Electronics

Projects using electronic components and circuits

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case Photo
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case
PC built time for the loft workshop with a new AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case

Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you

Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side

Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods Photo
Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage

Yaesu VX-6 New Data Cable Fix Photo
Yaesu VX-6 New Data Cable Fix
Modifying a new eBay USB data cable for a Yaesu VX-6 radio which was sending wrong voltages to the radio and other missing parts from the circuit

Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver 12V Remote Output Mod Photo
Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver 12V Remote Output Mod
Modifying a Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver to add a remote control 12-volt output

Synology DiskStation DS411+II Repair - Blue Flashing LED Photo
Synology DiskStation DS411+II Repair - Blue Flashing LED
Fixing a blue flashing LED problem on our Synology DiskStation DS411+II NAS drive due to a bug with the Intel Atom C2538 processor

The importance of checking your data backups Photo
The importance of checking your data backups
Check your data backups regularly. Don't wait until you need them and find out your backup system has failed

Sony Bravia 55XE90 KD-55XE9005 Teardown VR Damage Photo
Sony Bravia 55XE90 KD-55XE9005 Teardown VR Damage
An unfortunate VR accident involving my 55-inch Sony Bravia TV created a perfect opportunity for a tear-down.

12V SLA Battery Testers Photo
12V SLA Battery Testers
Creating new low-profile 12V battery testers to monitor sealed lead acid batteries

Aim-TTi TF930 3GHz Frequency Counter Internal PSU  Photo
Aim-TTi TF930 3GHz Frequency Counter Internal PSU
Adding an internal power supply to our Aim-TTi TF930 3GHz Frequency Counter

Oculus Rift broken Cable repair attempt  Photo
Oculus Rift broken Cable repair attempt
Trying and failing to repair the cable which connects the headset to the computer for my Oculus Rift virtual reality system

New C.I.F FT 03 Batch reflow oven Photo
New C.I.F FT 03 Batch reflow oven
Our old reflow oven finally died so we ordered a new C.I.F FT 03 Batch reflow oven

Sony MDS-JE440 Minidisc loading belt replacement Photo
Sony MDS-JE440 Minidisc loading belt replacement
Replacing the loading belt on an old Sony MDS-JE440 Minidisc player.

SMA 50-ohm terminator dummy loads Photo
SMA 50-ohm terminator dummy loads
Making some tiny SMA 50-ohm terminator dummy loads

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