WL Tech Blog

By request, today we're discussing the UART and looking at some examples, and I'll show you how to find it and safely connect to it. Don't have a serial adapter? These are the ones I buy: https://amzn.to/47XF9mS Check us out at the Hacker's Homestead discord channel! Hacker's Homestead Discord: https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY

Most of these embedded linux devices use the same bootloader (u-boot!), let's look at how to get access even if they don't want you to have it. Check us out at the Hacker's Homestead discord channel! Hacker's Homestead Discord: https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY

I needed a HDMI capture deice for some upcoming videos so I figured we'd give this budget video recording option a try. What do you think, was it worth the $19? LINKS HDMI Recorder: https://amzn.to/48BHXXA Hacker's Homestead Discord: https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY

I've owned at least one of every generation and revision of Pi, and none of them have been great. Join us over at the Hacker's Homestead discord! https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY

This is our first episode since our fire, we're finally back in the bus and back on the road... New lighting, new microphone, new scenery! This week's topics: 00.00 - Introduction 00.23 - Security exploit in CURL: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/10/11/how-i-made-a-heap-overflow-in-curl/ 01.30 - HTTP/2 Rapid Reset: https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/ 02.39 - Ubuntu 23.10: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-23-10-mantic-minotaur-deep-dive 03.39 - Raspberry PI OS: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/bookworm-the-new-version-of-raspberry-pi-os/ 04.36 - Caddy Web Server: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/tag/v2.7.5 05.48 - O3DE: https://www.docs.o3de.org/docs/release-notes/2310-0-release-notes/ 06.23 - Misc updates 06.42 - Editorial: Raspberry PI's Relevance LINKS! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY Those x86 mini computers on Amazon you might want instead of a Pi: https://amzn.to/3tCsQOk

Just picked up this new iron, let's see if we can use it without reading the owner's manual! LINKS Hackers Homestead Discord: https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY PineCil on Amazon: https://amzn.to/44P0Sg8 PineCil direct from Pine64 in China: https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/

Today we're walking through the process of hacking a cheap webcam and getting access to install and run our own code. This is one of those rare times when you get more than you pay for when the camera has an Ingenic T31 MIPS microcontroller! LINKS (product links may be affiliate links)! Hacker Homestead's video on Teacup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnhkprszfcU HH/Teacup Discord: https://discord.gg/6pASbwsMNw Wansview webcam: https://amzn.to/40PhnWC Soldering station: https://amzn.to/421dDCw FTDI usb serial to TTL converter: https://amzn.to/3LAEFLv Solderless breadboard and jumper wires: https://amzn.to/3AAbxxH

In our first installment of the weekly news we talk about the updates making headlines. Topics covered: Raspberry Pi 5 Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 Ubuntu 23.10 Beta Firefox 118 PHP 8.1.24 and 8.2.11 Rust 1.74 PostgreSQL 16 Podman 4.7.0 And our editorial topic: Turmoil in the Game Engine Space More information on these topics: My preview of the Raspberry Pi 5: https://youtu.be/3H9dt8efOTs Linux Mint Debian Edition: https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php Ubuntu 23.10 Beta: https://releases.ubuntu.com/mantic/ Firefox 118: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/118.0/releasenotes/ PHP 8.1.24 and 8.2.11: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php Rust 1.74: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/09/25/Increasing-Apple-Version-Requirements.html PostgreSQL 16: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-16-released-2715/ Podman 4.7.0: https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v4.7.0 Godot game engine: https://godotengine.org/ Unreal Engine: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US

Today the Pi Foundation surprised us with the latest update in the Raspberry Pi single board computer line. Let's discuss the new changes and where it fits into the landscape of SBCs and small form factor computing. LINKS! Join us in the Hacker's Homestead discord channel! https://discord.gg/QmZHE38HFY Raspberry Pi 5 Release Announcement: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/ ExplainingComputers video on the Pi 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYfQ7bRgZg Jeff Geerling's video on the Pi 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBtOEmUqASQ Phoronix review and benchmarks: https://www.phoronix.com/review/raspberry-pi-5-benchmarks Competing systems! Intel mini computers: https://amzn.to/45cpI9d Orange Pi 5 Plus: https://amzn.to/3EW4mlH Milk V risc-v boards: https://milkv.io/ Sipeed Pi 4: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805346421328.html