Electronics

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.

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

I picked up this camera for $0.50 last year and was curious about what can be found inside.

When my toddler knocked over the baby’s camera unit it stopped powering on. This post documents the solution to that problem.

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.

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.