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Re-Flashing a Meshtastic Device

I had a couple of Meshtastic devices that were presenting challenges when I tried to pair them with my phones through the Meshtastic application. It turns out that the simple solution was to flash more recent firmware to them. This might not be obvious at first given that one usually flashes the device with a … Continue reading Re-Flashing a Meshtastic Device

Working with Alternative Data Streams in Power Shell

Close to five years ago I made a post here on working with Alternative Data Streams on Windows with .Net. Today (within the last hour) I had to come up with a quick solution for which I used an ADS solution. I’m on a small break and am making this post hurriedly. A CMS was … Continue reading Working with Alternative Data Streams in Power Shell

Assembling a Camera Mount::1 Inch Ball Components

Fitting components together for operating a camera in a particular environment is a fairly common need. There is an endless way to fit a camera to robot arms, ground vehicles, air vehicles, or even with people in specific scenarios. One of the common components is the 1-inch (22mm) ball mount. Such systems have in common … Continue reading Assembling a Camera Mount::1 Inch Ball Components

Pi/Linux – Enumerating Sound Devices

In my exploration of the Linux ALSA API, I had to diagnose why I was unable to hear sounds. The problems was that the sound was playing to the wrong device. I found that the default output device varied by the Raspberry Pi that I used. Each Pi was running in uniquely configured hardware (a … Continue reading Pi/Linux – Enumerating Sound Devices

Text Console and ANSI color Codes

Adding a few colors to text in an output console can make it a lot more readable. Preferably my text colours will be white and 2 or 3 other colors for emphasis. Many text-output APIs have functions that one can call to change text color. Generally, I don’t use these. There are specific byte sequences … Continue reading Text Console and ANSI color Codes