Hardware – Do Something Every Day

Blackberry Torch 9800 Headphone Jack Repair

I use the headphone jack multiple times a day, connecting my torch 9800 to the car stereo. Over the past year, the connection has gotten flaky, eventually past the point of frustration.

It seems like a loose connection (when I fiddle with the cable, I sometimes get right and left audio), and I assumed it was the connection of the jack to the PCB inside the phone. I was anxious to get my soldering iron hot, and void my (nonexistent) warranty.

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Learning Verilog on the Digilent Nexys2

For Christmas this year, I got a Digilent Nexys2 board. My intention was to run this open source logic analyzer, to help improve my PS/2 keylogger. Continue reading Learning Verilog on the Digilent Nexys2

Theremin Workshop @ Hacklab.to #{3, 5, 6}

Theremin board with two 260kHz oscillators

At the theremin workshop, I was able to add my two pitch oscillators, and tested them successfully at 260kHz. It took me one session for each oscillator (3 and 5), but I was done early on the second oscillator.

During session 6 last week, I added the tuning circuit for the oscillator that is attached to the control panel. (not in picture)

Theremin Workshop @ Hacklab.to #2

Yesterday was the second day of the Theremin Workshop run by Andrew Kilpatrick at the Toronto Hacklab.

We seemed to get pretty well along the process in the first workshop. I had my power supply completed, but my voltage regulators were in backwards – because the pin-out diagram was labeled as if looking from the bottom of the IC, not the top (as I assumed that all would be). Unfortunately, we found this out when we connected the supply voltage, and things got hot. Continue reading Theremin Workshop @ Hacklab.to #2

New Open Source Keylogger

I’ve just created a page for my open source keylogger. I need to add some licensing to the code, and ensure it is sanitized before releasing, but keep your eye on the project page!