Recent content by Spinachy

I wish router reviews would include info about how often (and for how long) the vendor has committed to provide firmware updates. Routers with old firmware are more hackable.

6502 cpus and support chips are still in production. There are also many, many (open source) FPGA implementations. Smartykit seems to be a similar project to this Ben Eater 6502 tutorial and kit. I had a lot of fun, and learned a lot about microprocessors, by building the Ben Eater kit. The...

I assume you do not have an older AMD CPU lying around (did you see this?). I suggest buy the MB from a store close to you. Once you have the machine running, immediately load the latest BIOS from the MB vendors site. If the MB refuses to boot, then just pop down to the retailer, and ask them...

You do not mention Latency (i.e. ping time). For example, Gamers tend to prefer e.g. higher-res mice, because that (supposedly) reduces the time between moving the mouse, and a reaction happening in the game. Presumably now the mouse movement will have to be sent up to the game server, which...

Buy a new case only, to give your computer a fresh feel. Then wait until the next gen CPUs are released later in the year.

Resistors can only handle a certain amount of CURRENT - be sure that you get ones rated for the amount of current that will be flowing in your circuit.

For me, the "fun" is not in DOING something with the RPi, but in LEARNING something, using the RPi. RPi was originally designed as a tool for people to learn programming. Follow a tutorial to get it to do something you want to try. e.g. set up WordPress, and use it as a web server. Or, learn...

I want to connect both an Adafruit GPS breakout (Adafruit ID: 746) and an Adafruit-sourced Lidar(Adafruit ID: 4010) to my Zero-W for a simple robot. They both use serial UART. Should I try a USB to Serial converter, or should I wire up something like a MAX3111 SPI to UART/RS232 converter chip?

Intel CPUs are not as sensitive to RAM speed as AMD CPUs. Dual Channel is faster than single channel, but you will need a benchmark test to see the difference - you will not feel any difference at the keyboard. Your machine will feel slightly faster if you add an ADDITIONAL 8Gb memory stick...

You can keep the cables and bracket on the hard drive. This will help you to keep the screws from getting lost. Just keep it away from Static electricity, which could affect the controller chip on the drive itself.

Yes, you are correct. I am a bit paranoid about losing the screw, so I prefer to work with a magnetic screwdriver when installing my NVME drives.

Your cables will not affect electrical operation of the computer. I find that unused cables left in the PC are just dust collectors. I prefer to remove them, and put them in my "cable box" for possible future reuse.

Are you sure your internet is giving 300Mbps ? I suggest plug into your router with a cable, and test again....

Plug another computer onto the end of the same cable. This will tell you if it is a problem with your router, or just with that PC.

You must use "cloning" software to copy the contents of your hard drive onto the SSD. Follow these instructions : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2839729/clone-drive.html I like to then (temporarily) remove the hard drive, and set the BIOS to boot from the SSD, so I can check it is working...