Alvaro

@alvarop.com

FW/HW engineer. Co-host of unnamedre.com alvarop.com @alvaroprieto on Twitter

WTAF. Just took a Lyft from the airport to my house. They charged me $50. I saw the drivers phone when he was starting the ride and he only got $18 ?! That’s ridiculous!🤬

When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

It matters. I care.

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Have you ever wanted to debug your device over USB-C? (I’m talking JTAG/SWD, not just USB!) If you already have a USB-C connector, there’s no need to have an additional connector to program! Started as a twitter thread ages ago, but I've cleaned it up and added more info! alvarop.com/2025/03/swd-...

BlackMagic Probe connected to a target over SWD using an SWD2USBC adapter.

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This is one of the neatest gifts I’ve ever received. It’s a rug that looks just like one of my weather station PCB’s! Here are pictures of the PCB and the rug. Oh, and did I mention some of it glows in the dark?!?!?

A rug that looks like a printed circuit boardA green printed circuit board with various components, like a radio, integrated circuits and other stuffA picture with a small circuit board next to a very large rug that looks like that circuit boardA picture of the rug that looks like a circuit board with glow-in-the-dark components

over the last year, i've been reverse-engineering and documenting old Seagate hard drives from the 1980s. the latest one is this ST-296N from 1987, which is a SCSI drive that can store 85 megabytes.

larger 5 1/4" format hard drive that is longer than my hand. the case is aluminum with what looks like a gold-colored alodyne coating. it has a number of stickers on it, including "ST-296N" and a warning label about the warranty being voided if the drive is opened.