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Product Reviews VoIP 

Receive unlimited incoming VoIP calls with FlyNumber’s virtual phone numbers and SIP2SIP

May 1, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment flynumber, sip2sip, zoiper

Recently I was introduced to FlyNumber, an easy-to-use VoIP provider which offers cloud PBX services as well as virtual phone

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CodeProject Hardware Microcontroller 

Integrating FatFs FAT filesystem module with CH375/CH376 USB controller

April 25, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment ch375, ch376, dspic, fatfs, spi

In a recent embedded project, I need to access data stored on a USB thumb drive using a dsPIC33EP512MC502. As

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Hardware Oscilloscope Reverse-engineer 

Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B and Hantek DSO4084C digital oscilloscopes

March 12, 2023May 4, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment DS1054Z, DSO4084C, GDS1054B, hantek, instek, rigol

Over a period of five years I have bought myself three low-end modern digital oscilloscopes, the Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B

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Hardware Radio/TV 

Grundig GV509M, Panasonic NV-FJ625 and Phillips VR 330 VCR/VHS Player/Recorder

February 28, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment grundig, panasonic, phillips, vcr, vhs

In my store room I have a collection of three VCRs, Panasonic NV-FJ625, Phillips VR 330 and Grundig GV509M. The

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24c64
CodeProject General Programming Hardware Microcontroller 

Emulating EEPROM using flash memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

January 17, 2023May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dspic, eeprom, flash, mplab, pickit4, xc16

One thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM

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General Programming Hardware Networking Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client

December 27, 2022May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment fujitsu, Futro, ms dos, thin client, windows 3.11, windows 98

I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card

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CodeProject General Programming Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS

November 30, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment a86, acpi, ms dos

By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the

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ubu10
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

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vs4
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

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vs2022
CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022

August 20, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio 2022

Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which

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PXL_20230326_170052052
Hardware Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts

July 27, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment nc6120, windows 7, windows 98

In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,

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pdfcreator
General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)

June 15, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment windows 98

With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of

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Since 2008, ToughDev has been publishing technical sharing articles on a wide range of topics from software development to electronics design. Our interests include, but are not limited to, Android/iOS programming, VoIP products, embedded design using Arduino/PIC microcontrollers, reverse-engineering, retro-computing, and many others. We also perform product reviews, both on new and vintage products, and share our findings with the community. In addition, our team also develops customized software/hardware solutions highly adapted to suit your needs.

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