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.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Logic Friday

Logic Friday This is a tool for creating logic from a truth table you enter. Very cool. Free. Wish I wrote it. http://www.sontrak.co...

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Epic Fail - Samsung Galaxy S4 swimming in salt water

This summer I went swimming at the beach. Played in the waves about half and hour. At one point I realized my Samsung Galaxy S4, less than...

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Fixing Acer Aspire One AO756 Laptop w/Intermittent Screen

Quick post on a successful laptop fix. I was in a hurry and didn't take pictures, so this post may be less helpful than average. Ho...

Friday, May 23, 2014

Installed custom taillights on the 2007 Honda Accord.

Backed into another car that backed up the same time as me. Ended up with a scuffed bumper and a busted taillight. Boo! Wiped off the bu...

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 ...

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