Tag: Hardware

6 posts tagged “Hardware”.

• A Beginner's Course in Photographic Lens Optical Design: From Aberrations and Classic Lens Groups to Computational Optics

  Jun 9, 2026 · 88 min read

  From paraxial ideals and Seidel aberrations to classic lens groups like the Cooke Triplet, Double Gauss, telephoto and retrofocus, then on to aspherics, special glass, MTF and computational optics — a beginner's course that threads photographic lens design into one coherent picture.

• Idle Router + Xiaomi Speaker: Hardcore Guide to Low-Cost LAN AirPlay 2 Audio Bridging

  Mar 22, 2026 · 7 min read

  A practical guide and troubleshooting record on using an idle OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt router to build a low-latency AirPlay 2 receiver for the Xiaomi Smart Speaker Pro.

• AI Secondary Screen (Part 2): Building a Personalized Multi-Source News Recommendation Feed with LLMs

  Feb 10, 2026 · 4 min read

  A practical project demonstrating how to build a personalized news recommendation system using LLMs.

• AI Secondary Display (Part 1): Reviving a Forgotten Kindle, Crafting an Elegant E-Ink Desktop Dashboard

  Feb 10, 2026 · 5 min read

  Transform a dust-gathering Kindle Oasis 2 into an elegant desktop E-Ink secondary display.

• Tinkering with the Cudy TR3000 and ImmortalWrt

  Jun 24, 2025 · 3 min read

  How to set up ImmortalWrt on the Cudy TR3000 router.

• From Snail NAS to a Proper Homelab: A Tech Enthusiast's Upgrade Journey

  Jan 17, 2024 · 2 min read

  How my homelab evolved.