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Bargain Bin USB-ODB Interface

Posted on March 15, 2017April 24, 2017 The Engineer

This is a little bit of kit I got to talk to the Webasto TT-V I salvaged from a scrap Jaguar S-Type, and converts USB-RS232 to the standard car diagnostic ODB connector. (These are a much cheaper option at £4 than the official Webasto diagnostic adaptor & loom which is

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MingHe D3806 Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter

Posted on September 4, 2016August 16, 2016 The Engineer

Here’s a useful buck-boost DC-DC converter from eBay, this one will do 36v DC at 6A maximum output current. Voltage & current are selected on the push buttons, when the output is enabled either the output voltage or the output current can be displayed in real time. Here’s the display

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LB-Link USB Wireless-N Adaptor Teardown

Posted on December 7, 2015 The Engineer

I needed a decent WiFi adaptor for my latest Pi LCD project, so after trawling eBay for cheapy USB adaptors, I found this one. Unlike most USB WiFi radios these days, it actually has a proper RP-SMA antenna connector, not the low-gain built in jobbies that never seem to work

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Another Chinese Charger

Posted on October 23, 2015 The Engineer

I almost forgot about this bit of kit, that came with one of my LED torches as a Lithium Ion charger. As I never plug in anything that comes from China via eBay, here’s the teardown & analysis. Here’s the unit itself. It’s very light, and is clearly intended for

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3M Microtouch 17″ Raspberry Pi Touch PC

Posted on October 1, 2015 The Engineer

A while back I posted about a 3M Touch Systems industrial monitor that I’d been given. I had previously paired it with a Raspberry Pi Model B+, but for general desktop use it was just a little on the slow side. Since the release of the Raspberry Pi 2, with

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Samsung ETA-U90UWE Adaptor Failure

Posted on August 19, 2015 The Engineer

Here’s an odd & sudden failure, the power adaptor for a Samsung device. It’s been working for months & on being plugged into the mains today the magic blue smoke escaped. It’s one of their 2A models, for charging bigger devices like tablets. Strangely for one of these chargers, no

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Wearable Raspberry Pi Part 1.5

Posted on March 22, 2013April 22, 2013 The Engineer

For convenience, a pair of USB ports have been fitted to the wearable Pi, which open on the bottom of the unit. These will be hardwired into a 4-port USB hub which will also support the wireless adaptor for the mini-keyboard that is to be used with the device. The

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USB-IDE/SATA Adaptor

Posted on March 2, 2011February 10, 2011 The Engineer

This is a device to use an IDE or SATA interface drive via a USB connection. Here is the front of the device, IDE interface at the bottom, 2.5″ form factor. PCB removed from the casing. USB cable exits the top, 12v DC power jack to the left. SATA interface

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PCMCIA Ethernet Card

Posted on February 24, 2011February 10, 2011 The Engineer

An old Xircom Ethernet card for a laptop. This uses the old 50 pin PCMCIA interface. Rear of the card with the MAC address & card spec details. PCB removed from the outer shield. Xircom ethernet chipset centre. Special socket on the right fits a RJ-45 adaptor lead. 00

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Grand Hand View

Posted on February 22, 2011February 10, 2011 The Engineer

This is an adaptor to convert computer VGA to composite & S-Video output for a normal TV. Bottom of the unit with option select switch. PCB removed from the casing, CPU in centre, buffer RAM on the right. Reverse side with the VGA connections at the top & the S-Video/composite

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