This section is for technical links I found interesting and wanted to share. Enjoy!
Protecting Yourself from Database Breaches
If you’ve spent any time using online resources in the last twenty years, you’ve probably been part of at least one or more data breaches. This is a recent article about a serious breach:
“Mother of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails, 21 Million Passwords” by Victoria Song at Gizmodo
Here is a useful tool to see if your email address has been part of a database breach:
Also related, here is a tool to check your password against database breaches:
Designing for Security
“Designing Hardware for Security” from 5/9/18 by Ed Sperling
https://semiengineering.com/designing-hardware-for-security/
Book Recommendations
Useful books for hardware design engineers:
Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified (3rd Edition) by Eric Bogatin
High-Speed Digital Design, A Handbook of Black Magic by Howard Johnson and Martin Graham
Troubleshooting Analog Circuits by Robert A. Pease
Fun with I2C
“What Could Go Wrong? I2C Edition” from 7/19/16 by Elliot Williams:
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/19/what-could-go-wrong-i2c-edition/
“Taking the Leap Off Board: An Introduction to I2C Over Long Wires” from 2/8/17 by Joshua Vasquez:
https://hackaday.com/2017/02/08/taking-the-leap-off-board-an-introduction-to-i2c-over-long-wires/
New or Used Flash
"That New Memory Smell: Tech Can Tell if Your Flash is New or Recycled” from 5/4/18 by Samuel K. Moore