C++ Developer - Hardware Hacker - Floppy Musican - Arch Linux - c-base - CCCB - Magic Lantern

Berlin
Joined April 2009
Braucht noch jemand tickets für den #37c3? Könnte bis zu 3 vermitteln. First come first serve.
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Ein #37c3 Ticket wäre noch zu haben: 150€ VB. #ccc #congress #tickets
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A lot had happened since our last tweet! names_are_hard just shared pre-alpha build of Magic Lantern for EOS 200D. It lacks most of the features, but it is an important milestone to support new camera generations. magiclantern.fm/forum/index.…
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Just yesterday this was a very broken 7D after a failed firmware downgrade. Today it works again thanks to collaborative effort on Magic Lantern Discord channel! More on this story in UART thread: magiclantern.fm/forum/index.… #magiclantern @autoexec_bin
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Countless hours spent on adjusting QEMU. Then additional 60h on looking why it crashes on hardware. #magiclantern @autoexec_bin #EOSR5 magiclantern.fm/forum/index.…
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How did I not know this??
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Just in case you have already asked yourself if a Canon RP is able to run Doom... The answer is yes, it can. I'm proud to announce that I've managed to do my first Doom port ever this week. Thanks to @_kitor @turtius and names_are_hard for help! youtube.com/watch?v=zytIWGzp…
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Just got a defective Speedlite 430-EX II flash on Ebay for 8,50€. It basically works but the flash doesn't flash. If I am lucky it works again if I replace the xenon tube.
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... so lets get closer. And yes, the broken glass and the burning mark on the bottom side tell me that this tube is gone. I'll order a new tube and try repair it. When it arrives the cap should be discharged and I can dig deeper.
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Finally I have desoldered the broken tube and replaced it with a new one I've got from ebay and now it works again. New tube did cost me 5,40€ so this is how you can get a Speedlite for ~14€, if you have some basic soldering skills :).
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Canon cameras have an internal counter on how many times the shutter was actuated. It's like the odometer on a car. Turns out RP firmware has a bug which leads into a super huge number here. It seems to be a static offset value of 1086947309 so I have taken 2107 photos until now.
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Now where a minimal version of Magic Lantern runs on EOS RP, it's time for some experiments. Models like R, R6 or R5 allow closing the shutter when the camera is turned off. Unfortunately this is not available on RP but thanks to Magic Lantern it will be possible in future. :)
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Today I have managed to get a basic port of Magic Lantern running on a EOS RP! Thanks to @_kitor for helping me with some crash analysis! We only have menus for now and no feature works yet but it proofs that Magic Lantern is definitely possible on this camera.
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A while ago the foot door opening mechanics of my trashcan broke, so I had to open it by hand. Yesterday I have decided to design and 3D print a simple replacement joint. To my surprise it already works perfectly. 3D printers are awsome!
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Due to coronavirus pandemic, all weddings are doomed anyway. To make your camera useful in such an extreme environment, Turtius ported Chocolate Doom on the EOS 200D/SL2! reddit.com/r/itrunsdoom/comm…
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The photo sensor of an Andonstar AD407 microscope. Isn't it cute?
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For comparison:
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Got myself a spare main board of EOS RP for doing some dangerous experiments I wouldn't do on cam. Hopefully I can also find some interesting stuff like JTAG. Now where it is here I've taken some high res photos of it:
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A Dialog DA6101 video amplifier chip.
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A AP902A00 power management chip.
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