Posts in Hacking category
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ROCKPro64 as Multimedia System and NAS: A long journey
The ROCKPro64 by PINE64 is a single-board computer based on the RK3399 system-on-chip. It features a powerful ARM hexacore and lots of useful peripherials, including a PCIe x4 slot. This article describes my journey of converting it into a home multimedia system and network attached storage device, based on Debian.
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Designing an Infrared Forwarder/Sniffer/Injector Microcontroller Firmware
After I decided that rolling my own piece of magic hardware was the only way forward, this post details how the firmware for my ATtiny2313a-based infrared sniffer/forwarder/injector was designed and implemented.
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Remotely controlling a Denon AVR-1910 from Linux
I have a, by modern standards, ancient Denon AVR-1910 audio/video receiver. Now that it lives in a nice cabinet without line-of-sight, I want to make it more remote controllable. HDMI-CEC is not an option (see inline), so obviously the only way is to inject Infrared commands.