Neato Botvac Lidar Repair Part 2: Lidar PCB Replacement
So the final fix will be replacing Lidar turret. But as I said in the part 1 of Neato Botvac Lidar Repair I could not find Botvac Lidar turret to replace. But there are many XV Lidar turrets available...
View ArticleNeato Botvac Lidar Repair Part 1: IR Camera, Lidar Laser Driver Schematics,...
Here goes a bit of story how I get there, for those who bored of text jump straight to the juicy pictures.I acquired a broken Neato Botvacrobot vacuum on eBay recently. Seller has said that vacuum asks...
View ArticleOaxis InkCase for iPhone and Note II Teardown
Today I'm going to teardown a pair of Oaxis InkCase thingies. It is a protective case for your phone which has a second screen and the screen is eInk type screen, black and white. This type of screens...
View ArticleLet's make Wireless Gamepad / Controller for Famicom / NES Part 3: Schematics...
Here goes schematics and pcb for transmitter which will be is installed inside a controller shell.Battery charging current set to ~200mA. There are 3 leds. Red(Orange) is for charging indication. One...
View ArticleLet's make Wireless Gamepad / Controller for Famicom / NES Part 2: Hardware
What hardware do I need to get this project done faster? I need 2.4Ghz transceiver module which I can connect microcontroller to. The same module for a gamepad and receiver. I need very small and thin...
View ArticleLet's make Wireless Gamepad / Controller for Famicom / NES Part 1
I'm slowly restoring good old Famicom console.It was in partly working condition. Some games was able to show title screen but not start, or not start at all with grey screen. This was hard to find...
View ArticleGBAmp2s at kitsch-bent.com
Great news for US GameBoy (Color) loud sound fans :)GBAmp2s will be available at kitsch-bent.com soon. Faster shipping for you.
View ArticleHandheld Famicom / NES Clone Teardown
So there are numerous Famicom / NES clones, some of them are portable handheld versions.Let's see what's inside one of them. This one has a cartridge slot along with "many" built-in games.It has li-ion...
View ArticleGBAmp2 wiring guide for DMG-001 console
GBAmp2s wiring guide for DMG-001 classic Nintendo console is ready and available on GBAmp website.Basicly it's this picture only :)
View ArticleLet's quickly repair Nintendo 3DS shuts off with popping sound when fully opened
Ok, so I recently got this heavily used Nintendo 3DS which was not turning on fully. Blue light comes on then it makes popping sound with a little backlight flash and shuts off.I tore down it into...
View ArticleUNI-T UT61E RS232 serial interface cable to USB diy mod
I'm using my UT61E a lot. One great feature it has is that it can send data to pc for data logging. And it has interface cable included in the box with no additional cost. But the cable is RS232C...
View ArticleGame Boy Micro battery upgrade
Can you play your Game Boy Micro for several hours? I can't till now.This blog is all about diy, so let's make a new battery for it.In my region original battery cost a lot and I searched for similiar...
View ArticleGameboy Loud Sound mod for DMG-001
People are asking if this GBAmp2s mod pcb will work for original DMG-001 Gameboy.Yes it will, take a look:Mod pcb has to be installed in different place otherwise case would not close. Also longer...
View ArticleNew Enhanced Gameboy Color Loud Sound mod
New enhanced version of Gameboy Color quality loud sound mod is ready. It's called GBAmp2s. It's ready to order at tindie.comDifference with the previous version is that it is using different amplifier...
View ArticleLet's make a Wireless Speaker
Found some unused parts laying in the box, let's make something.How about battery powered wireless speaker, portable speaker for your phone or player. What wireless technology I going to use? Bluetooth...
View ArticleTI LaunchPad RDA5807P (TEA5767) FM Radio inside a pc speaker
This is about my old project when I firstly received TI LaunchPad kits.An encoder used for tuning to frequency. I'm using an encoder with push button which used as search function to auto tune in fm...
View ArticleGameboy Color Quality Sound Mod update
Here we go again about sound in the Gameboy Color handheld.I've made new pcb with new smaller amp ic. So this is a new leaf style cut pcb and it will fit just over speaker in the speaker cutout....
View ArticleChinese electronics recycle fun or what's inside gsm to landline phone terminal
Here we go. I have a simple gsm terminal for landline phones, so I can call from regular analog phones through gsm network. I'm using it in low signal area with external antenna.So one day I decided to...
View ArticlePIR Motion sensor relay fast repair
Recently my motion sensor lights switch went bad. I opened it up and found that main ic is dead, but relay and relay transistor is ok. So I ordered really small PIR Sensor Module to fit it in place of...
View ArticleGame Boy Color Loud Sound Mod
Update: published schematics and pcb design files for Eagle and Gimp. Make your own pcb and respect the license =) Take a look: http://code.avrnoob.com/gameboy-color-quality-amplifier/Recently I've got...
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