Before christmas foneros was giving away free routers to countries in europe. The router itself is tiny: it fits nicely in the palm of my hands (and i have small hands).
Included is a 5 v Ac/Dc converter and a simple user manual.
Anxious to see what was inside i started dissassembling. On the way i  took some pictures for you all to see so read on!
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Out of the box the foneros wireless router has Telnet and SSH turned off. By accessing the buit in serial console you can turn SSH on and access various settings and reflash the firmware.
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Read on and you’ll find out how.
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For 20$ this cheap USB wireless card is ideal for various projects. Heres some pictures of the usb card.
Lets void some warranty!
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OsCommerce is a great free ecommerce software. The plain vanilla release however has a few shortcommings but the ammount of released modifications makes it easy for anybody to modify it as you please. Sky’s the limit!
This site will give you codes to unlock your Nokia mobile phone, plain, fast and simple.
Lost your IBM ThinkPad Supervisor password? No problem, on this page i will show you how to recover your old password.
Although IBM claims their TP BIOS passwords are impossible to break, there is a easy and cheap way to fix this.
The stuff you need cost about 5 $ at your closest radio shack type of store. Also you need a spare PC with a serial port.
After several requests on how to flash the la fonera with dd-wrt i decieded to write this quick guide on how to do it.
Be sure to read Accessing Serial console and Dissassembling the la fonera first.
When communicating with various micro processors one needs to convert the RS232 levels down to lower levels, typically 3.3 or 5.0 Volts.
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Here is a cheap and simple way to do that.
This simple project uses a Dallas DS1820 one wire temperature sensor and a pic 16f628 microprocessor. A simple temperature regulator where a LED symbolizes the Fan.
So, after making this cheapo paper light tent i wanted something bigger. This lightbox has lots of space and folds neatly after use.
IKEA makes a hamper or laundry bag called dimpa. It cost’s about 10$ and they also make quite a cheap energy saver lamp that fits perfect inside it. It is called the liesta and costs about 15$.
