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A first step into reverse engineering the electronics of the Google Home Mini

One of the more frustrating things when extracting flash memories is finding so many footprints that don’t have off the shelf sockets. In this post I go through some thoughts and calculations on what it would take to make a 3D printed socket for a BGA part.

Turning a pile of batteries into a neatly organized drawer.

Starting with the most unresponsive devices, it is time to start taking them apart.

A summary of what I printed, my first impressions of 3D printing, and my general thoughts on the machine.

With two-year cell phone replacement timelines, there is a large amount of electronic scrap floating around. I bought 5 lbs. of it to see what I can do with it.

This post is a quick overview for a fix I had to implement on a toddler ride-on push car. My son’s toy had two of three buttons fail, with only the music button retaining functionality.

I have been fascinated by Root VC for a while due to their relatively large number of investments in companies that make physical hardware. They also happen to have a neat website that emulates a terminal interface, but what sort of companies do they invest in?

Relegated to the free bin of a 2023 garage sale, what is inside this decades old piece of technology?