HackerBox #0113 - Hardcore

Experiment with hardcore 8-bit microcontroller technology using modern-day variants of the legendary Intel 8051 from 1980. The modern STC15 and STC8 chips include 64 KBytes of flash memory to support simplified in circuit reprogramming. Assemble a custom programming target board and wire it up to an USB auto programmer. Explore the Small Device C Compiler (SDCC) to generate binary HEX files to burn onto the STC microcontrollers. Assemble the STC8G1K08A-based Spiral LED Kit to illuminates a rotating spiral of LEDs. Assemble the STC15W408AS-based Calculator Kit featuring novel functionality to decode resistor color bands. Build a laser-cut acrylic enclosure for the Calculator. Explore bare-metal coding exercises to trigger and modify elements of both the Spiral LED Kit and the Calculator Kit. Study two important mechanisms of modern A.I. systems: the humble perception and the mighty transformer. Understand the significance of Zero-Day vulnerabilities. Box Contents Include: HackerBox 011