Hardware & Software hacking
Tiziano Bacocco 
The SITECOM WL-326 is an ethernet+3g router featuring 300 Mbps wireless and an usb port to connect a 3G modem. This device is not officially supported by OpenWRT and not very common, so there’s basically zero info on it at the moment. First thing is to find out which SoC it uses, since it is … Read moreInstalling OpenWRT on SITECOM WL-326
You may have heard of SVP project , if not visit their website http://www.svp-team.com/ . SVP in a first pass calculates the motion vectors for the frame ( the direction and velocity that every object in the video has moved with ), and then on the second pass it generates intermediate frames. With that technique it can … Read moreConverting movies to 60 fps on linux ( with wine )
In these days i’ve worked on how to create a system that allows me to turn on and off lights or appliances at home with minimal cost and complexity, and there it is: https://github.com/tizbac/IoTManager Each node (ESP-01 ESP8266) with nodemcu firmware and the init.lua script from esp8266 folder of my repository has two outputs and can … Read moreA very simple internet of things system to control lights and other stuff
I’m posting this pinout, because it can’t be easily found, and using a multimeter it takes a lot to figure out, like it did for me MB Connector Panel back connector Description 1 2 3.3VDD 2 4 EDID eeprom power ( 3.3V) 3 6 EDID eeprom CLK 4 7 EDID eeprom DATA 5 28 VDD_EN … Read moreAsus eeePC 1005PE LVDS Cable pinout
What you need An access point running OpenWRT and supporting 4 address mode ( WDS ) Another access point running OpenWRT and supporting both multi-ssid and 4 address mode ( or only 4 address mode if you want wifi->ethernet bridge ) Setting up the main access point First of all , you need to setup … Read moreHow to do transparent bridging / repeater on OpenWRT with an Atheros card
These months there has been a lot of work on reclocking support for NVA3 nvidia cards by Roy Spliet on the opensource nouveau drivers. Since i own a Geforce 210 GT i’ve decided to give it a try with some benchmark and the results are quite good The reclocking of these cards is still very … Read moreQuick test of NVA3 series reclocking with nouveau and comparison with NVIDIA drivers
In these days between some exercises for a microeconomics exam , i’ve continued to work on reverse engineering the Alcor 698x UFD microcontroller, and i’ve got another poor quality Alcor based flash drive from a friend , so now i’ve an 8 GB one , and a 4 GB one. I’ve started , with the … Read moreAlcor UFD Controller Hacking update 2
I’ve started that work because i want to port AlcorMP utility to Linux and to be able to use custom flash chips with these UFD chips, this utility called AlcorMP allows to do a lot of stuff , from checking flash integrity to programming the usb flash drive into a CD-Rom emulator. For who is … Read moreAlcor UFD Controller Reverse engineering part 1 , querying info and decrypting the flash list shipped in AlcorMP tool
I’ve got that TV to be trashed, because after some hours it won’t turn on anymore, first thing i’ve checked is the power supply which was fine. The original board is labeled “T.MSD309.B21B”, and apparently it is a chinese universal LVDS LCD driver board. So i’ve checked on ebay and that board is available , … Read moreResurrecting QBell 39″ LCD LED TV as VGA display using an MT6820 board
Premetto subito che le informazioni qui riportate sono per chi ha già una buona esperienza. Altra premessa è il fatto che non è detto che si possa far ritornare il router al suo stato di fabbrica dopo le modifiche descritte in questo articolo, se si vuole avere un punto di ripristino, eseguire prima di flashmem … Read more[AVANZATO] Installare OpenWRT sul router DSL2740B Revisione A1 , Utile anche per debrick