New #blog post: I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage
https://rldane.space/i-miss-the-days-of-ubiquitous-portable-data-storage.html
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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @solusspider @clayton
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
I finally finished this custom USB Controller using a 12 position switch. The customer will be using it as a USB MIDI Controller where they want to select 11 different settings.
It's a bit taller than I'd like but the switch is pretty tall and I need a certain amount of space for the PCB and controller.
The enclosure is 3D printed and so is the knob. The multi-color prints for both came out great.
I've just listened to an #ITSecurity presentation, which gave me a few more nightmares to worry about.
First, there is #Shodan , a search engine for the #Internet (as opposed to the World Wide Web), aka "how to find hackable things on the Internet". If you have any devices accessible via the Internet - such as security cameras - it can probably be found there. And there are numerous people and companies who leave these devices unsecured - as the presenter demonstrated.
Also, #USB cables exist which look like the real thing but contain secret WLAN access for hackers. They cost around $200 these days, and can only be distinguished from the real thing by #CT scans.
It is 10:20 Central European Time. Do you know what your networks are doing?
Has anybody found a USB-C ethernet adapter that also does PoE to USB-PD?
I'm thinking something that could be plugged into a Pi4 or 5 that powers and adds a second ethernet port.
Key Learnings (für mich bisher):
* #Strom sparen, wenn es geht! #Display eine Idee dunkler, Stromsparmodus an (kaum eine Info ist wirklich wichtig), etc. Jedes mAh zählt! 
* #Solarpower ist super, aber Realismus ist wichtig. Nicht immer scheint die Sonne wie bestellt und nicht immer hat man genug Zeit. 
* Zwei #Powerbanks sind ideal für mich! Groß für Reichweite, klein & schnell für Flexibilität. 
* Gutes #USB-Verlängerungskabel und wissen, welches #Ladegerät was kann, rockt! 
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I built a Giant USB Button that is, if I'm honest, probably *too* big. But hey, I just make what the people want...
It's apparently National Sticker Day so here's something I came up with as a practical application: USBoo.
Marking the port in this manner indicates that it still works, but is slightly haunted.
I have a whole sheet of these stickers, but if I start marking every bit of haunted technology in here, I'd run out fast. It's magic smoke and ghosts all the way down.
Now in stock on Lectronz: PicoPD - USB PD/PPS Dev board https://lectronz.com/products/picopd
#Arduino #USB #Robotics
Has anyone messed around with #xbox360 #rf #ringoflights mods for #usb support?
I'm about to follow this guide using my lying around arduino uno:
https://www.electromaker.io/project/view/xbox-360-rf-module-controlled-with-an-arduino-1
Anything I should know before I start? People online are complaining about fried boards and lack of success quite a bit
I see a need to have resistors for clk and data pins and then a diode to drop 5v to 3.3v
Anything else?
@andrew #Funfact: I have the extremely cursed combo of a Floppy Emulator connected to such a #USB - #Floppy adaptor!
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LOL
, if anyone is able to "conveniently" extract the link from the pic alt text → PLEASE TELL ME! Seriously, i'd like to know how you did it, "conveniently"! 
For everyone else; here's the URL from the #Ruideng UM34(c) #USB tester QR code → https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5c877rc21tp1p/UM34 ← that's where you'll find the "UM Meter" #Android app APK, and a few docs
heise+ | Anleitung: Alte USB-Ports durch USB-C ersetzen
Oft hat man noch Geräte mit Micro-USB oder Mini-USB. Wie man den Port eines solchen Gerätes durch USB-C-ersetzt, zeigen wir in diesem Artikel.
Am I right in that a (car) USB-A plug doesn't have PD in it?
Only USB-C plugs can have PD?
And it can be bad for my phone if I use USB-A (to USB-C) to charge my phone?
@hyakinthos @HoustonDog the problem is not to boot @OS1337 from #USB. That just works.by chainloading it from #ISOLINUX distros like #Ventoy (abeit, it's cursed)...
@Ninji actually, no because #SCART cables don't necessarily have sufficient shielding and are mechanically too imprecise for highspeed data transfer even considering #Thunderbolt 1.0.and #USB 3.0...
General #Linux #PC question, tho I reckon it's not to do with the OS really - I plugged in a hard drive (using a #USB 3 enclosure with dedicated power) to the back of my PC (USB 3.2 Gen 2 port). I mounted it easily and started copying some big files over to the hard disk. The problem is, often after some time the copying process would just freeze indefinitely and the hard drive itself might get unmounted by its own.
The drive is good, and why I don't think it's OS related is because it happens on #macOS on my #MacBook too, and the same drive also does its job just fine when plugged into a separate Linux PC of mine, a much weaker one. My guess is it's more to do with USB/bandwidth of some kind since my primary PC is hooked to a lot of devices like trackpad, mice, 2 capture cards (camera and #SteamDeck), audio interface, etc.
While my other unaffected PC is only connected to a single keyboard and mouse or something like that. My Mac, when the issue happens (with multiple drives/enclosures), has nothing else connected to it but that's not my concern for now since I've just found all my Macs, old and new been unreliable when it comes to USBs or even Bluetooth.
Anything I could do to reliably copy/move over stuffs between my PC and hard drive without having the drive freeze/unmount itself?
USB-C-Netzteil für neue Zwecke nutzen
Bei mir sammeln sich USB-C-Netzteile – kann ich die sinnvoll weiternutzen? Mit USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) könnten die doch auch andere Geräte versorgen.
