Teardown of Inseego M3000B
The usb-c port in my Inseego M3000B failed this weekend. I've tried to repair it to no avail. However, I did manage to disassemble the hotspot in the process. The device uses Torx TR6 screws…
Continue reading...The usb-c port in my Inseego M3000B failed this weekend. I've tried to repair it to no avail. However, I did manage to disassemble the hotspot in the process. The device uses Torx TR6 screws…
Continue reading...Or, removing fans and changing air flow patterns for silence. In our last experiment, we swapped better heatsinks and thermal paste from fans and cheap, poorly applied thermal tape for a silent, fanless 10 Gigabit…
Continue reading...My old Synology DS918+ is powered off and collecting dust. I figured I should be able to install mainline linux on it and turn it into a shell server with a lot of disk. iFixIt…
Continue reading...What do you think about when you hear "secure computing"? You could think about access controls (username/password, two factor authentication, etc), encryption (of data at rest, data in transit), air-gapped networks, physical security of the…
Continue reading...I bought a refurbished HTC 5G Hub to see if I could get a 5G hotspot and if it could act as a secondary internet connection if my main connection drops. The device runs Android…
Continue reading...History On February 5th, 1998, the lewman.com domain name was live on the Internet. For some reason, I've saved the original email from the registrar and hosting company. In fact, I'm pretty sure the domain…
Continue reading...This is the raw photo from an iPhone XS taken with the stock camera. This is a raw photo from a OnePlus 6 taken with the default camera: Both picture were taken from the same…
Continue reading...Out of interest in learning how machine learning works at the code level, I started building a firearm detector. There are plenty of libraries which detect a firearm, for instance, this one. I wanted to…
Continue reading...In case you thought cybersecurity was the death of IoT.
Continue reading...I started looking at various HomeKit-compatible power strips. There appear to be two on the market: And one more announced, Eve Power Strip, https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/30/eve-announces-new-light-strip-power-strip/ A few things caught my attention: I bought the Koogeek, because…
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