Questions tagged [hacking]
Questions about retrofitting or modifying an electrical component or device to achieve new functionality/feature or eliminate an undesired one.
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How to bypass auto off on digital scale PCB?
I have a digital scale with built in auto off timeout function pictured, is there a way to hack modify this PCB to bypass the auto off function after timeout? So when batteries are inserted it will ...
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I2S Stereo ADC Soundcard Hacking
My idea is to exchange two input signals (CH_L1_IN and CH_L2_IN) at each 192kHz clock to produce one signal (CH_L_OUT), sampled at the very same 192kHz. In this way, in the digital domain I will ...
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Bluetooth speaker to wired: Easy way to bypass BT to link AUX directly to amplifier
Trying to turn a Bluetooth speaker unit into a wired one. Need help in knowing what needs to be done to make the speaker take AUX line-in audio to output it without any BT interface in between. It is ...
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Can the lens from an MLX90614-DCI sensor be transferred to other MLX90614 models to limit the FOV?
After discovering my misconception about the temperature range of the MLX90614-DCI version—which is actually -70°C to 270°C rather than the -70°C to 380°C I initially believed—I decided to switch to ...
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Help identifying I2C sensor from Propel Star Wars Drone
I have a sensor from a Propel Star Wars drone that I can't identify. The metal part of the sensor is marked with "A6103 040". I have tried various libraries and sensors, including BME280, ...
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FTDI chip not working properly [closed]
I recently purchased an FTDI chip from AliExpress. However, every time I try to use it on Linux via the picocom command, it gives me a lot of unknown characters. I ...
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Use WS2811 as shift register [closed]
Has anyone used a WS2811 LED driver as a 3 bit shift register?
It's an IC for connecting ordinary LEDs to make them addressable with same protocol as the popular WS2812b LEDs. I just realized I can ...
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How to turn on a laptop without the case [closed]
We are trying to use a laptop motherboard in an automotive project for running an AI and, in the end of reducing size, we want the laptop without the case. The laptop is an HP Omen 15 from last year (...
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Using Atomminer AM01's fpga for purposes other than mining [closed]
I was thinking about Using Atomminer AM01's fpga for purposes other than mining, maybe using vhdl or verilog, I wanted to ascend if it is possible?
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Add buzzer to multimeter
How can I add a buzzer to my EverStart Digital Multimeter 10711WDI circuit board, so that it buzzes when there is continuity?
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What would the markings above these pads mean? Trying to hack this watch
Here is an image of the watch:
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Here is an image of the pads in question:
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I am not very knowledgeable about hardware as I come from a software background. Could anyone lead me ...
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FPGA patching existing program
This may be a beginner's question as I'm not that well versed in FPGA design.
What I basically have is a preprogrammed Lattice LFE5U-25F with an external memory and I don't have the source code of ...
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Tapping a surface mount switch
I'm trying to extend a surface mount switch on a PCB. The bottom two connection points trace to ground and the top two connection points trace to ground if and only if the switch is depressed. That ...
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How can I slow down the motors of my magnetic stirrer?
I have a 5-motor magnetic stirrer, used for non-contact stirring of labware. My problem is that this stirrer was designed for bacterial cell culture, and not mammalian (more fragile, needs slower ...
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Reverse engineering this very common component tester
I'm talking about this common variety of component testers here.
Here's my goal: To extend it so it can properly identify MOSFETs & IGBTs even if the threshold voltage is higher than 5V.
I was ...
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