Is Arduino pro mini 3.3V 5V logic tolerant ?
No and yes, at your own risk. You can run the whole board on 5V, but that has to be done at the VCC pin (With an external regulated power supply) not the RAW pin, it will still run on an 8Mhz clock...
View ArticlePhone charging speed sometimes slow
1- Low quality or damaged wire The most common reason for this is your cable, a charging cable that has higher resistance (worse thinner or damaged wire) will tell the phone to charge slower, reason...
View ArticleWiFi for Arduino
Even though this looks like a long post, I have composed it for a friend and unlike mostly everything else on this blog, this is not just for my own reference, so it should be easy to follow and...
View ArticleAre the ESP32 and ESP8266 5V tolerant (Yes they officially are)
This is a very old question, ever since Espressif removed the 5V tolerant statement from their datasheet no one felt safe connecting 5V directly to the digital input pins, but the news is out now,...
View ArticleArab Bank Jordan Swift and BIC
After some research, It turned out that the Arab bank of Jordan has a unified SWIFT code (Same as BIC) for all their branches, which is ARABJ0AX100, you will need to combine that with your account...
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LG UL550 vs the ASUS VP28UQGL
Update: the official winner in this is the ASUS, mainly for having built in speakersUpdate: After buying the LG for myself and the ASUS for a friend, The ASUS does pivot 90 degrees as well !!! the...
View ArticleReference for my 3D printer
This 3D printer was built back in 2015, I am adding this post here because I don’t remember much about it and i would need to rebuild it today for a certain project i have in mind. My 3D printer,...
View ArticleCool stuff for my Sony PS5
The BEBONCOOL controller charger, 2 at a time ( From amazon ) Claims to have protection
View ArticleUsing the DIG command to inspect DNS
For my quick reference If you want a big bunch of details from a resolution, use the +trace +all options dig @optionalresolver +trace +all A domaintocheck.com
View ArticleFinding static ip machines on openwrt
As soon as you enter the LUCI interface of openwrt, you are presented with a bunch of DHCP leases corresponding to all the machines that got their IP from DHCP, but what about the computers that have...
View ArticleLinux on first generation I7 with no graphics card
Linux would not normally boot as soon as you take away the graphics card, the solution to this is to set it to serial mode, with Grub 2 (Such as debian buster and bullseye), there is no menu.1st file,...
View ArticleLock PC after 20 minutes
I am not that great with windows, a look at all the posts on this blog will tell you that, Now with that said, I need to lock my laptop (Windows !) after a few minutes of inactivity. To do that, you...
View ArticleSeagate Backup Plus HUB internal disk
I got an external USB3 8TB disk from Costco, namely the STEL8000401 Seagate Backup Plus Hub, the enclosure includes a USB3 HUB, and an 8TB 3.5 inch hard drive inside upon opening the shell, I was...
View ArticleGetting started with water cooling
I am no expert on water cooling a PC, but i have done a bit of research, and I am keeping things here for my reference 1- Do use distilled water, there is nothing wrong with it, unlike what people who...
View ArticleForcing color change for visited links
Do you remember the days when your browser would always tell you what links you have followed before ? For a very long time now, CSS has allowed webmasters to chose the same color for the link that...
View ArticleNew firmware for my Western Digital “My Book Live” NAS storage device
The WD My Book Live is a NAS device based on Debian Linux, Since Debian stopped supporting this processor, the device has received no updates and will probably never, so the next best thing to do in...
View ArticleShrinking a disk partition under Debian 11 bullseye
As usual, I will start by getting to the bottom of it, then explain everything first, you need to first shrink the file system, then the partition where the filesystem resides, replace /dev/sda4 with...
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Installing Hyper-v on a windows 11 Home edition
To install Hyper-v, you typically open the add features menu in windows and add Hyper-v, this works in Windows Pro, but does not work in windows Home In Windows Home, it is a very simple process...
View ArticleVarnish would not listen on port 80 on debian 11
This is a somewhat old problem, since Debian moved to systemD, instead of editing the file in /etc/default/varnish, you will need to create a file in /etc/systemd/system/ named varnish.service, the...
View ArticleminiDLNA on my WD mybook live NAS box
The original firmware based on debian did come with a DLNA server, in this post, I am only dealing with openWRT (You need to change the firmware due to a serious security issue on the NAS drive as...
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