By now I have 2 of those Ugreen M.2 NVMe USB 3.2 SSD enclosures. One of them is attached to my DELL monitor which is attached to my MacBook Pro M1 for TimeMachine backups and just works™ for almost 4 months now. I’ve recently bought a second one (and also the same SSD as in… Read More »
A while ago, I’ve bought the ISDT C4 EVO USB-C-powered battery charger to replace my MAHA C9000 (of which there seems to be a new “Pro” model available). The ISDT charger gets regular firmware updates which add new features and optimises the charging modes for different battery chemistries. Up until firmware 1.0.44, everything worked fine.… Read More »
I’m using a ConBee II Zigbee stick by Dresden Elektronik but switched from their own Phoscon/deCONZ software to the Home Assistant ZHA integration. While I didn’t have any issues with my few Zigbee devices, today, I’ve noticed that there’s a newer firmware available for my ConBee stick. Usually, the firmware update is handled by the… Read More »
Back when I bought my Nintendo Switch, I made sure to buy an unpatched one – turning all the different boxes in the store upside down to read the serial number on the bottom and compare it with the list I had on my phone. However, apart from some experiments with SX OS and later… Read More »
Modern heads for Sonicare toothbrushes come with a small chip that records not only the type of head, but also how many seconds you’ve used it – so the head unit can remind you that it’s time to swap the head for a new one. This isn’t purely for monetary reasons, especially as the unit… Read More »
A while ago I was fed up with Android Wear smartwatches and bought a Garmin Fenix 5 Plus. After using it for a while I started to explore the possibilities beyond the manufacturer specifications. This lead to a firmware patcher based upon work from Alex Whiter (who sadly passed in 2019). That patcher modified the… Read More »
A while ago I’ve acquired an old Tektronix TDS784D oscilloscope. Originally, it came with these enabled options: While this already is a lot, there’s still option 2C (Comm signal analyser) which is a pure-software option. (In later production runs, the device might also already contain the necessary hardware for the bigger memory option 2M. Check… Read More »
What unit do I have? Recent Toyotas have a unit called “Touch 2” or “Touch&Go 2” in their middle console. Problem is: you can’t differentiate between them easily. Actually, the “Touch 2” is what you see when sitting in your car. The “Touch&Go 2” is the same base unit, but with an extra processor and… Read More »
Variants and update situation The KEYone is sold as different models: BBB100-1 (US model), BBB100-2 (EMEA model), etc. And each model is distributed in multiple variants, expressed in the last 3 digits of the PRD number. Here are a few models and variants: Model PRD number Variant BBB100-1 PRD-63116-001 Unlocked… Read More »
The original firmware in the HP 50g emulates a Saturn CPU like the HP 48 and HP 49 had. However, the built-in ARM920T processor has more power than the Saturn. And now there’s a firmware to unleash the power: newRPL Project homepage It’s very usable at this point, but not all features are implemented yet.… Read More »