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2022
Art Hobby Scalar 4.0m f5j build log
Build log of the Art Hobby Scalar, a full-size 4.0 m F5J thermal glider: unboxing the kit, wing and tail work and servo installation, with photos.
BEC for HV servos – Mini 560 quick mod
Turn a sub-$1 Mini 560 DC-DC step-down into a 4 A, 98%-efficient HV BEC for RC servos: add a 100k resistor to get 8.1 V from the 9 V version.
Diana 2 3.75m RoyalModel SZD-56-2 – carbon reinforced, redundant and electricified full build log.
Full build log of the Royal Model Diana 2 (SZD-56-2) 3.75 m scale glider: carbon reinforcement, redundant power and radio, electric conversion.
WowStick 1P on steroid – mod li-ion 18650
Mod the WowStick 1P electric screwdriver to run on a single 18650 Li-ion cell instead of 2 × AAA for much more torque, speed and runtime.
2021
Mate X battery 52V 15Ah – diy with 21700 cells
DIY 52 V 15 Ah e-bike battery for the Mate X: 42 × 21700 cells (14S3P) in the original enclosure, no BMS, two 7S blocks, 3D-printed cell holders (STL).
Harrier build log
Build log of the Harrier F3F slope glider by Ian Mason and RGMCN, electrified: hidden servo horns, 3D-printed servo frames, SunnySky motor, settings.
Sakura D5 chassis wheel base
Sakura D5S RC drift chassis mod: carbon plates and drilled rails for an adjustable 250–262 mm wheelbase that fits any 1:10 body shell.
2020
Wally Tango superyacht RC at 1:25 scale – full scratch build log!
Scratch build of a 1:25 Wally 100 Tango RC sailboat (LOA 1219 mm) over 13 months: OpenSCAD design, composite hull, keel bulb, deck planking, sails and launch.
Willow Sor build log
E-Willow Sor F3F glider build by Ian Mason: electric conversion with no added lead, redundant BECs and FrSky receivers, 450 W SunnySky power, photos.
E-Schwing Corsa build log
Electric Schwing Corsa 2.75 m F3x glider build on the e-Schwing fuselage: 3S 500 W power, redundant FrSky receivers and UBECs, servo frames, CG, photos.
2019
rc sailboat phantom 1890mm – remodel
Remodel of a Phantom RC sailboat kit into a high-performance one-metre boat: reinforced hull, carbon mast and keel, mahogany planking, 3D-printed winch pulley.
RC Glider config: redundant ESC/UBEC, redundant FrSky 2.4GHz/900Hz, voltage monitoring via A2
RC glider setup notes: redundant ESC/UBEC with Schottky diodes, dual FrSky 2.4 GHz + R9 900 MHz receivers, Taranis X9E pinout, voltage telemetry on A2.
2018
Devuan / Debian cache with varnish
Set up Varnish 4 as a fast merged cache for Devuan, Debian, Ubuntu (incl. security) and CPAN repositories, with a full config.
2017
proxmark3 mifare classic 1k weak / hard
Crack, dump and clone a MIFARE Classic 1K with the Proxmark3: darkside for weak PRNG cards, sniff and hardnested attack for hard PRNG cards.
GH60 revchn satan pcb with hhkb layout
Build and flash firmware for a GH60 RevCHN 'Satan' PCB with a Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB Pro 2) layout on Debian Linux, plus a third layer.
2016
Android DAC bit-perfect playback – (chroot for rooted android)
Bit-perfect playback to a USB DAC from a rooted Android phone: run Debian/Devuan with ALSA and MPD in a Linux Deploy chroot, leaving the phone's audio stack alone.
Huawei usb 3g modem reset – linux
Reliably reset a Huawei USB 3G modem on Linux: a persistent udev symlink, xHCI USB bus rebind and an AT reset script with the right timings.
Update any crucial ssd firmware from linux/grub
crucial-fw.pl: a Perl script that generates a GRUB menu to update the firmware of any Crucial SSD from Linux, without burning a boot CD.
UD-503 mpd alsa config bit perfect
Bit-perfect Teac UD-503 playback on Debian: remove PulseAudio, then the exact ALSA asound.conf and MPD mpd.conf for a direct hardware output.
DVD reader/writer firmware flashing from linux (64)
Flashing a region-free patched firmware to an LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray/DVD drive from 64-bit Linux, using MediaCodeSpeedEdit — with the pre-patched YL07 file.
Teac UD-503 / UD-501 – snd-usb-audio patch
Linux snd-usb-audio kernel patch (merged upstream in 4.5) fixing Teac UD-503 / UD-501 freezes on format and rate changes, enabling bit-perfect playback.
2013
mpd / mpc: fade in / out script
mpc-fade: a shell script to fade MPD volume in (wake up) or out (sleep) on any Linux with mpd and mpc, restoring volume and playlist.
MPD – from Micromega MyDac to Teac UD-501 DSD
Moving my MPD bit-perfect setup from a Micromega MyDac to the Teac UD-501 DSD DAC: first impressions and Linux configuration.
Mele: Ubuntu 12.10 armhf img – kernel upd – xbmc
Ubuntu 12.10 armhf image for the Mele A2000 with kernel 3.0.42++, latest Mali driver, SATA and XBMC; NAND install via PmM.
Audiophile A10 bit perfect player
An Allwinner A10 (Mele A2000) bit-perfect music player with MPD, LIRC remote, display, and linear regulated power supply — schematic and photos.
3.0.42+ tuned sources
Source tarballs (with MD5 sums) of the tuned Linux 3.0.42 kernel used in my Mele A2000 / Allwinner A10 Debian and Ubuntu images.
Mele + DAC + MPD => the perfect bit-perfect setup
Use a Mele A2000 as a low-power bit-perfect audio player: MPD without resampling, NAS over NFS/CIFS, USB DAC (Micromega MyDac) — full config.
Mele armhf 3.0.57+ / 3.0.42+ – kernel update
Kernel updates (3.0.42+ / 3.0.57+) for the Mele A2000 Debian headless and Ubuntu GFX images, incl. Mali driver and 1 GB RAM versions.
2012
Mele headless: Debian wheezy (aka testing) armhf with nand install (v1)
Headless Debian Wheezy armhf image (kernel 3.0.42+) for the Mele A2000: full network stack, NFS server, easy NAND install and configurator.
Pimp my Mele
PmM (Pimp my Mele), a Perl/dialog configurator for the Mele A2000: NAND install, graphics mode, MAC address and LED blink settings.
Mele: Ubuntu 12.10 armhf base with nand install (v1)
Ubuntu 12.10 armhf image (kernel 3.0.42+, Xorg) for the Mele A2000 / Allwinner A10, with easy NAND install and the PmM configurator.
Mele: Ubuntu 12.10 armhf base with nand install (v0)
First (v0, deprecated) Ubuntu 12.10 armhf image for the Mele A2000 with kernel 3.0.42+ and NAND install — see v1 for the current version.
a10linux.org multi uboot backup
Backup of the a10linux.org multi u-boot (non-SPL) for Allwinner A10 boards such as the Mele A2000, saved after the a10linux GitHub was deleted.
A10 cluster mele a2000
Designing a low-cost, low-power ARM web server cluster from 16 Mele A2000 (Allwinner A10) nodes, aiming for full redundancy and remote power reboot.
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