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		Workshop proposal: '''Hack your Hardware''' [[User:Jtfoote\|Jtfoote]] 14:11, 7 November 2008 (PST)

		"No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that!

		Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. Most electronics failures are caused by bad connections or simple mechanical problems: we'll show you what to look for and how to fix them. Favorite gadget busted? Don't throw it away; fix it! (Or at least autopsy it for the good of science!)

		Possible projects:

		* Add an extra iPod input jack to your clock radio or computer speakers
		* Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...)
		* Hotrod your IR remote control to extend the range
		* Extract DC motors and other good stuff from that CD player found on the sidewalk
		* Fix that funky power jack on your old laptop so you can give it to Mom
		* Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop
		* Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game
		* Add a secondary switch or a dimmer to a power strip
		* A one-wire hack turns a discarded ATX PSU into a benchtop power supply
		* Replace the tired nicads in your electric toothbrush (or power screwdriver, or other rechargeable gizmo)
		* Hotrod your favorite power screwdriver with Li+ batteries
		* Circuit-bend that electronic toy for an even more annoying sound

		You will have more and better ideas. Bring them and share! (I personally will be adding a pilot light to my desoldering gun so I can tell when it's plugged in and thus burninatingly hot.)

		Yes this could be dangerous, and we may break things. That's how we learn.

		== Interested folks ==

		[[User:Jtfoote\|Jtfoote]]

		[[User:turkshead\|Shannon]]

		[[User:Bill Nye\|BillyBuggy]]

		[[User:Dmolnar\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with

		[[Tones]]

		[[User:rachel\|rachel]] I have a broken iron I'd like to fix

		[[User:jstockford\|jim]] i've got lots of broken stuff to play with

		[[User:Christie\|Christie]] Latest toy is a Neuros I dropped on its head.

		David Stainton

		[[User:miloh\|Miloh]] Hardest fix I have on my bench has got to be the Playstation with video sync problems. Next down a-ways is a cheap Roland studio monitor board with a bad channel (replace the 14W TDA2030 or ridiculous ubiquitous JRC4558DD?). I have a small e-waste parts collection and an eye to make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning Gleaner's] map of what's good to salvage, what's not, and what's dangerous.

		[[User:Bebez\|Bethany]] Please please let's have this, I want to play. I'll bring treats for the group.

		==When?==

		Not yet scheduled, likely after the soldering workshop

		Week 1: Take things apart, determine problems, solutions, necessary parts to obtain.
		Week 2: Having obtained parts, put things back together and smoke-test (if it doesn't smoke, it passes!)

		Your comments and suggestions are a crucial part of this: thanks in advance

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	~~Workshop proposal: '''Hack your Hardware''' [[User:Jtfoote\|Jtfoote]] 14:11, 7 November 2008 (PST)~~

	~~"No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that!~~

	Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. Most electronics failures are caused by bad connections or simple mechanical problems: we'll show you what to look for and how to fix them. Favorite gadget busted? Don't throw it away; fix it! (Or at least autopsy it for the good of science!)

	~~Possible projects:~~

	* Add an extra iPod input jack to your clock radio or computer speakers
	* Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...)
	* Hotrod your IR remote control to extend the range
	* Extract DC motors and other good stuff from that CD player found on the sidewalk
	* Fix that funky power jack on your old laptop so you can give it to Mom
	* Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop
	* Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game
	* Add a secondary switch or a dimmer to a power strip
	* A one-wire hack turns a discarded ATX PSU into a benchtop power supply
	* Replace the tired nicads in your electric toothbrush (or power screwdriver, or other rechargeable gizmo)
	* Hotrod your favorite power screwdriver with Li+ batteries
	* Circuit-bend that electronic toy for an even more annoying sound

	~~You will have more and better ideas. Bring them and share! (I personally will be adding a pilot light to my desoldering gun so I can tell when it's plugged in and thus burninatingly hot.)~~

	~~Yes this could be dangerous, and we may break things. That's how we learn.~~

	~~== Interested folks ==~~

	~~[[User:Jtfoote\|Jtfoote]]~~

	~~[[User:turkshead\|Shannon]]~~

	~~[[User:Bill Nye\|BillyBuggy]]~~

	~~[[User:Dmolnar\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with~~

	~~[[Tones]]~~

	~~[[User:rachel\|rachel]] I have a broken iron I'd like to fix~~

	~~[[User:jstockford\|jim]] i've got lots of broken stuff to play with~~

	~~[[User:Christie\|Christie]] Latest toy is a Neuros I dropped on its head.~~

	~~David Stainton~~

	[[User:miloh\|Miloh]] Hardest fix I have on my bench has got to be the Playstation with video sync problems. Next down a-ways is a cheap Roland studio monitor board with a bad channel (replace the 14W TDA2030 or ridiculous ubiquitous JRC4558DD?). I have a small e-waste parts collection and an eye to make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning Gleaner's] map of what's good to salvage, what's not, and what's dangerous.

	~~[[User:Bebez\|Bethany]] Please please let's have this, I want to play. I'll bring treats for the group.~~

	~~==When?==~~

	~~Not yet scheduled, likely after the soldering workshop~~

	~~Week 1: Take things apart, determine problems, solutions, necessary parts to obtain.~~
	~~Week 2: Having obtained parts, put things back together and smoke-test (if it doesn't smoke, it passes!)~~

	~~Your comments and suggestions are a crucial part of this: thanks in advance~~

Bebez: /* Interested folks */

2012-04-18T16:49:22Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:miloh\|Miloh]] Hardest fix I have on my bench has got to be the Playstation with video sync problems. Next down a-ways is a cheap Roland studio monitor board with a bad channel (replace the 14W TDA2030 or ridiculous ubiquitous JRC4558DD?). I have a small e-waste parts collection and an eye to make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning Gleaner's] map of what's good to salvage, what's not, and what's dangerous.		[[User:miloh\|Miloh]] Hardest fix I have on my bench has got to be the Playstation with video sync problems. Next down a-ways is a cheap Roland studio monitor board with a bad channel (replace the 14W TDA2030 or ridiculous ubiquitous JRC4558DD?). I have a small e-waste parts collection and an eye to make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning Gleaner's] map of what's good to salvage, what's not, and what's dangerous.

			[[User:Bebez\|Bethany]] Please please let's have this, I want to play. I'll bring treats for the group.

	==When?==		==When?==

Miloh: /* Interested folks */

2009-02-25T08:52:05Z

Interested folks

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			[[User:miloh\|Miloh]] Hardest fix I have on my bench has got to be the Playstation with video sync problems. Next down a-ways is a cheap Roland studio monitor board with a bad channel (replace the 14W TDA2030 or ridiculous ubiquitous JRC4558DD?). I have a small e-waste parts collection and an eye to make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning Gleaner's] map of what's good to salvage, what's not, and what's dangerous.

	==When?==		==When?==

SpammerHellDontDelete: /* Interested folks */

2009-02-25T01:40:27Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:Christie\|Christie]] Latest toy is a Neuros I dropped on its head.		[[User:Christie\|Christie]] Latest toy is a Neuros I dropped on its head.

			David Stainton

	==When?==		==When?==

Christie: /* Interested folks */

2008-12-11T04:36:37Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:jstockford\|jim]] i've got lots of broken stuff to play with		[[User:jstockford\|jim]] i've got lots of broken stuff to play with

			[[User:Christie\|Christie]] Latest toy is a Neuros I dropped on its head.

	==When?==		==When?==

Jstockford: /* Interested folks */

2008-11-23T15:06:21Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:rachel\|rachel]] I have a broken iron I'd like to fix		[[User:rachel\|rachel]] I have a broken iron I'd like to fix

			[[User:jstockford\|jim]] i've got lots of broken stuff to play with

	==When?==		==When?==

Rachel: /* Interested folks */

2008-11-23T06:15:52Z

Interested folks

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	[[Tones]]		[[Tones]]

			[[User:rachel\|rachel]] I have a broken iron I'd like to fix

	==When?==		==When?==

SpammerHellDontDelete: /* Interested folks */

2008-11-18T02:21:12Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:Dmolnar\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with		[[User:Dmolnar\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with

			[[Tones]]

	==When?==		==When?==

Dmolnar: /* Interested folks */

2008-11-13T06:58:28Z

Interested folks

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	[[User:Bill Nye\|BillyBuggy]]		[[User:Bill Nye\|BillyBuggy]]

	[[User:~~DavidMolnar~~\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with		[[User:Dmolnar\|David Molnar]] - have a dead laptop to play with

	==When?==		==When?==