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Broken or cold SMD solder joints of USB-C connector

Fix unchargeable Thinkpad L390 by cold solder joints of USB-C-Sockets

We got an modern Lenovo Thinkpad L380 / L390 Yoga with loose contact of the 2 USB-C Sockets which are important for powering and charging. After disassembling the Thinkpad we could only see with a stereo macroscope/microscope cold soldering joints of loose pins (all) at both USB-C-Sockets. If you want to see the loose SMD […]

Software

Nix Flake development environment for WordPress

Following example provides a Nix Flake snippet which will spawn a virtual machine with WordPress running on NixOS locally. Custom plugin or theme sources can be mounted into the VM for development purpose. Let’s start with the Flake-file itself. It can be created inside your theme or plugin directory which you want to work on. […]

Software

Innovative Nutzung von Solarwechselrichtern

In einer Welt, in der Nachhaltigkeit mehr als nur ein Trend ist, sondern eine Notwendigkeit, haben Innovationen im Bereich der erneuerbaren Energien eine zentrale Bedeutung erlangt. Eine dieser bahnbrechenden Innovationen ist die effiziente Nutzung von Solarwechselrichtern, die nicht nur umweltfreundlich, sondern auch wirtschaftlich vorteilhaft sind. Durch die Integration smarter Technologien in unseren Alltag haben wir jetzt die einzigartige Möglichkeit, unsere Energiegewohnheiten in Echtzeit zu überwachen und zu optimieren. Stell dir vor, du könntest mit einer App genau sehen, wie viel Strom du gerade produzierst und verbrauchst – klingt praktisch, oder?

Software

Linux WSL2 printing server on Windows 10

Printing on Windows is sometimes troublesome. When it is not working, you won’t have any chance to fix it yourself, debug or configure it more in-depth. This guide will show you a workaround on how to use the Linux CUPS printing client and server on Windows 10 using WSL2. The CUPS printer will be then […]

Artwork

Drawing Faces 360 – like you mean it! Tutorial and Technical Breakdown

I’ve created a Tutorial on how to draw faces from different angles in Clip Studio Paint.So wether you are making illustrations with pen and paper or draw webtoons digitally this tutorial might be for you! Clip Studio Paint (hereinafter called CSP) is arguably the industry leading software for creating digital comics and illustrations. It’s featureset […]

Hardware

Replacing defective BGA-Chip with wires on Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 tablet

A PI-Crew member bought a used Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 in good condition for his 9 years old son who is really into arts. Everything was fine but after an upgrade to Windows 10 the screen showed some artefacts and eventually went completely dark. Soon after that he found out that a lot of people […]

Software

Nextcloud development environment on NixOS

Using nixos-shell it is easy to build and run a virtual machine from a Nix configuration file describing the system. I started using this tool to create clean and reproducible test environments for developing Nextcloud apps. The requirement for this setup was to automatically configure Nextcloud, additional apps and users for testing. The Nextcloud service […]

Software

Use CUPS printing server on Windows 10

Printing on Windows is sometimes troublesome. When it is not working, you won’t have any chance to fix it yourself, debug or configure it more in-depth. This guide will show you a workaround on how to use the Linux CUPS printing client and server on Windows 10 using WSL2. The CUPS printer will be then […]