A follow up to a previous post, this is a listing of all the chinese 3D printer motherboards I could find, along with their CPU. I’m noticing that STM32 is overwhelmingly the most popular choice. Additionally, the STM32F103ZET6 seems to be the most popular selected CPU as well. Considering alternate firmware options for these boards, … [Read more…]
Here’s a fun one. Load this page in Firefox, on a Mac. Drag the red square below to your Desktop. Finder will crash and restart. Yes, I have reported this to apple. This is a file URL overflow bug. Here the URL is converted to a filename, without proper checking of the extension length. … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, you probably have a knack for underestimating the depth of rabbit holes. This was one that I knew could get a little hairy, and I’m not out of the woods yet. I’ve been playing with the STM32F103C8T6 blue pill board and the JGAurora A5S board with a STMF103ZET6 chip. Here is … [Read more…]
It has been a tough few years for photobucket’s reputation… In 2017 they launched their new paid “P500” plan, holding millions billions of images on the web to ransom and demanding $400 per year, which unsurprisingly, didn’t go down well… For a recent website, I needed to use photobucket because they offer an email-to-upload service … [Read more…]
If you’re looking for replacement parts for your Xiaomi Robot Vacuum cleaner, just be aware that there are a lot of fake (3rd party) replacement components for sale on the market. I am not sure if the quality is measurably worse, but the genuine components sell for 3x to 4x the price of the aftermarket … [Read more…]
Over the last couple of years, there has been a new category of home appliances that has started to appear on the market – the rise of the robot vacuum cleaners! Like a new kind of kitchen gadget, I was immediately interested if Robovacs could live up the the hype and promises they claimed. In … [Read more…]