Reverse engineering VxWorks (which replaces Linux on newer routers)

July 8, 2011 By 24 Comments

The Linksys router seen about is a WRT54G version 1. It famously runs Linux and was the source of much hacking back in the heyday, leading to popular alternative firmware packages such as DD-WRT and Tomato. But the company went away from a Linux-based firmware starting with version 8 of the hardware. Now they are using a proprietary Real Time … Read the rest

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Renesas RX Design Contest: $110K+ of Cash and Prizes

November 14, 2010 By 34 Comments

It seems that we have caught Design Contest Fever here at Hackaday. After covering some other design contests, and asking readers to send in more, we heard from a couple tippers about Renesas’ challenge. Like many of the other contests, entrants can submit their ideas, and possibly receive a free development board to get them started. Unlike the … Read the rest

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