Using OpenSSH Private Key With Putty on Windows

I have been using Putty on Windows to login to Linux machines for many years now. SSH with login password! This morning I received a Private Key file to login to AWS for some experiment with Dockers. I know how to use private keys on Linux but on Windows? ssh –I PATHTOKEY user@xyz.compute-1.amazonaws.com In Putty, …

Breaking Changes With WDK build 14393

A recent OSR blog post highlighted a breaking change in WDK update that leaves development environment unusable. A good detail is available on the original OSR article. I hit the same issue two days back! After trying various options, I decided to uninstalling Visual Studio completely along with all versions of SDK and DDK since the latest …

Bluetooth LE Integration with Digispark

Earlier, I was able to control RGB LED Strip via an IR remote built with Digispark (ATTiny85). Taking a step further, I integrated Bluetooth with Digispark so I can send control commands from a remote application! I have already decoded RGB LED Strip remote codes and learned to program bluetooth LE, now taking another step …

Bluetooth: HM-10 vs CC-41A Clone

I bought some Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 HM-10 modules online, turned out to be the cheaper chinese CC-41A clone modules. They are similar to HM-10 and at this point I can only say that CC-41A has limited commands supported, though suffices my requirements. I was able to set it to iBeacon mode too (later on that). …