labs@one-wolf.net

Projects

• Setting up and running a VIA EPIA ME6000 under Linux
• Simple Linux interfacing using C++:
  • Parallel ports
    • 12-bit serial analogue-to-digital converter (MAX186-based)
    • Using hardware interrupts

Notes

• My random notes - CD and DVD writing, setting up Cygwin, configuring SSH...
• How to set up SSH to use Public Key Authentication instead of passwords (covers key generation, installation and how to get it all working with WinSCP)
• Use ddclient to keep your static IP address pointed at your domain name
• Enhance your browsing privacy with Privoxy,
• Install and configure the Exim 4 mail server
• Fundamentals of compiling C/C++ programs
• The basics of IDE drive installation
• Recovering data from an IDE hard disk drive using dd_rescue

Resources

• Wikipedia - next to Google, one of the most useful sites around

Suppliers

• DigiKey - huge range of electronic components
• Jameco - another company with a good range of items
• Logic Supply - VIA EPIA PC boards & accessories
• Mini-Box.com - another good supplier for VIA hardware, cases, etc.

Manufacturers

• Analog Devices
• Texas Instruments
• Maxim - a major supplier of SPI devices
• On Semiconductor
• National Semiconductor - their 'Application Notes' are worth their weight in gold.