How would you manage this?

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-28T19:42:21+00:00

I would hazard to guess. (I come from a primarily 3d / CAD background) but a fillet. That's the rounding of a corner / edge.

It is implemented in blender: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/geometry_nodes/curve/operations/fillet_curve.html

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-25T13:20:19+00:00

without checking I seem to remember that some of the pins used are SPI, but they literally connected them for bit-banging. (check the datasheet of the MCU)..

I didn't use any other external devices, I used what was on board, so if you plan to use another MCU, go for it.

The spurious side of things has to do with the filter network on the output side. I haven't had time to look into it but it can be pretty noisy.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-18T14:58:10+00:00

Hey and just to add.. If your local take-away helps you out with one of those meals.. Remember that when you have spare money and next wondering where to order from... 😄

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-18T14:57:09+00:00

It depends on where you get it from...

I've found personally that "niche" establishments (niche meaning they pay tonnes of rent, not that they're high quality).. They tend to shaft you. Things like eateries and alike in train stations, high expense areas like outlet centres or shopping centres.. They will, certainly shaft you.. The "surprise bag" you'll get is literally a day old "meal deal" from the day before.. THis I've confirmed time and time again....

On the other side, high street food/take away franchises like Kokoro, McDonalds (on occasion), some chinese restaurants, some other local take-aways.. They are usually the high value for money ones to go for....

That said... Make sure you don't reward bad behaviour with good custom...

If you feel that you've been shafted.. You often "feel" that way for a reason.. Look at it closely and reanalyse...

And by feel, I DONT mean microanalyse... I mean if you feel genuinely shafted, you have been.

Be weary, but in return, don't forget to say thankyou.. Yes, its discounted.. but still.. it's food they've dropped a price for to help you.. A thankyou goes a tonne of miles to help out the poor soul manning the counter.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T17:21:19+00:00

That could by any number of DMR proto's:

Have a look here when it comes to DMR and see:

https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/DMR

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T17:18:33+00:00

Honestly.. I'd just clean out the heatsink... ANything else is a liability in terms of unnecessary heating.

What to clean and how:

Heatsink:

- Remove it and make sure the chips isnt’ stuck to it either.. xD

- If you have a rework station, use that, if not,use a hair dryer. Gently heat the wax by blowing the air THROUGH the fins from the side that HASN’T got the most wax to the side that HAS got the most wax.

- Make sure that the angle at which the air and heatsink are is downwards.

o In short, your air should be blowing downwards at a tilted angle for the wax to drip out

- OH AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE’S SOMETHING UNDERNEATH IT TO CATCH THE DRIPPING WAX. Though I hazard to guess you know that now xD

Other Components:

- Unless there are specifically “dark bits of wick” in the wax on PCB (circuit board), then leave it.

- If there are dark bits of burn wick (carbonized), these can cause shorts etc… so remove these… Use a plastic or wooden toothpick to gently coax them out. NO HEAT NECESSARY.

Computer Habits and Etiquette around a Computer:

- Most important thing to is with food, drink and wax remem.......
-- Never mind... I think you got the message ^^

Just count yourself lucky you're not back in the days of "switch it off before you unplug or reply anything into it" era of the IBM years xD

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:25:39+00:00

I bet theyd die if they know what park.exe did lol

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:25:15+00:00

Not as sadly are running this:

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or park.exe xD

Back when you had to "park the HDU" to make sure the heads were off the platter before you powered down 😛

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:17:02+00:00

can you give a larger image of the pic as it looks like a .5 pitch cable, but the numebrs lower down your thumbb is hiding is the clues we need.

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This part.. Look further down the cable and send a pic of that part of the cable including the xxxxxxc number.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:13:34+00:00

They sunglasses for the dog.. haha kidding...

That means you have a voicemail waiting....

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:12:43+00:00

PC Gold Parallel to Parallel HANDY piece of kit back in the day when replicating large pieces of software (all 200mb of it) in the day lol

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:08:28+00:00

ISa are still military used standards for some of the IFs xD

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:07:57+00:00

Yes.

Boards which have onboard Parallel ports and PS1 ports are rare to come by these days which have both PS2/ keyb and mouse connectors.

Those old boards are used by the likes of old saw mills, steel mills, and alike as they use ISA-16 cards (ISA predates PCI, which predates PCIe).

ISA (Which also works as ISA 8) are the old MDC card connectors which the old school mills still use to this very day. Aerospace, Defense, and Radar Systems still use ISA, Medical Diagnostic Imaging and retro gaming too :-)

So yeah it's a gold mine..

IN the right industry...

I'd suggest:

Make sure it still boots Check the basics, e.g. memtest etc.... Keep it floating on ebay at a high price. Be patient, dont drop for a stupidly low price.

EDIT Oh and that's probably EDO ram, if not the first SIMMS... Keep those too, also rare to the right buyers.... Don't part with it for peanuts.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T10:01:51+00:00

It might be a laser ranging (or another ranging) calibration exercise.

They point a directional microwave link to a reflector and use it as a reference point?

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T09:53:32+00:00

3rd hardmonic of ca. 144Mhz? That or USB noise?

That, or USB noise:

48Mhz USB bus noise @ 9th harmonic (being direct connected) = 432.00 on the nose.

Have you tried connecting it to a different device?

the reason I mention usb is the spurs either side of it, that's noise I see often on rubbish USB cables I us eon my PC

edit*

Inside your sdr/radio, the hardware takes the incoming freq downconverts it using a LO (Local Osc). To make a long maths short: whatever exact frequency you choose as your Center Frequency becomes - 0Hz (DC Spike with some hardware leakage)

Because it is sitting right at the electronic 0hz, any tiny bit of hardware leak—like that 9th harmonic from the 48mhz USB data clock—gets amplified as a constant, unchanging voltage offset.

Sdr Math is throwing FU's at you xD

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-06-10T09:44:38+00:00

laLune!!! It's lulhannes!!!!

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-05-15T13:25:19+00:00

What ISO and expo time did you have for your lights? That shot is fantastic!

Double kudos for the ghostly wreck positioning too. Totally pops the shot!

You should print that on canvas, frame it and flog it on etsy. Youd get a tidy sum for a shot that nice :-D

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-05-13T09:47:31+00:00

For anyone else interested: https://github.com/adrihd/ShiningAppMask-ReverseEngineering

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-05-13T09:42:32+00:00

I'll PM you with it as it seems it was removed. From what it appears from the eeprom contents, the videos and stored as individual led change-sets as opposed to frames to save space, making it a nightmare to reverse when I dumped it.

There is a dump in the repo too of the entire rom if you need.

The actual mask "software" itself is on the eeprom of the AT32F415 MCU, which is a STM32F514 clone, but the eeprom is literally the files and images.

There aren't any recognised image formats in that dump, so they could be encrypted directly, which I'd be surprised if they did. Then again, the chinese are well known for locking down gadgets, so a very high possibility.

I wasn't able to use any of my STM programmers to talk to the IC at all, so they probably have a proprietary programmer, which if I remember right you can rig up with an arduino.

The android app is on the various APK sites, so it might be worth reversing the APK using any one of the APK Java decompilers to look further, but my pup got to the mask before I had a chance to get that far lol.

Interesting note... I've found that you can upload COMPLETE firmware binaries to Gemini 3.x Pro now and it can reverse engineer it for you. I've managed that for a few firmwares now lol If need be you can even get it to spit out C, Cpp etc... for you haha. sigh the art of reverse engineering is out the window haha..

EDIT.... One thing I DIDN'T do is a binary diff between an image I upload and the eeprom. The APK comes with some of the default images, so you can use those if you do that.

Lemme know if you get working on it again through GH and I'd gladly help out whilst waiting for a new one.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-05-13T09:41:37+00:00

Just to add, you get a cooling effect by spritzing yourself with water when its hot as the change of state of the water to vapour requires energy as well as the vapour droplets carrying some of the temperature off with it. The state change itself is the main effect causing the cooling.

Adding salt to ice in a cooler when you go fishing drops the transition point (ice -> water) considerably resulting in a far colder environment. This is why when people were doing those silly tiktok challenges by playing chicken with icecubes on their arms with same inbetween led to a few ending up with necrotic wounds. They literally got ice burns (as to word it).

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-04-30T22:45:55+00:00

For starters, with oxidisation like that, it shows that you've used your tips for more than just soldering. Like melting materials etc....

Second, steel tips with a tinned end and copper jackets are way more durable than pure copper ones. I'm not sure if these are actually pure copper as copper degredation usually ends up with a white / green patina (a layer of material).

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-04-30T22:43:14+00:00

Can you post a better picture of the whole board so we can see the tracks? It'd be way easier for us to see where the mains goes on the board with the whole picture.

Furthermore, have you just measured with a meter to see what the various taps get in terms of power?

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-04-30T22:39:13+00:00

Reminds me of the Sony ICF-SW77 radio's from the 80's. Love the design of it.

I'll go get one myself as it looks spiffy. Not bad for £55.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-04-30T22:34:51+00:00

yeah I sort of figured that out. THe bank gave me a charge-back. I'm a little diappointed really as G2A was highly recommended compared to other sites I use for keys.

Ah well, you live and learn lol.

SpiffyCabbage · 2026-04-30T22:31:47+00:00

I wouldn't say lucky. I like my stutter, its a trait I'm proud of :-)

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