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Debian Installer for Zealz GK802 “Android TV” quad core ARM MiniPC

By angus on May 21, 2013

I’ve assembled a network installer image to install Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” on the GK802 “Android TV” Mini PC. This is intended for people who want to run the GK802 headless or semi-headless, for server or robotics applications.

Zealz GK802Login console on my TV (my TV doesn't upscale 640x480 well.)

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Unlocking an encrypted rootfs over ssh with Debian wheezy

By angus on May 16, 2013

Problem: You have a computer running Debian 7.0 wheezy with an encrypted root filesystem. At startup you’d like to be able to unlock the disk over ssh, maybe because it runs headless.

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LG USB Hub

By angus on May 15, 2013

LG cube hub, rubber duck shown for scale

I bought this LG branded USB 2.0 Hub for $10 from PCDIY.

Seems to be an LG promotional item that PCDIY decided to resell. (I don’t mind, it works properly in Linux unlike most cheap hubs.)

However, the form factor is kinda big and the LG logo is pretty bright.

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Anatomy of a cheap USB to Ethernet adapter

By angus on March 20, 2013

Taking apart a very cheap USB to Ethernet adapter and pondering on the parts found inside.

Here are two USB to Ethernet adapters:

More side by sideMore side by side. In the defence of the cheap adapter, it'd been apart 3 times by this point. Adapters side by side

One of them is sold on ebay for $3.85 AU ($3.99 US), including postage to Australia. The other is sold at Apple Stores for $29.1

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  1. Model MC704ZM / A1277 [↩]

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Rep Rap Pro Huxley Extruder Upgrade

By angus on October 31, 2012

At Make, Hack, Void we’ve had a Rep Rap Pro Huxley 3d printer since the beginning of the year.

Unfortunately we’ve also struggled with a couple of long-standing problems. Continue reading “Rep Rap Pro Huxley Extruder Upgrade”

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Flatdrier

By angus on October 1, 2012

Demo page with data from the last week in September

A few months ago, in the dead of Canberra winter, we discovered our flat had a mould problem. Insidious disgusting mould had crept in around our walls. Much scrubbing ensued.

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Huawei Sonic U8650 – 10 months on

By angus on June 18, 2012

This is a follow-up to the review I wrote last August of the Huawei Sonic U8650 $189AU Android smartphone.

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Debian on Flexiview FV-1

By angus on February 26, 2012

This post is about running Debian GNU/Linux on the Mesada/Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” unit. This post has been a bit delayed, I got very sidetracked with other things this month!

By following these steps, you should be able to use the FV-1 a bit like a normal desktop Linux computer. However, it’s still a long way from my dream goal of running XBMC for Linux.

Android TV front

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Mesada Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” Technical Review

By angus on January 9, 2012

I’m calling this a “technical review” because I’m not going to spend much time talking about using Android on this device. The reason for that will become apparent.

I recently purchased two “Android TV” boxes from aliexpress, for investigation and general hackery.

Android TV front Android TV back Android TV remote

You can buy these from various online vendors (dealextreme, aliexpress, etc.) Also under other names – for instance it’s sold here in Australia as the Kogan Agora TV.

The “original” product is the Flexiview FV-1, made by Mesada Technology, Shenzhen.

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Notes using scratchbox2 with debian multiarch

By angus on December 6, 2011

I’m a very recent (3 days) user of scratchbox2 for cross-compiling. My initial response was “this is crazy magic” awe, followed shortly by “this is a crazy mountain of hacks” skepticism. However, after some use & success now, it seems to be a really neat tool.

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