Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 @lupyuen@qoto.org

@vattuvarg Long range WiFi? I don't think the #BL602 WiFi Radio supports that

#PineTime v2 🤩

https://www.ncartron.org/interview-with-lukasz-erecinski-pine64s-community-manager.html

Interview with Lukasz Erecinski, #Pine64 Community Manager

https://www.ncartron.org/interview-with-lukasz-erecinski-pine64s-community-manager.html

Wastage of "341,000 excess fitness trackers with a value totalling S$5.39 million"

https://mothership.sg/2021/07/hpb-waste-fitness-trackers/

"We have reported a natively flexible 32-bit microprocessor, PlasticARM, fabricated with 0.8-μm metal-oxide TFT technology. We have demonstrated the functionality of a SoC that has a 32-bit #Arm processor fabricated on a flexible substrate"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03625-w

How to check your phone for Pegasus spyware using Amnesty’s tool

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22587234/amnesty-international-nso-pegasus-spyware-detection-tool-ios-android-guide-windows-mac

Foscam SPC WiFi Spotlight Camera: Unboxing and Teardown (Arm Cortex-A7, Realtek RTL8822CS)

https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/07/22/foscam-spc-wifi-spotlight-camera-review-unboxing-teardown/

Why does our #BL602 Light Sensor work only in Sunlight? I'm guessing: 1️⃣ Because our LED is Blue 2️⃣ Sunlight is intense (especially in Singapore)

https://wiki.analog.com/university/courses/electronics/electronics-lab-led-sensor?rev=1551786227

Need to enable ADC Gain when reading the #BL602 LED ... By modding the BL602 ADC HAL source code 🙄

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/adc/components/hal_drv/bl602_hal/bl_adc.c#L339-L367

Yep #PineCone #BL602's Blue LED works as a Light Sensor (I think) ... But only in Sunlight 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/adc/customer_app/sdk_app_adc/sdk_app_adc/demo.c

Can we turn #PineCone #BL602's LED into a Light Sensor ... By reading it with ADC? 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/adc/customer_app/sdk_app_adc/sdk_app_adc/demo.c

Weekly #Linux Phone news / media roundup

https://linmob.net/linbits-54-weekly-linux-phone-news-week28-29/

@Sophistifunk I think it's about third parties that sell location data: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnmvz/industry-unmasks-at-scale-maid-to-pii

State of #OpenSource Hardware 2021

https://stateofoshw.oshwa.org/

NSO Says ‘Enough Is Enough,’ Will No Longer Talk to the Press About Damning Reports

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7exdx/nso-says-enough-is-enough-will-no-longer-talk-to-the-press-about-damning-reports