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mikeselectricstuff

12 recommended videos. Channel on YouTube

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   1 Reverse Engineering the iPod Nano 6 LCD interface

   mikeselectricstuff 23 people · 28 months · since Apr 2013

   First episode of Mike's series reverse engineering an iPod nano display, usually linked to show how much work driving a proprietary screen really takes.

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   2 Dummy load in a bucket

   mikeselectricstuff 9 people · 9 months · since Apr 2014

   Builds a cheap high-power dummy load from enamelled copper wire submerged in a bucket of water; people have copied it for battery and supply testing.

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   3 Crappy PSU analysis

   mikeselectricstuff 6 people · 7 months · since May 2012

   A teardown and analysis of a cheap USB power supply, cited when people ask how to test chargers and whether bargain units are safe.

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   4 Does putting solder on high current PCB tracks help?

   mikeselectricstuff 6 people · 6 months · since Dec 2013

   Measures how much adding solder to high-current PCB tracks lowers resistance, finding about 30 per cent; cited alongside Dave Jones's similar test in track-width discussions.

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   5 Interfacing a cheap phone camera module to a PIC32 microcontroller.

   mikeselectricstuff 6 people · 6 months · since Feb 2015

   Pointed to when someone asks about wiring a phone camera to a microcontroller, as a realistic look at the work and hardware involved.

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   6 Some random hints for quick hand SMD assembly

   mikeselectricstuff 5 people · 5 months · since Sept 2014

   Mike of mikeselectricstuff shares practical tips for fast hand SMD assembly, including taping component strips to the bench; credited with improving people's assembly speed.

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   7 Making nice-looking front panels with no setup cost

   mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 5 months · since Apr 2014

   A mikeselectricstuff video on ordering ordinary circuit boards to act as neat front panels, suggested as the cure for rough hand-cut project cases.

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   8 QFN reflow without hot air

   mikeselectricstuff 4 people · 3 months · since Nov 2010

   Shows a QFN package being soldered with only an iron by heating the board from the underside, offered as an alternative when no hot air station is available.

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   9 Ipod Nano LCD series

   mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since May 2015

   Mike's multi-part series reverse engineering an iPod nano display, praised as a thorough practical lesson in working out unknown screen interfaces.

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    10 Anritsu spectrum analyser teardown

    mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since Dec 2013

    A spectrum analyser teardown linked for one memorable section where unusual RF construction baffles even the presenter.

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    11 LED filaments

    mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since Apr 2015

    Explains how LED filament bulbs work, with one viewer warning that some such bulbs flicker noticeably.

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    12 Sharp memory LCDs

    mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since Jun 2015

    Linked as an example of Sharp memory LCD modules, offered as a low-power alternative to e-ink, though one commenter suspects they never caught on.