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Fakes from China
Inspired by a Youtube video from Bigclive I ordered some Solar Power Rechargeable Flash lights. I knew the risk but I thought it would be a possible way to get hold of some small amorphous silicon solar cell modules for some own projects.
Today I received my package from ebay seller heavends. And yes, these are complete fakes. The glass plate looks like an amorphous silicon solar cell module and even shows the typical brown lacquer finish on the backside, however it lacks all electrical contacts. Inside the plastic body there is a circuit board connecting the three white LEDs to a heat-shrinked soldered pack of two non-rechargeable CR2016 batteries. Current limitation to the three LEDs in parallel connection is only by means of the internal series resistance of the batteries.
...if you get a support answer like this...
Hej [enter customer's first name, or a combination first & last name. In the case of a dropshipper please refer to the customer themselves], [Personalize the template: • Acknowledge customers’…
USBasp v3.02 from eBay, top side. (photo Sven H)
Hacking an AVR programmer II
This is a follow-up of my most popular post, Hacking an AVR programmer. MX USBasp v3.02 Recently there have been quite a few comments about a new version 3.02 layout…
LaTeX: x11names resorted
I like the color palette which the xcolor package offers under the option x11names, but I find the list of colors in the xcolor manual a bit confusing. The colors are sorted by names and not shades – so today I made my own little table.
View of the first soldered board.
An USBasp in a new design II
Most of the time I design and debug my AVR projects on solderless breadboards nowadays. And for that I have been using some different types of programmers by now: starting…
Die fertige Platine aus China.
An USBasp in a new design
Just a small teaser: today I received my circuit boards from PCBgogo – a layout which I just had sent to the Chinese manufacturer last Sunday.
It is a USBasp, which can be placed on a breadboard and at the same time supplies the power rails on the sides. More to come…
Nerd or not?
Today there was a geocaching event celebrating Nerd Day. I must admit that I wasn't aware of the significance of today's date, but I also knew that I can probably…