Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 016 (Nov 10–Nov 16): Prototyping, New Hardware Ideas & a Big Milestone Early prototype parts for HakFabrik — every project starts with a handful of components. ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Ep. 10 (S2 E3):From Makers to Hackers – Lessons from Maker Faire Salzburg — My 10th episode 🎉 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Started planning the first prototype for HakFabrik. I ordered a few inexpensive components to test ideas and get a...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 015 (Nov 3–Nov 9): Maker Faire, AI Design & Hardware Security Logo from Maker Fair Salzburg ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it No new content published last week. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Attended Maker Faire Salzburg — a small but inspiring event full of passionate makers and tinkerers. It was great to see curiosity spark in children’s eyes as they explored different projects. For the next podcast episode, I decided to take a different approach:...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 014 (Oct 27–Nov 2): CTF Challenges, KNX Bridge Ideas & Hardware Experiments From CTF challenges to KNX bridges — always something to tinker with. ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Ep. 09 (S2 E2): Writing, Debugging & Cross-Compiling My First Linux Character Driver 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Spent some time refreshing my cybersecurity knowledge and started solving a few CTF challenges on HackTheBox — it’s amazing how quickly...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 013 (Oct 20–Oct 26): Lessons from Drivers, Desktops & Distractions Typing away — most of my projects start right here at the keyboard. ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it I’ve been working on new content behind the scenes, but nothing ready to publish just yet. Stay tuned — it’s shaping up nicely. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Continued working on a detailed article about my KNX home automation journey — it’s turning into an in-depth walkthrough of my...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 012 (Oct 13–Oct 19): From Kernel Experiments to Radio Waves From microcontrollers to embedded Linux: ready for kernel-driven exploration (Image by Christoph Armster) ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Ep. 08 (S2 E1): My Journey into Embedded Linux & Kernel Development 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Spent the week deep in kernel-space experiments — exploring interfaces, tracing methods, and learning how to track function calls. I...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 011 (Oct 6–Oct 12): Saying Hello to the Linux Kernel Ubuntu 25 — my development environment for Linux programming. ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it No new content last week 😔 — but lots of groundwork for what’s coming next! 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Set up my new development environment for Linux and successfully built my first kernel module. It’s always a special moment when a simple “Hello, Kernel!” actually runs. More about this in Tuesday’s...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 010 (Sep 29–Oct 5): From Drone Telemetry to Linux Kernel Hacking Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 — my new test bench for kernel driver experiments ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 7: Season Finale: Lessons from the Drone Telemetry Project 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Brainstormed ideas for Season 2 and settled on a topic: Embedded Linux & Linux kernel driver development. I’ve long wanted to dig into kernel internals, and now it’s...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 009 (Sep 22–Sep 28): Keyboard Upgrades, New Ideas & Season Finale Prep My new mechanical keyboard, a pleasure to type ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it No new blog posts this week — just a few social updates about my new free posters. Sometimes the day job and the workbench win over the keyboard. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Spent a good amount of time on idea validation and brainstorming for the next podcast season. I haven’t settled on the right...
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Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 008 (Sep 15–Sep 21): Inspired by My Grandfather’s Typewriter Placing the freshly printed maker poster in my garage ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 6: From Breadboard to First Data: Debugging, Enclosures & a Test Drive ✉️ New landing page to grab your free maker poster 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Explored an idea for Season 2 of the podcast: designing and building a modern typewriter. Inspired by my grandfather’s...
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