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Hello everyone !

I'm seeding/cross-post this in 3 communities because I think I will get better answers in each respective one (Hardware, coding, electronics).

As the title say I'm want to learn to build from the ground up those cheap solar led/optic fiber lightning, here some images to get what I mean:

They come in bundles but after awhile they just die out without repair ability which kinda sucks and because they are cheap my mum keeps buying them... So, I would like to build ones I'm able to repair and customize :). However I have absolutely NO idea where to begin and what exactly I'm searching for... I'm lacking the skills and knowledge on the 3 fronts !

  • What hardware I'm looking for ?
  • What kind of electronics ?
  • What programming language to glue everything together?
  • .... ?

I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty and learn how to micro-solder, learn some coding skills to get everything neatly glued together software wise, learn the necessary hardware or other important and necessary stuff to achieve this goal ! I'm looking for every good and reliable advice to get me started !

One thing though, If i have to learn some hardware/low level coding skills I would prefer a language that would be useful for other stuff in the long run.

Thank you in advance and I'm already sorry if I'm very slow to respond, I'm not native and the flood amount of information I will probably get, will surpass my ability to respond to everyone right away.

Also every other directions are welcome, like:

  • how to repair the old ones? Do I need to flash their proprietary software/hardware?

Thank you !

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28215475

Merged on Friday for the nearly-over Linux 6.15 merge window were the RISC-V CPU architecture updates for this next kernel release.

RISC-V with Linux 6.15 brings build improvements thanks to a re-architecting of the Kconfig build system options around RISC-V for selecting sub-architecture features.

For the Linux 6.15 kernel with RISC-V there is also support for building relocatable non-MMU kernels, support for huge PFNMAPS to improve TLB utilization, support for runtime constants, new RISC-V instructions supported, and a variety of fixes.

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I've just had a 2nd USB3 SATA enclosure go bad. I can't remember what the first one was. This one is an Orico MS400U3. It was plugged into a Linux box with one drive and the drive started reporting strange errors so I removed the drive and connected it direct to SATA and it's working fine - after fsck fixed the errors on it. I thought maybe the USB port on the Linux box might be bad so I plugged the Orico into a Windows PC with a known good 1TB drive in it (a different drive than originally gave errors) - Windows sees the drive as 115PB and won't let me format it.

Is there any explanation for this other than the controller board in the enclosure somehow failing?

I'm thinking of going for this StarTech one next. Any other suggestions?

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Would there be an interest with consolidating with the !hardware@lemmy.world community?

This one has more subs, but a lot less engagement and it seems the mod for this community deleted their account?

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Zara@lemmy.ml to c/hardware@lemmy.ml
 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26838835

Hi,

I'm looking a way to make or buy an intercom system between room in the same house. That works more or less like a Walkie-talkie but wired on the local LAN .

With the following "requirements"

  • only voice
  • push to talk ( do not need to dial )
  • broadcast the voice too all receiver
  • AC-powered
  • work on the local Lan (Ethernet)

If you know any device that does that or a clever way to DIY or even an android app (LAN only)
I'm all ears. Thanks

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I am looking to buy parts which closely replicate the "GPU Centric Design" build image on the HAVN HS 420 product page (https://havn.global/products/hs-420) and could not identify what the make/model of the AIO cooler is. Wondering if anyone recognises it? TIA.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ch00f@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml
 
 

Upgrading a server for the first time in 10 years, so I’m a little out of the loop. I was surprised to find that the RAM I bought didn’t fit.

This is my first time dabbling in ECC RAM, so I figured there was some minor detail I missed when purchasing, but I eventually came across the data sheet for this stick, and the dimensions given don’t match the measurements I’m making. The tip of the caliper should be in the middle of the notch at 68.1mm.

What’s more is that the dimensions in the data sheet seem to match the dimensions on my motherboard. What’s going on here?

[SOLVED] I and Kingston are morons. I ordered RDIMM instead of UDIMM. The Kingston datasheet gives the wrong dimensions.

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