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Hardware Radio/TV Reverse-engineer 

Repairing a failed Tecsun S-8800 radio due to damaged charging board

September 2, 2023September 3, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment s-8800, tecsun

In June, my Tecsun S-8800 which was purchased in Feb 2020 stopped working totally. It had started 2 months earlier

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Networking Popular Articles Software Development Vintage Computing Win32 API Windows Tips 

Super 8086 Box, my home-built PC XT emulator with Adlib, MPU-401, joystick and NE2000 support

August 15, 2023September 16, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment 8086tiny, c++, dosbox, msdos

In 2019 I played with 8086 Tiny Plus v1.34, developed by Jaybert Software and improved from the original 8086 Tiny

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General Programming Hardware Microcontroller Popular Articles Radio/TV Software Development 

dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]

July 19, 2023September 21, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment ch375, ch376, dspic

In my previous post I described how I designed my home-built LW/MW/FM/SW radio which supports MP3 recording/playback using the dsPIC33EP512MC502

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iOS Mac OS Software Development Xcode 

Getting xCode to run on unsupported versions of macOS

June 7, 2023September 1, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment Info.plist, iOS, Monterey, SystemVersion.plist, Ventura, xCode

My MacBook Air 2017 has been running macOS Monterey (12.6.5), the last version to support my MacBook model, which in

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Hardware Microcontroller Popular Articles Radio/TV 

dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 1 – Hardware Design]

May 15, 2023September 15, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment ch375, ch376, dspic, rtc, si4735, tda1308

Wondering why even high-end multiband radios such as Tecsun H501 or PL990 do not support recording, I decided to build

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Product Reviews VoIP 

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

May 1, 2023September 15, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment flynumber, sip2sip, zoiper

Recently I was introduced to FlyNumber, an easy-to-use cloud VoIP provider which offers 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, 2023September 10, 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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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, 2022September 10, 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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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, 2022September 10, 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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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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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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