Aand we are back up
Apologies for site being down. Some pesky malware managed to find its way in and overwrite a bunch of system files. Things should be back to normal, but if anything is misbehaving, leave me a comment
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Part of the week: TI TPL5111
Stumbled on this interesting part from TI recently TPL5111 solves a typical problem in low power wireless systems- things need to be off most of the time, and wake up periodically to transmit. The...
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And now for something different
Hey, it’s electric! Today we have a crappy Chinese Tea Kettle to take apart and see what makes it not tick. This is an Ovente model #GK83R bought less than a year ago. It randomly refuses to heat and...
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What can we learn from simple things?
Today’s post is a bit of a challenge to myself- what (if anything ) can be learned from analyzing a simple thing like a garage opener button wall button? It’s a button, what can there be to learn?...
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A tale of buttons
It all started innocently enough. I finally decided to replace my 6 years old Thinkpad X200 with a bit more modern used T440P. More power, better battery life and all the other modern goodies were all...
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FrankenPad part deux
Hot on the heels of a touchpad swap in my “new” Thinkpad T440P, come the next two upgrades: backlit keyboard and an IPS display. I shall call this machine Frankenpad as it’s rapidly deviating from the...
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Nexus 5 power switch replacement
Another older repair I am getting around to post. This time it’s a Nexus 5 phone that acquired an interesting habit of getting stuck in a random reboot loop. One moment it’s working fine, next it’s...
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Optical mouse, the old way
Today’s topic is somewhat unique- a vintage optical mouse, made in the days when it was not very trivial. It’s not like you can just slap a camera in and have it take pictures to figure out where...
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Casio personal-mini teardown in pictures
Today’s teardown subject is another vintage find: a 1974 Casio Personal-Mini. Still in the original box $19.95 from a formerly well-known department store Oddly enough the packaging foam is still good...
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TI’s Little Professor
Today’s vintage entry is rather cute: Introduction This thing was sold for parts and repair since the seller did not think it was working. As it turned out, everything worked just fine, but not in an...
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