Category: Gadget

Looking for SAE j1708?

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J1708 or by it’s complete name SAE J1708, is a standard used for serial communications between ECUs on a heavy duty vehicle and also between a computer and the vehicle.

If you’re familiar with data communication or networking, the SAE J1708 is categorized in the Physical layer of the Open System Interconnection model (OSI).

Common higher layer protocols that operate on top of J1708 are SAE J1587 and SAE J1922.

This post is under ‘gadget’ since I was looking for a way to interconnect my GPS device to my car a few months back.

The standard defines a 2-wire 18 gauge wire cable that can run up to 130 feet (40 m) and operates at 9600 bit/s. A message is composed of up to 21 characters, unless the engine is stopped and the vehicle is not moving in which case transmitters are allowed to exceed the 21 byte max message length. Messages start with a Message ID (MID) character and finish with a checksum at the end. Characters are transmitted in the common 8N1 format.

iPad Spoof

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Apple had open their system for pre-order of their much awaited iPad. April 3 is the start of shipping of the iPad.

It feels like everyone is very much looking forward for this neat device. Although the device is getting tons of positive buzz, there will always be some flaws on that ‘perfect product’.

Check out this spoof video, an ipad parody of the missing features of the IpAd such as a built-in camera, printing support, voice and others.

Funny.

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Best Sony Viao Notebooks and Laptops

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Are you looking for a laptop that will last a long long time? A notebook computer that not only has the power and capability of a super computer but also the flauntable style and desing?

Perfect! That means you are looking for some Sony Viao notebooks! This post is about the best sony Viao laptops and notebooks out there.

(Note: misspellings are intentional… to be updated..)

Six New Mobile Devices Running Open Source

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I am not the only who thought of a phone which has an open source operating system in it… Take the Android or the G phone for example… It is running a flavor of linux, i think.

Here are some more open source driven mobile devices.. Here’s what we read:

Looking for more Linux and open source apps in your life? Then pick up your phone. Check out the newest smartphones and netbooks announced just last week that the discerning penguin will be craving before the year is out.

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Download FREE Nintendo DS Game Lite!

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Download FREE Nintendo DS Game Lite! How?! Your friendly neighborhood Sysadmin will tell you how.. that is me. Actually, I’m not sure if you’re looking for Nintendo DSi or Nintento DS, or NDS Games.. All I know I guess is you, looking for Free Downloadable Nintendo games for you game console.

Here’s what you do, if you have high speed broadband internet connection you can search for Free nintendo DS lite games over at torrent sites like pirate bay, or mininova or isohunt or something similar.

Before scouring the net for that perfect Free download of Nintendo DS DSi NDS Games, there are pre-requisite though before you can totally enjoy them. What is it? Well, for Nintendo DS Lite, you got to have an R4DS so that you can just download game ROMs. Which reminds me, you must also have an SD Micro card to store those downloaded ROM games.

LaserVue: Laser Powered TV

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laservueAlright, this is the first product review that Sysadmin Philippines is going to do. The former work-blog is going to be a work-blog slash (/) Tech blog, so please for the regular visitors, FYI.

I was browsing around waiting for the limo to pick us up and bring us to the airport when I stumble upon this cool Laser Powered TV! This Laser Powered TV is from Mistubishi Mitsubishi and it is called “LaserVue”.

Here’s what we read from Mark Harris’ article:

Starting from today, you can own a little bit of history – the world’s first laser-powered telly.

Mitsubishi America is finally stocking shelves with the LaserVue L65-A90, a 65-inch rear projection set that uses DLP technology (usually found in projectors) to deliver amazing colour depth.

The Laservue set claims to be able to deliver twice the colour gamut of HDTV standard, using just 135W – a third of the power of a typical LCD and a quarter of those planet-hating plasmas.

3D or not 3D, that is the question

The A90 comes ‘3D Ready’, a fairly meaningless term seeing as Blu-ray and other packaged media lack any 3D standards, but presumably there will be a few games that make use of it in the future.

Other features include 120Hz playback of Full HD (naturally) material, x.v.Colour, four HDMI 1.3a sockets and a 10-inch depth that is really quite reasonable considering the A90’s hefty 60Kg weight.

There’s the good news, here’s the bad. The A90 is hitting shops today with a price tag of $7,000 (£4,500) – which puts it firmly head-to-head with Pioneer’s stunning Kuro tellies. Watch TechRadar for a review soon.

YamiPOD: Copy | Transfer MP3 From iPod to Computer

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I don’t want to talk about a particular application without testing it myself first (except WinPWN.. coz I don’t have an iPhone… Yet). Take FireFTP for example, that firefox plugin will always be installed to my firefox browser… everytime! I’ve been using it for some time now and I’m quite happy with the performance.

Dowload a copy, sorry will update this soon.

iPhone unlock – jailbreak, winpwn, ziphone What’s The Difference?

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There are a lot of buzz here in the Philippines the revamped smart phone from Apple, the iPhone, will be officially released on August 22 and the official telecoms partner will be Globe telecoms!

That’s is good news, well at least for those who can afford it.

Some Filipinos are thinking of buying their unit in the United States or some other country where the iphone is way cost less compared to the price here in the Philippines.

The only problems that these guys will have is unlocking their iphones.

I did a quick search of it on the internet and read about 3 terms or words that has something to do with unlocking the Iphone 3G, and they are:

I still don’t know or having problem differentiating the those three (jailbreak, winpwn, and ziphone) words. Which one is which. I haven’t really done a complete study or research for winpwn, or jailbreak but I’m sure there’s a difference..

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