Posts tagged: #tutorial

BLE beacons for beginners: how Bluetooth Low Energy advertising works and how to decode iBeacon and Eddystone on your own beacon with nRF Connect and Python.

What is UART? The serial port hidden on circuit boards. Find TX, RX and GND, work out the baud rate and safely read the boot console of a device you own.

USB logic analyzer tutorial: install PulseView, then decode an Arduino's UART, a sensor's I2C and an SPI flash chip. Plus: cheap clone or Saleae?

RTL-SDR beginner guide: install drivers on Windows (Zadig), Linux and macOS, choose SDR++, SDR# or GQRX, tune your first FM station and fix common errors.

Track aircraft with an RTL-SDR: how ADS-B works, which 1090 MHz antenna, installing readsb and tar1090, improving range and feeding flight-tracking sites.