Show Notes #218: USB Deep Dive

Posted on April 3, 2018April 5, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

USB Deep Dive
- Using device by-id (/dev/serial/by-id/) (e.g. usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_A501VZB7-if00-port0)
- Using device by-path (/dev/serial/by-path/) (e.g. pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.2.1:1.0-port0)
- Creating a specially named device (e.g. /dev/ic703)
- Command Line Tools
  - dmesg
  - lsusb
  - udevadm (info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep '{serial}'
  - ls
  - lshw
  - inxi

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

E-mail from Ian, KM4IK
E-mail from Steve, KD0IJP
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/60 (QRZnow)
YouTube comment from Steve Haney
Hamvention 2018 GoFundMe
- Additional Info: https://gofundme.com/lhs-at-hamvention-2018 (GoFundMe)

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LHS Episode #218: USB Deep Dive

Posted on April 3, 2018April 5, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Hello and welcome to Linux in the Ham Shack. This is Episode 218 and in it your hosts take a deep dive in to the world of serial devices and the Universal Serial Bus. Lots of information here about how to configure your Linux systems to work properly and more efficiently with USB devices for fun, work and ham radio. We also have announcements and feedback. Thank you for listening, and please take a moment to drop a few dollars into our tip jar at the Hamvention 2018 GoFundMe campaign. Hope to see you in Ohio in May!

73 de the LHS Crew

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LHS Episode #217: A Punch in the Facebag

Posted on March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Welcome to Episode 217 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts touch on upcoming hamfests and Hamvention 2018, FCC workshops on disaster preparedness, DX opportunities on 10 Meters, the death of Facebook, new and update ham radio software on Github and much more. Thanks for listening and please don't forget to donate to or share our Hamvention 2018 campaign. Thanks a bunch!