Category Archives: Hardware

Computer, Hardware, Software, sysadmin

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With ventoy, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them (screenshot).
You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disks and boot them.
x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way.
Most types of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen…)

Source: Ventoy

Hardware, Workshop

KeysGen | Find Key Code

Caliper Method

You can measure the root depth of each key bitting and lookup the measurement on the manufacturer specification sheets to determine the key code. The following table provides the bitting depth to key codes for the popular Kwikset key brand used for most home front door locks.
Root Depth Key Code
0.329″ 1
0.306″ 2
0.283″ 3
0.260″ 4
0.237″ 5
0.214″ 6
0.191″ 7
Using calipers, measure each root depth (red lines in the following picture) and compare the measurement to the Kwikset lookup table above. For this picture, red line #1 measured as 0.214” which equals a key code of 6. The complete key code for this key is 63323.

Source: KeysGen | Find Key Code

Hardware

GoodFET — Home

The GoodFET is an open-source JTAG adapter, loosely based upon the TI MSP430 FET UIF and EZ430U boards, as described in their documentation. See Improving the MSP430 FET on Travis Goodspeed’s blog for further information.In addition to JTAG, the GoodFET has been inspired by HackADay’s Bus Pirate to become a universal serial bus interface.

Source: GoodFET — Home