Year: 2019

Hardware Radio/TV

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

December 27, 2019September 2, 2023 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 Radio/TV

Sangean PR-D3 Portable Long Range AM/FM Radio

November 10, 2019May 4, 2023 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

CodeProject Hardware Linux Software Development

Using Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless as cheap CCTV camera replacement

October 21, 2019April 4, 2023 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

CodeProject Hardware Linux Popular Articles Reverse-engineer Software Development

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

September 9, 2019May 9, 2023 ToughDev 15 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

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CodeProject Hardware

V380 Pro wireless CCTV camera with night vision and RTSP support

August 12, 2019April 4, 2023 ToughDev 6 Comments 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

CodeProject Hardware

Floureon Wifi/Ethernet CCTV camera with ONVIF & PTZ support

July 9, 2019April 4, 2023 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)

CodeProject Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Exploring Tandy Deskmate on DOSBox v0.7.4

June 28, 2019May 30, 2025 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

CodeProject iOS Mobile Development Objective-C Software Development

Handling NSInvalidArgumentException “Pushing the same view controller instance more than once is not supported” in an iOS application

May 5, 2019April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment exception handling, java, NSInvalidArgumentException, UINavigationController

When debugging my iOS app, I discovered that the following apparently innocent code sometimes caused the app to crash due

Android CodeProject General Programming Mobile Development Software Development

Simulating key presses on Android devices

April 4, 2019April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment adb, bluestacks, inject_events, sendkeys

I need to develop an application that is capable of communicating with another Android application to perform a few specific

CodeProject Reverse-engineer Software Development Vintage Computing

Playing Alley Cat, a classic MS-DOS game, from your web browser

March 1, 2019April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment alleycat, pcjs, pcx86

Last week I explored gabonator’s Visual C++ and Javascript port of Alley Cat, one of my favourite DOS games. The project, despite being apparently

CodeProject Vintage Computing Web Development Windows Tips

Exploring PCx86, an IBM PC emulator written in JavaScript

February 6, 2019April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment pcjs, pcx86

I came across PCjs, a JavaScript-based emulator that supports many different vintage computer architectures and spent last week setting up my first web-based PC

Vintage Computing Windows Tips

8086 Tiny Plus, a lightweight PC XT emulator with CGA/MCGA graphics

January 15, 2019May 10, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment 8086tiny, dosbox, msdos, picoxt

UPDATE (Aug 2023) – Read my latest article on Super 8086 Box, which is an improved version of 8086 Tiny

Since 2008, ToughDev has been extensively exploring a variety of technical topics—from software development to electronics design. Key areas of focus include Android and iOS programming, VoIP technologies, embedded systems using Arduino and PIC microcontrollers, reverse engineering, and retro-computing.

Recent highlights include running macOS Sequoia on a Dell Latitude, teardown of the vintage Tandy 2500RSX—a powerful 386 system by Tandy Corporation, the Super 8086 Box—a home-built PC XT emulator with full legacy hardware support— and the dsMP3, a custom-designed multi-band radio with MP3 recording and playback.

Got something cool or curious to share? Get in touch—whether it's a retro challenge, embedded puzzle, or deep tech curiosity, I’m always open to fresh ideas and unique projects. You can also learn more about what I do on the About ToughDev page