It’s time to migrate to AndroidX!

Devs, It’s time to get acquainted with AndroidX! What is AndroidX? You might be wondering, errr what AndroidX… just like I did… AndroidX is the new android.support.*! For years, us developers have been using the Android Support libraries to keep our apps working on earlier versions of Android. The support library provided a standard way […]

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PlatformIO to the rescue!

I’ve been working on an Arduino project that supports four slightly different wiring schematics, using #define / #ifdef to manage the pin differences of each schematic — when it comes to release time I’ve been manually compiling the firmware for each schematic variation. Although four isn’t too big of a deal, I wanted to automate […]

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Bridging TP-Link WD9977 with Billion 7800VDOX for nbn™ FTTN

nbn™ has finally arrived! In preparation for this I decided to purchase a TP-Link WD9977 VDSL modem/router to place in bridge mode and use with my existing Billion 7800VDOX router — in this post I’m going to share the steps needed to setup the WD9977 in bridge mode and use my existing router for all […]

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