Electronics
Project Trash Pile - Part 2 - Initial Teardowns (Phones 3,4,9,11, and 12)
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Starting with the most unresponsive devices, it is time to start taking them apart.
Project Trash Pile - Part 1 - Introduction
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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.
Ride On Toy Repair - Faulty Horn and Ignition Buttons
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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.
Teardown of a Best Data PCMCIA 56k Modem
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Relegated to the free bin of a 2023 garage sale, what is inside this decades old piece of technology?
Teardown of a Yada 720P Roadcam Dashcam
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I picked up this camera for $0.50 last year and was curious about what can be found inside.
A simple repair to an Infant Optics DRX-8 Baby Monitor Camera
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When my toddler knocked over the baby’s camera unit it stopped powering on. This post documents the solution to that problem.
Controleo3 Build - Element replacement & upgraded boost
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This post provides guidance for people who need to swap elements between TO1303SB toaster ovens while building a Controleo3. These modifications may be necessary if the oven was damaged during assembly or if a boost element upgrade is being implemented.
My Coffee Can Radar Implementation
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This post covers my implementation of MIT’s Coffee Can Radar project. In this implementation the original mini-circuits RF components are used and a custom PCB is developed to replace the breadboard originally used.