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Cat Links Teardown

Vodafone Mobile WiFi R207 Teardown

Posted on June 1, 2018April 29, 2018 The Engineer

Here’s one of the old modems from my spares bin, a Vodafone Mobile WiFi R207. This is just a rebranded Huawei E5330. This unit includes a 3G modem, and a WiFi chipset, running firmware that makes this a mini-router, with NAT. The back has the batter compartment & the SIM

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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Initial Tests & Benchmarks

Posted on March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 The Engineer

Yesterday, the Raspberry Pi community got a nice surprise – a new Pi! This one has some improved features over the previous RPi 3 Model B: Improved CPU – 64-Bit 1.4GHz Quad-Core BCM2837B0 Improved WiFi – Dual Band 802.11b/g/n/ac. This is now under a shield on the top of the

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Motorola Cordless DECT Phone Teardown

Posted on August 6, 2016August 1, 2016 The Engineer

Another random teardown from the junk box time! Here’s an old Motorola DECT landline phone, no use to me as I’ve not used a landline for many years. Not much on the back, other than the battery compartment for a pair of AAA rechargables. The base unit contains the charger.

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Cat Links Computer Gear, Consumer Gear, Randoms

Alpha Networks WMP-N06SA MiniPCI Wireless N Card

Posted on November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 The Engineer

Here’s a quick look at one of the now surplus cards from my old networking system, a MiniPCI Wireless interface card. This is an older generation card, one of the first with Wireless N support on 2.4GHz. Network PHY & firmware EEPROM. Power supply stuff is over to the left.

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Cisco EA6700 / Linksys AC1750 Router

Posted on October 31, 2015 The Engineer

Since the boat was still running it’s internal network on 10/100M speeds, an upgrade was decided on, the internal WiFi signal strength was also pretty poor further than a few feet from the NOC. The new router is a Cisco/Linksys AC1750 model, with gigabit networking, and full 802.11ac 2.4/5GHz Wireless.

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Lethal Chinese Mains Adaptors

Posted on July 31, 2015 The Engineer

With every piece of Chinese electronics I obtain, mainly Baofeng radios, they come with a Europlug-type power adaptor, and a universal plug adaptor for the mains. The charger units aren’t too bad, there’s a fair amount of isolation between the primary & secondary, and even though they’re very simple &

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Aritech VV602 Vault Vibration Sensor

Posted on July 22, 2015July 28, 2015 The Engineer

Here’s a rather unique device for protecting safes & vaults from attack by thefts. It’s an Aritech VV602 seismic detector, based on piezoelectric sensors. Not surprisingly, this unit is covered in tamper sensors as well. There are several different sensor types in use: Piezoelectric vibration sensing Thermal sensing Magnetic sensing

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MicroVision ShowWX+ HDMI Laser Pico Projector

Posted on July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 The Engineer

Here’s the teardown of the projector itself! On the right is the info label from the projector, which covers the flex ribbon to the VGA/composite input board below. This unit is held together with Allen screws, but is easy to get apart.   Here’s the insides of the projector, with

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Cisco 2G Fibre Channel SFP Module

Posted on July 8, 2012 The Engineer

Here is a 2Gbit Fibre Channel transceiver from Cisco Systems in SFP module format.             Here the shield has been removed from the bottom of the module (it just clips off). The bottom of the PCB can be seen, with the copper interface on the

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Combo Microwave

Posted on February 26, 2011February 10, 2011 The Engineer

Here are the internals of a cheap Microwave/Convection Oven combo. Electronics bay is pretty much the same as a standard microwave, with the magnetron, transformer & diode/capacitor voltage doubler, with the addition of an extra fan & a pair of nichrome elements to provide the convection oven function. Convection blower

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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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Garmin eTrex

Posted on February 20, 2011February 10, 2011 The Engineer

Pocket sized GPS navigator. Here is shown the greyscale dot matrix LCD. Serial interface on the back of the unit. Pinout from left is +3v, Rx, Tx, GND. PCB Removed from the casing. RTC backup battery in the centre of board, CPU & flash ROM on the left. GPS chipset

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Nokia 7110

Posted on August 26, 2010 The Engineer

Another phone from the mid 90s. This is the nokia 7110. Here the slider is open showing the keypad. Here the battery is removed, a Li-Ion unit. The battery cell & protection circuit removed from the casing. This is the rear of the PCB removed from the housing. Data &

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Ericsson GA628

Posted on August 25, 2010 The Engineer

Here is a phone from the mid 90s, the Ericsson GA628. Here visible is the front of the unit with keypad, & single line monochrome LCD for number display. Here the battery is removed from the phone, showing the SIM card socket. At the top under the antenna stub is

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