Hardware, Technology
The bench-in-a-box: a compact hardware-hacking rig for embedded bring-up
Reverse-engineering a closed embedded device — a GPON ONU, a router, an SBC ofunknown provenance — is mostly a loop:…
- June 8, 2026
- Herman BRULE
CatchChallenger, Hardware, Network, Personal project
Benchmark hardware and news for CatchChallenger
I mount hardware to benchmark CatchChallenger server (x86 Geode LX800, pentium 3, MIPS32r2, ARMv6-8, …), 80M of semi-structured data, concept…
- June 4, 2026
- Herman BRULE
Hardware, Technology
Simple x86 to server
Lastly I don’t publish too often… I’m so busy. To modify common x86 hardware to server, I do this thing:…
- April 4, 2025
- Herman BRULE
Hardware, PCB, Technology
CNC for PCB
I finish a CNC to making PCB, fully automated, you send PCB gerber file via internet, you paid and the…
- June 16, 2024
- Herman BRULE
Hardware
bye mdadm raid5! welcome btrfs raid1
Hi, I used btrfs over mdadm raid1, btrfs detect checksum corruption, then I investigate. And I see some SSD have…
- October 14, 2023
- Herman BRULE