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DigiTech AR1780 and XHDATA D-808 portable FM/SW/MW/LW/SSB radio

March 11, 2020April 11, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment digitech, radio, xhdata

For all intents and purposes, the DigiTech AR1780 and the XHDATA D-808 can be said to be the same radio, with

Tecsun PL-360 LW/AM/FM/SW DSP radio

February 11, 2020April 11, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment radio, tecsun

Among all Tecsun radios, the PL-360 is interesting due to its narrow and long body resembling a walkie-talkie. There is an external antenna socket

Hardware Software Development Windows Tips

HP Stream 14-bs153od 64GB eMMC 14″ laptop

January 17, 2020April 12, 2020 ToughDev 1 Comment bs153od, emmc, hp

I received the HP Stream 14-bs153od 14″ laptop with 64GB eMMC and 4GB RAM from a friend and spent a

Hardware

Tecsun S-8800 High Performance LW/AM/FM/SW/SSB Radio

December 27, 2019April 11, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment radio, tecsun

The Tecsun S-8800 can be said to be one of the best multiband portable radios ever made. It supports longwave,

Hardware

Sangean PR-D3 Portable Long Range AM/FM Radio

November 10, 2019December 7, 2020 ToughDev 3 Comments ccrane, radio, sangean, tecsun

There are no AM radio stations within a 300km radius from my location so on an average radio I can

Hardware Linux Software Development

Using Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless as cheap CCTV camera replacement

October 21, 2019April 9, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment cctv, ffmpeg, raspberry pi

I have a bunch of unused Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless and associated camera boards from previous projects and decide to use

Hardware Linux Reverse-engineer Software Development

Reverse engineer the 360Eyes Pro (IPC365) wireless CCTV camera

September 9, 2019July 31, 2020 ToughDev 12 Comments 360eyes, cctv, ffmpeg, ipc365, rtsp, u-boot

Available on AliExpress, the 360Eyes Pro (also known as IPC365, from the default network host name of this camera) is

Hardware

V380 Pro wireless CCTV camera with night vision and RTSP support

August 12, 2019March 22, 2021 ToughDev 1 Comment cctv, ffmpeg, rtsp, v380

The V380 Pro wireless CCTV camera is available from many sellers on AliExpress for as low as 15USD. It has 10

Hardware

Floureon Wifi/Ethernet CCTV camera with ONVIF & PTZ support

July 9, 2019April 12, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment cctv, ffmpeg, Floureon, onvif, rtsp

The Floureon 720p/1080p CCTV camera is available from many sellers on eBay and Amazon. This camera supports night vision as well as pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)

Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Exploring Tandy Deskmate on DOSBox v0.7.4

June 28, 2019July 5, 2019 ToughDev 0 Comment deskmate, dosbox, tandy

My first computer was a Tandy 1000 RSX. It has a 25MHz 80386SX processor, 4MB of RAM and 100MB hard disk