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General Programming Hardware Microcontroller Software Development 

Software Real Time Clock (RTC) for the dsPIC33EP512MC502

March 15, 2021May 9, 2021 ToughDev 1 Comment dspic, rtc

Although the dsPIC33EP512MC502 does not have an integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) for time keeping, this can easily be overcome by configuring

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Hardware Microcontroller 

16-bit stereo audio DAC on dsPIC33FJ128GP802

February 19, 2021May 13, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment dac, dspic

The dsPIC33FJ128GP802 is among the few devices in the dsPIC33F family that have an integrated 16-bit stereo DAC module. The DAC can be

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Hardware Microcontroller 

Measuring temperature using the dsPIC Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU)

January 8, 2021May 14, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment ctmu, dht11, dspic

In an attempt to save an I/O pin originally used for the DHT11 to measure ambient temperature in one of my

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Hardware 

Mini USB/SD MP3 player module (AB20CL5A5U) from AliExpress

December 8, 2020May 8, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment aliexpress, mp3, usb

I purchased a mini USB/SD MP3 player module from AliExpress for a mere $4, shipping included, which arrived in great

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Hardware 

Portable 500m AM transmitter from AliExpress

November 27, 2020May 8, 2021 ToughDev 1 Comment aliexpress, am transmitter, radio

I bought an AM transmitter kit for $20 from AliExpress just to test the AM performance of my various radios during

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Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Twinhead A5020 566MHz Intel Celeron laptop

October 12, 2020October 17, 2022 ToughDev 0 Comment Twinhead

In order to play DOS and early Windows games, I searched eBay for a cheap laptop that can run Windows 98, preferably

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Microsoft Office Reverse-engineer Software Development Windows Tips 

Opening Office 2007 documents on Windows 98

September 15, 2020October 17, 2022 ToughDev 1 Comment microsoft office, open office, win98

On my old but trusted Windows 98 laptop, which is used mostly for DOS and early Windows games, there is an occasional

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General Programming Hardware Reverse-engineer Software Development Vintage Computing 

Tweaking the AlphaSmart Neo, a great portable word processor with 700-hour battery life

August 19, 2020May 15, 2021 ToughDev 2 Comments alphasmart, basic, neo

Although I really love my AlphaSmart Dana, its limited battery life which requires recharging every couple of days as well as the

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General Programming Vintage Computing 

AlphaSmart Dana, an almost perfect typewriter running Palm OS 4.1

July 5, 2020May 6, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment alphasmart, dana, palmos

I love the idea of distraction-free writing, which allows me to focus on my thoughts without any of the modern

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General Programming Hardware Linux 

CCTVs and SD card life expectancy

June 17, 2020May 1, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment cctv

To most users, flash memory wear out is typically not a concern, even more so when they have to ask about

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Hardware Linux Software Development 

Flueron, V380 Pro and Raspberry Pi Zero as wireless CCTV cameras

May 12, 2020May 5, 2021 ToughDev 0 Comment cctv, Floureon, raspberry pi, v380

A while ago I wrote a few articles describing how to use the Flueron, V380 Pro as well as the Raspberry Pi

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