Rig.Red – Hardware & Software Projects

Welcome to the repository for my personal blog and project portfolio, hosted at 0xcats.net.
This site serves as a digital journal and showcase for my work in hardware engineering, reverse engineering, and retro computing.

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🔍 About This Site

This website is a collection of deep-dive articles, project logs, and resources at the intersection of hardware and software. The content is built around a few core passions:

🛠️ Hardware Engineering & Reverse Engineering

• Designing custom PCBs
• Analyzing undocumented hardware
• Solving complex technical challenges

🧩 Retro Computing

• Preserving and extending the life of vintage hardware
• Creating custom daughterboards for legacy CPU sockets
• Archiving rare drivers and BIOS files

💻 Low-Level Software & Firmware

• Developing firmware and system-level software
• Projects with coreboot and embedded Linux
• Writing tools to interface directly with hardware

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⭐ Featured Content

You can explore the site through its main sections:

• Posts
  In-depth technical articles on topics like the Kunpeng 916 CPU architecture, reverse-engineering IDE controller cards, and overclocking on Linux.

• Projects
  A portfolio of custom hardware, including:

  • SIMMBA – SIMM Memory modules
  • Slotcat – CPU Slot Key Adapter
  • Custom Socket 5/7 Daughterboards

• Software Archive
  A curated collection of rare drivers and BIOS files, including:

  • Legacy graphics drivers (e.g., ATI FireGL)
  • Motherboard firmware and utility disks

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⚙️ Tech Stack

This site is built using:

• Jekyll
• Squishy My custom tiny "squishy" theme

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Thank you for visiting.
Feel free to browse the articles and project pages to see what I’ve been working on!