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Wall-mounted USB Hub for the bench.

Hey folks, just a quick update to share that little addition to the bench! Initially, I had to plug in all the USB devices in the rPi directly, which wasn’t bad when it wasn’t hooked to the wall. Then the wall mounting started, which complicated my life a LOT with the ports. It still wasn’t […]

Published on July 22, 2024
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OpenWRT on RTL8196E in WiFi repeater – pt1.1

Part 1.1 : Tool failure… So, I figured out that I would need to extract the firmware from the Flash memory. I found the tools needed (flashrom and binwalk) for the rPi and they installed great! Also found the correct pinout for the chip!… mega good news right? Indeed, It went super well for gathering […]

Published on July 9, 2024
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Simple Wall-Mount Power Switch for rPi – pt1

Part 1 : The idea So, I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi as my bench computer due to it size and that I can use the GPIOs from it. It worked great so far but the power supply that I purchased has a On/Off switch on it that is not extremely convenient. I had the […]

Published on July 8, 2024
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wifi repeater inside

OpenWRT on RTL8196E in WiFi repeater – pt1

Part 1 : Talk to me… So, I’ve been fiddling with this old device from 2013ish. it’s a WiFi repeater from an unknown brand. On the bright side, I managed to crack it open and find out the potential UART port (without pins obviously), and the chip inside seems to be a genuine Realtek RTL8196E, […]

Published on July 5, 2024
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The Etek journey …

Hello world! Hopefully you will find this blog to be as helpful as I wish it to be. Feel free to leave messages on posts and I’ll do my best to reply to these as soon as I can. Who is ETek Lab you might ask? Just a Canadian woman, software architect/developer that is passionate […]

Published on July 4, 2024
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