Siliconfish

Hobby blog about tech tips I've picked up, projects I'm working on, or links to useful information and cool stuff. I'm an Electrical Engineer and professional Analog IC designer for 25 years playing in my spare time. Arduino, hacking consumer electronics, video game hardware, satellite TV, PC building, Android apps, appliance repairs and whatever else that interests me.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

"Err 3" - Clearing Honda radio error code 3

This is for a 1997 Honda Accord, but I'd guess that it holds true for a wide variety of Honda's of comparable vintages. It involve...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Hex to Decimal to Binary to Gray Code Converter Tool

I expanded the little windows/linux PC Java widget I made to decode bits while programming JTAG registers. It was proving very usef...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Hex to Binary JTAG Register Decoder tool

While programming JTAG registers I frequently have to fill out binary bit maps to select settings, and then convert the pattern into a h...

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Ubuntu computer on a USB 3 drive

With the advent of USB3.0 5Gbps thumb drives, it now makes sense to install Ubuntu onto a USB stick and carry it with you. This is dif...

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Upgraded PC for video streaming

Upgraded another teen machine in the house. It is used for web, video streaming and some video game play. I'm currently using Intel i...

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Auto keyless remote fob - fail and repair

I suppose everyone knows this but I didn't. And google supplied the answer quickly. But maybe somebody doesn't know and this post ...

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Updated the Tuning Fork Android App

After about a year and a half I finally updated the tuning fork android app. This app started as a high quality signal generator for el...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Upgrade to teen gaming machine

This is the components I chose for XMAS present system upgrade for teens gaming machine. It won't rock the world like my other recent H...

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 - USB debugging mode in Android 4.2 and higher

Back to writing android applications. With my new Samsung Galaxy 4, there is no longer a button for USB Debug Mode! This setting allowed...

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Sony VAIO SVT13112FXS ultrabook blue screen caused by iastor.sys

My beloved Sony VAIO ultrabook laptop, model SVT13112FXS (SVT131A11L) is crashing every 10 minutes or so, even if it is idle, with a blue sc...

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