Here’s Part 1 of a series of videos I’m doing on repairing an Allen & Heath ZED 24 audio mixing desk.
Nov
28
Category Archives: Hardware
Feb
24
Building Yocto Linux for Edison
The Intel Edison is a tiny embedded micro that has 4GB Flash and 1GB Ram. It runs Linux, and is ideal for embedding as an application platform into all kinds of devices, but especially for IoT and wearables. I am currently working on some new products for a major client of mine based around Edison, and I’m loving the power and flexibility it brings. However the current BSP provided by Intel is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
May
20
Repairing PCBs with bodge wires.
I received six PCBs from a contract manufacturer, but due to a glitch in the manufacturing plots two traces were missing from the boards. To get the boards working I need to add two bodge wires to each board. This video shows the process of me repairing the board from start to finish.
May
20
Another exploding iPhone battery
I’ve posted before about how an iPhone in my pocket one day burst open when the battery inside it exploded. Now another iPhone, sitting on a shelf, has done the same thing.
Apr
24
What makes apple’s new watch tick?
Want to know what makes Apple’s new Watch tick? Then read on to take a look inside.
Feb
14
Roland TD-6V Drum Brain Repair
The Roland TD-6V Percussion Instrument is a major part of the Roland “V-Drums” line up. This week I had one for repair. Lets take a look under the hood and see whats makes this machine tick, or in this case not.
This one came to me with the complaint that it would just cut out during performances. The display remained on, and it still responded to controls, but wouldn’t produce sound. After a bit of fettling it would come back to life. This might happen 2 or three times during a set, or it might not happen at all, and behave itself right through. Continue reading
Jan
26
Teardown: Bosch Tassimo Coffee Maker
In this video I tear down a Bosch Tassimo Coffee Machine and see whats inside. Continue reading
Oct
24
FTDI relents to pressure, and pulls the malicious driver from windows.
As I, and many others, reported yesterday, FTDI’s latest windows driver deliberately disabled users hardware. They have now bowed to public pressure and the backlash from the engineering community and pulled the update, and promised to issue a new driver “next week”. Continue reading
Oct
23
FTDI USB driver intentionally and deliberately damages hardware?
FTDI make USB interface chips which are the industry standard around the world. Do the latest FTDI software drivers for windows deliberately and knowingly damage hardware?