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Cheap, DIY NAS

13th November 2018 / Leave a Comment

For a long time, I had a dream. A network attached storage (NAS) solution to keep my backups on. I’m a little mad when it comes to backing up. Do not feel all right without at least 3 copies of the same thing on different places. When I was working on a 3d game engine … [Read more…]

Posted in: DIY Tagged: armbian, backup, banana pi, Cheap, computer case, crashplan, diy, Do it yourself, hadd rack, hdd, lemaker, linux, nas, openmediavault, plex, wd red

Reverse Engineering a FlySky TX

17th September 2018 / Leave a Comment

I was once into hobby RC airplane stuff – unfortunately don’t have the time to fly these days. (Check my first flight here) Got myself a cheap 6 channel FM transmitter on eBay back in the day, not that 2.4 GHz rubbish, one with a huge antenna, you know. It was a much cheaper option … [Read more…]

Posted in: DIY Tagged: antenna, arduino, baud rate, binary, byte, Checksum, communication, diy, Do it yourself, Flysky, fm, format, lcd, oscilloscope, reverse engineering, rigol, serial, transmitter

Poor Man’s Mirror Protractor

10th February 2018 / Leave a Comment

I am collecting vinyl for the last 10 years although I have a rather limited collection of about a 100. I really enjoy listening music on vinyl when I have the time. Large cover art, handling the physical medium, clarity and separation of different instruments and vocals, occasional posters and stickers have always been attractive … [Read more…]

Posted in: DIY Tagged: Cheap, diy, Do it yourself, home made, lp, Mirror, protractor, vinyl

Dumping Korg i5m PCM ROMs – part 2 – Learning to Fail

17th July 2017 / 7 Comments

Previously I have started writing on fixing my korg i5m (part-1). Removing the ROM chips was not fixing the problem but taking advantage of this opportunity, I have started trying to dump them out. The problem was that I was not sure if I am reading correct values or not. After working for hours and … [Read more…]

Posted in: DIY Tagged: adapter, arduino, Desolder, Dsp, fail, i5s, keyboard, Korg, Pcm, Programming, Ram, rom, rom dump, Sampler, synth, synthesis, synthesizer
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