<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Alien Trails Labs</title><link>https://alientrails.com/</link><description>Recent content on Alien Trails Labs</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://alientrails.com/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Helmet: turning the screen off from the app</title><link>https://alientrails.com/log/helmet-pocket-mode/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/log/helmet-pocket-mode/</guid><description>Added a setting to turn off the helmet controller&amp;rsquo;s screen and buttons while it&amp;rsquo;s in my pocket. Releases now build automatically.</description></item><item><title>Azimuth 0.58.1: fixed the MeshCore node count</title><link>https://alientrails.com/log/azimuth-mesh-count/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/log/azimuth-mesh-count/</guid><description>Every new session started with the same MeshCore count, and old nodes were being saved with the current location. Fixed in 0.58.1.</description></item><item><title>Helmet ESP32: LED helmet controller</title><link>https://alientrails.com/projects/helmet-esp32/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/projects/helmet-esp32/</guid><description>An ESP32 that runs a WS2812B LED strip around a helmet, with 16 patterns, a bass mode that reacts to music, and an Android app over BLE.</description></item><item><title>C5 Cluster: twelve scanners that work as one</title><link>https://alientrails.com/projects/c5-cluster/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/projects/c5-cluster/</guid><description>Twelve ESP32-C5 boards and a manager board that wardrive together for Azimuth. They split the Wi-Fi channels between them, take turns scanning BLE, and keep going if my phone disconnects.</description></item><item><title>Azimuth: a signal dashboard for my car</title><link>https://alientrails.com/projects/azimuth/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/projects/azimuth/</guid><description>A small Linux box in my car that collects data from every radio I plug into it and puts it on an offline map. It only listens.</description></item><item><title>Driver for the MyGica A681 USB TV tuner</title><link>https://alientrails.com/log/a681-driver/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/log/a681-driver/</guid><description>I couldn&amp;rsquo;t find a working Linux driver for my USB TV tuner, so I made one.</description></item><item><title>MyGica A681: a Linux driver for a USB TV tuner</title><link>https://alientrails.com/projects/mygica-a681/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/projects/mygica-a681/</guid><description>A DKMS driver for the MyGica/Geniatech A681B USB TV tuner on current Linux kernels. Supports ATSC 1.0 and clear QAM.</description></item><item><title>About</title><link>https://alientrails.com/about/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://alientrails.com/about/</guid><description>What this site is.</description></item></channel></rss>