the fact that Linux apps cannot make use of a processor’s multicores. You can tryout the […]

SDR Sunday – monitor web SDRs and decode digital data

Want to try out software defined radio (SDR) before you buy or build a rig? Or do you just want to see what all the ham radio chatters about? Then check out the online SDRs available for your listening pleasure at WebSDR. This unique website lists dozens of online radios which you can click on […]

Bootable live RFID hacking system

OpenPCD has been doing a lot of work with RFID hacking. They have a bootable Linux distro available to make exploration easier: The bootable Live RFID Hacking System contains a ready-to-use set of hacking tools for breaking and analyzing MIFARE Classic RFID cards and other well known card formats. It is built around PCSC-lite, the […]

eagleUp 4.2 released

eagleUP v4.2 was released. This is a new and popular program for exporting Eagle PCBs to use in Google Sketchup: Version 4.2 has been released. It simplifies the configuration and detects wrong settings so that it’s much more reliable. It should be more stable on OS X platform as well. Concerning the parts, there are […]

Serial port monitor software

The crew at Adafruit remind us of a handy serial port monitoring tool for Windows known as PortMon. PortMon is an old school Microsoft utility used for monitoring all serial and parallel activity on a system. While USB rules the day for most PC-peripheral communications, PortMon can help when reverse engineering serial devices by sniffing […]

Lattice announces Diamond release 1.3

Lattice Semiconductor has just announced Lattice Diamond® release 1.3, updating their FPGA design software environment. They write: This release further builds on helping FPGA designers reach their goals for cost sensitive and low-power applications. In addition to its industry-leading Power Calculator, Lattice Diamond 1.3 software now aids migrating a design to a lower cost device […]

Micset XEdit makes point and click controls for electronic stuff

Want a graph of data you’re collecting, or a cool GUI interface for a project?  Micset XEdit wants to do that: XEdit Project Editor is Integrated development environment to configure, develop and manage [supervisory control and data acquisition] applications. XEdit Project Editor is used to create projects, multiproject, configure devices, tags/points, alarms, users, events, server-side […]

New release: XILINX ISE Design Suite 13.2

Xilinx has announced the availability of their ISE Design Suite 13.2. While most of the improvements appear geared toward the 7 Series FPGA families, if you’re in need of the Xilinx software or just want to upgrade you’ll find downloads for Windows and Linux here. As a much appreciated courtesy, Xilinx is also making DVDs […]

Gear: Parallax Propeller emulator/debugger

While it’s been around for a while, few users of the Parallax Propeller are aware of of the debugger known as Gear. Gear is an open source Propeller emulator, with support for step through debugging and component plug-ins. It runs under Windows XP and requires .NET 2.0. It does not appear as full featured as […]

OpenBench Logic Sniffer release 3.08

A new software package v3.08 is available for the Logic Sniffer: OpenBench Logic Sniffer Release 3.08 is now available for download. Release 3.08 includes Jawi’s 0.9.4 client with the following changes: Numerous Bug Fixes Support for multiple “Sump” clients Via the forum. Get a Logic Sniffer for $50, with free worldwide shipping.