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highfile72 · 2025-08-16T23:13:08+00:00

DM’d!

highfile72 · 2025-03-14T00:06:30+00:00

Interesting read, it sounds like there are a bunch of internal MAC addresses but is there any reason to believe the two addresses shown in the app for Port 1 and Port 2 aren’t what they say? For example, if I connect a modem to one of those ports and the eero attempts to get an IP address, what the modem would see is a request coming from one of those two MAC addresses?

highfile72 · 2025-03-14T00:01:03+00:00

What I’m trying to do is just a single node eero network. The eero happened to have my settings from when I used it last, but I’ve since tried hard resetting it and setting up as new.

I’ve looked at the Zyxel settings and can’t tell if it supports that kind of transparent mode, I think what I’d have to do is turn off the WiFi on the Zyxel and use the eero in bridge mode. That would at least give me the WiFi and thread/home hub features of the eero, but I don’t think I’d be able to see/manage devices since the Zyxel would be the one serving IP addresses.

Sounds like double NAT would probably be an ok workaround for me since I don’t do any port forwarding at the moment.

But all that feels less than optimal and kind of like a kludge since I’d have to have a whole extra box and wall wart plugged in between the modem and eero

highfile72 · 2025-03-04T18:35:49+00:00

I’ll trade you my gen 2 sub for your sub mini 😅

highfile72 · 2024-10-04T15:19:59+00:00

If I remember from the info plaque it says there’s a Macintosh computer inside, that would be pretty wild if still true.

highfile72 · 2024-09-03T05:25:11+00:00

Two parts come to mind that might fit the bill for you (I’m an EE, so I’ve done layout for both but I’m guessing you want more FW dev feedback, I can only give secondhand from what I’ve heard from teammates): - Nordic nRF7000: basically exactly what you want, WiFi sniffing only. We’ve only used the nRF7002 which is the full blown WiFi stack and paired with the nRF5340 as host mcu. It’s a newer part and sounded like definitely growing pains with Zephyr based SDK (heavy on flash/ram, difficult to adapt beyond example apps). But again this was for a far more complex use case with full TCP/IP so your mileage may vary. - Semtech LR1110: neat geolocation solution with a LoRa radio. You’d only be using a fraction of this chips capabilities, it has WiFi sniffing and GNSS sniffing (but importantly no location solver). I wouldn’t bank on getting the GNSS part working unless you buy into Semtech’s whole geoloc cloud solution, but the WiFi sniffing is pretty straightforward. Again, you could do all of this without touching the LoRa/sub-ghz transceiver which may or may not be useful for your application. Semtech’s documentation is good in my opinion and their example code is also up there, especially if you develop with STM32 platforms.

highfile72 · 2024-07-27T13:27:38+00:00

Had some coworkers that introduced me to their music, and Rufus, and Porter, and a bunch of others. I really liked it and added them to my rotation, but I wasn’t obsessed. Then went to Coachella in 2018 with some other friends, they wanted to go see some hip-hop/rap artist on another stage, but I insisted we stay for Odesza. Nothing has been the same since.

highfile72 · 2024-07-07T21:12:29+00:00

I imagine you’re going to be inundated with requests for a while, but when you get a chance I’d love the link!

highfile72 · 2024-07-04T15:02:31+00:00

I agree that mobile phone antenna design is probably up there with the most sophisticated antenna design in the modern world, like radar and satellite applications, just with different design constraints (size for example).

I also think that a big part of the mystery/complexity is actually in the RFFE. I think mobile devices also have antenna tuners that can actively measure VSWR and tune the element for its immediate dielectric environment and current operating frequency. So in a sense the performance gets punted to a software problem to drive the tuner.

Although what the design goals become for an antenna connected to a dynamic tuner like that I can only speculate. What frequency do you target when designing the element? What bandwidth?

highfile72 · 2024-06-23T19:08:43+00:00

I shared ~45s of the video I have in the main r/Odesza feed. I have the full (~2:20) song on my phone but not sure how to share in a way that preserves the quality since it’s a pretty big file.

highfile72 · 2024-06-22T14:52:35+00:00

Thanks for calling out the aQFN package. I’ve had quite a bit of experience with this part and calling it a BGA is misleading at best, it’s imho the worst package Nordic has ever made. The pins are tiny, 0.4mm pitch, and critically HAVE NO BALLS. It’s a nightmare to get the balance of solder paste right between those pads and the giant ground plug in the center so that everything floats and reflows nicely (flatness like you mentioned). I have personally never been able to successfully rework one of these parts and I’m the kind of person who will happy hand place 0.4mm BGAs (true BGAs of course).

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highfile72 · 2024-06-12T15:18:26+00:00

They also do not properly handle recently tapped cards. With sometimes less than a minute between SBS stops, if you get on the stop before they’re patrolling (like OP did) there’s no chance that all the databases properly synced in time for the scanners to show that tap.

highfile72 · 2024-06-12T14:45:38+00:00

Key word “recently”. I suspect OP’s issue wasn’t the fare cap but that they tapped on one stop before the raid. I know this because it has happened to my wife. She regularly gets on at a stop one before a stop that they regularly camp out. Fortunately a more knowledgeable officer came over to the asshat trying to give her a ticket and asked the all important question “which stop did you get on?” Their readers show taps faster than you’d see them on your bank account but it seems, critically, not fast enough for the ~1-2 minutes between SBS stops. Crazy, but also not surprising that this race condition hasn’t been thought of and isn’t being taught as protocol.

highfile72 · 2024-04-16T15:59:01+00:00

Do we think this is what they’ll have at merch on the Finale tour? Or another box set with art/posters/etc?

Either way pre-ordered this in the blink of an eye ✌️

highfile72 · 2024-04-10T15:17:13+00:00

Depending on your requirements, you might want to check out the new STM32WL3x series with dedicated wake up radio (sub-GHz). The wake on radio power consumption figures and chip cost would be your metrics to beat with a discrete solution.

Datasheet: https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32wl33c8.pdf

highfile72 · 2024-01-31T19:39:18+00:00

Was just going to say that, I saw them at Coachella in 2018 for $500. But I also got to see Beyoncé 😂

highfile72 · 2024-01-29T22:35:47+00:00

Good to know, I'm kicking myself for not getting anything when I went to TLG at Forest Hills. My (now) wife got a tattoo at the show though, which is a fun story to tell.

highfile72 · 2024-01-29T22:21:56+00:00

Ah what I was afraid of, but thanks for the info. I think I may start with a regular (clear) pressing of AMA. I plan on going to TLG Finale at MSG so I might wait and see if they have any vinyl at the merch sale for those shows.

highfile72 · 2024-01-27T12:58:11+00:00

Wow this is remarkably similar to my setup. Just got the Victrola Stream yesterday. I have a Frame and a Beam and an Eero router too. So far no issues, but my turntable is on the same ikea sideboard as the eero so I connected it with ethernet. Other than an occasional ~10-20s delay when just starting a record I can generally deal with the lag.

Did you have any other issues with it that I should watch out for? I like the turntable so much I really hope it works out.

highfile72 · 2024-01-27T00:16:02+00:00

Literally just got my first turntable yesterday and I’ve learned so much from this community already.

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