Playing with software, hardware and touching the sky with a paraglider.
Welcome to my website! I’m Michał Słomkowski, if you want to contact me, you will find the details at the bottom of the page. Recent articles published or updated:
Setting up a C++ development environment for a Windows target under Linux may be tricky. To simplify the process, I provide a CMake project suitable for using MinGW under CLion and running the application in Wine.
I connected a server-grade UPS with four car batteries to create a cheap solution for non-stop operation of server rack cabinet for over 12 hours in the event of a power outage.
Detailed writeup of installation of Webasto Thermo Top Evo auxiliary heater in '94 MB W124. Contains some quirks like using W-BUS emulator and fooling the heater to use already-present circulation pump instead of separate one.
Second module of Octoglow, which contains numerical VFD to display wall time and 433 MHz weather sensor receiver.
Almost all available USB-controlled power strips use 5 V from USB to drive the relay. This is of no use with recent PCs, which hold 5 V during sleep mode. I've written alternative firmware for the popular DCT Tech USB relay module available from AliExpress, which detects bus inactivity and shuts the relay down when the PC is in sleep mode.
I needed to determine the security code for the Becker Europa 2000 radio commonly installed in Mercedes-Benz W124. I dumped the contents of an internal EEPROM via I²C and read the code.