tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77553615061308417822024-03-13T20:01:07.327-03:00Electro FunUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-21308651272322793802014-09-22T21:10:00.001-03:002014-10-09T23:56:28.714-03:00Adding a uart interface a cheap rfid usb reader 125khzI got the idea from this video. Seemed pretty simple, and all the rights for this idea goes to the author of the video, I just posted the process. <a href="http://youtu.be/RcZI6fK948w">http://youtu.be/RcZI6fK948w</a><div><br></div><div><b>First</b></div><div>Open the case, 4 screws.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p22uVffxb78/VCC6VDgHnLI/AAAAAAAAF1w/1bGL_UZi2og/s640/blogger-image-1015363181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p22uVffxb78/VCC6VDgHnLI/AAAAAAAAF1w/1bGL_UZi2og/s640/blogger-image-1015363181.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And this is the reader bare naked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E9xqJWOhVQg/VCC6S2bWDmI/AAAAAAAAF1o/zFLkb6nChAk/s640/blogger-image--2071268531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E9xqJWOhVQg/VCC6S2bWDmI/AAAAAAAAF1o/zFLkb6nChAk/s640/blogger-image--2071268531.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Second</b></div><div>Locate the UART pin headers.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YBYxMhhseRY/VCC6ZkEY3aI/AAAAAAAAF2A/boXz3LToNdg/s640/blogger-image-157131271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YBYxMhhseRY/VCC6ZkEY3aI/AAAAAAAAF2A/boXz3LToNdg/s640/blogger-image-157131271.jpg"></a> The four holes looks like a 5v, gnd, rx, tx pins!!</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Third</b></div><div>Solder some wires.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FjYJhUxXzZs/VCC6W4oH2BI/AAAAAAAAF14/ZZpzFQCNjh0/s640/blogger-image--1770068856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FjYJhUxXzZs/VCC6W4oH2BI/AAAAAAAAF14/ZZpzFQCNjh0/s640/blogger-image--1770068856.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><b>Fourth</b></div><div>Test it out using a uart-ttl adapter.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-9115659219102490822014-09-17T16:12:00.000-03:002014-09-17T16:12:12.302-03:00Struggling with Wireless Charging for Iphone 4s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yes, Iphone wireless charging inside iphone 4s, no big cover with the circuits.</div>
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I got motivated with this video:</div>
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Looks really cool and pretty convenient. So After watching this video, I got to shop some items: (all from amazon)<br />
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<li>Charge Port, since I might not get it right the first time and would want to break the original one. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYQJTQQ/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Charger Port @ Amazon</a></li>
<li>Wireless Charger: Complete kit (Mat and phone kit, it was for a blackberry but the output is the same, and it was dirty cheap). <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00462QB4W/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Wireless charger @ Amazon</a></li>
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I must say, it a really difficult making it work. I totalled my battery trying to make it work.</div>
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Making it all fit inside the phone, is a cool idea but.... really hard to do it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the idea posted <a href="http://www.3dponics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.3dponics.com/</a> which seemed simple and nice, for building the whole hydroponic system (breeding seeds its another whole topic, google for it). In order to keep the water flowing into my system, I also fabricated this circuit from <a href="http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/misc/012/" target="_blank">electronics-lab</a>, basically this circuits makes a simple one-position switch, works as a "one click: its on" "one more click, its off" circuit, since I was going to use a simple water pump, the cheap ones used in feng-shui ponds, to recirculate the water into the system. 3Dponics uses a airpump (used is fish ponds).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plastic 1.5lts bottles</span><br />
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Its a simple relay toggle switch, using a "one position" switch</div>
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I used an arcade button, with lighting on it, as to know when its on and when its off. Pretty straight forward. 2 Cables are used for switching, and two as power supply for the led inside the button. The led has to be wired to the on/off toggle switch relay.</div>
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I scrapped a 5v blackberry wall charger for this. Reutilising something at home its always good.</div>
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Heres the basic wiring for power supply to switch circuit.</div>
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First of all your need some seeds, I germited mine using a device that makes them grow with moisture, you just need to leave it with some sort of heating source, and the rest its time.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5-7s7zzMuA/VBnZQCC_xCI/AAAAAAAAF0E/N7CilD5rnIs/s1600/Photo%2BSep%2B17%2C%2B2%2B36%2B06%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5-7s7zzMuA/VBnZQCC_xCI/AAAAAAAAF0E/N7CilD5rnIs/s1600/Photo%2BSep%2B17%2C%2B2%2B36%2B06%2BPM.jpg" height="320" width="239" /></a></div>
These are my chilli seeds sprouting. You can easily moist a kleenex and leave the seeds in a tupperware container on a dark place, or sitting up your router as to have some heat below and will work as fine.<br />
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I hanged mine!!!<br />
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This is my soil: mixture of rocks and wood chips... since chilli plant tends to get big and heavy they need a way to stay in ground.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The is fashionable and very nice solution, but if you want to keep it simple and cheap, you dont need this part. Bottles are easy to find, and you can use the bottle cap with a hole to drip to the next one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea from 3dPonics is great: a vertical hanging hydroponics system, looks great, and (I am hoping) it will work fine. It can also be done indoors.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also made my contribution for a <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:464282" target="_blank">wall hanger</a>. </span></span></div>
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Thanks a friend (Chris) I manage to get some technical documents (such as <a href="http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00710c.pdf%E2%80%8E">this</a>, <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/RFID...-RFID-Antenna/">this</a>, <a href="http://www.ansoft.com/converge/laudien_ansoft1.pdf">this</a>) about this matter, some turned to be really useful and cover basic subject (like Magnetism, Faraday's Law, Mutual induction) it really help me understand more about RFID, it sure brought me memories when I was in college, but could not find any decisive information on how to shape a new antenna.<br />
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Three basic squares using push pins, will serve two make the coils and test them.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-61510543080757962132013-11-28T16:18:00.001-03:002013-11-28T16:18:02.945-03:00Satellite Gear Modding:Adding fans to AZAmerica s900 sat reciever + Ibox<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The both of them run really hot, hands into matter, ordered two flat vga fans from aliexpress (<a href="http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/293148416.html">THIS</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take out the cover, and disconnect the power source, and all other cable attached to work comfortably. Here we go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Once opened just locate some pins that can provide some acceptable voltage. See next picture, I found a 5v and ground. (5v will garantee a smooth operation)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> I simply pinched into the cables, before the entered the next connector, and tested. After that, I just simply attached up from the heat sink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The power jack is ideal, since ibox runs on 12v (check you power source), look at the back of the board, and use one of the holes to pass the cables to the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once in position, see that the blades does not hit any component on the top board. I used some screws to attached the fan into the top cover.</span></div>
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The idea is to have and automated system to drain the water out of the "warning zone" out to another place, another idea is to harvest this water if you have the place to store some big containers.<br />
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Target: have a fully automated system that can measure the water level and in case the level is near the "warning" level, it activates a water pump to lower the level. As a secondary target the idea is to see the level in real time through a web page.<br />
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<b>Phase 1: </b>get the basic software working. Code the basics for the arduino to measure the distance and upon threshold, activate relay.</div>
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<b>Phase 2: </b>building the container for outdoors. Using an hermetic plastic container (a big tupperware :) ), fit all the parts in there, water proofing it, build the pvc tube with the sensor container.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-33349681288914207922013-11-13T21:18:00.001-03:002013-11-13T21:18:46.303-03:00New toys! Lets gets started!<h2>New toys arrived</h2>
Last shipment arrived to I can finish an automated pump system, measuring water level with a HC-sr04 sensor module.
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Some other goodies also arrived to make projects work more tidy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-26958489587735051302013-09-23T20:21:00.001-03:002013-09-23T20:25:31.849-03:00Embedding an RFID tag into a phone: not so simple<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Embedding an RFID tag into a phone: not so simple</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspired by this <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/07/16/how-to-embed-a-rfid-transit-card-in-your-iphone/">site</a> I decided to have one of my rfid tag embedded into my iphone 4s, as to use is a master key on my future developments.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started dissolving the tag with acetone, and while dissolving I started to read some documents on RFID antennas (<a href="http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/appnotes/00710c.pdf">link</a>) great document, covers from the basics!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) I dissolved 2 tags.... first one, stopped working.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9WplaRIpqg8/UkDN6ZPYCtI/AAAAAAAAEtg/C4dl_6CZdmM/s640/blogger-image-901300788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9WplaRIpqg8/UkDN6ZPYCtI/AAAAAAAAEtg/C4dl_6CZdmM/s640/blogger-image-901300788.jpg"></a></div></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) The one I dissolved does not fit, and cant tear it apart. So, I'm not so happy, though this was going to be easy.</span><div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">Working dissolved tag:</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CVuAn6KZVvI/UkDN5R4ZzmI/AAAAAAAAEtY/_9DEhIwL5yE/s640/blogger-image--1865384978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CVuAn6KZVvI/UkDN5R4ZzmI/AAAAAAAAEtY/_9DEhIwL5yE/s640/blogger-image--1865384978.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">Not working tag:</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PyimdABDHjE/UkDN24fCsFI/AAAAAAAAEtI/eafQBEsUttw/s640/blogger-image--1791164342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PyimdABDHjE/UkDN24fCsFI/AAAAAAAAEtI/eafQBEsUttw/s640/blogger-image--1791164342.jpg"></a></div><br></font>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will keep update on the progress or abandonment of this project (quoting Murphy:<i> </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><i>If at first you don't succeed destroy all evidence that you ever tried.</i> )</span><br>
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This is my plan in mind, I was looking at <a href="http://hackaday.com/2013/02/16/turning-an-8-rfid-reader-into-something-useful/">this</a> site. I wanted to start experimenting with replacing the antenna for a different one that could fit into a 1meter/5cm diameter PVC tube.<br />
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Basically a photocell, after some investigation I got some help from <a href="http://arduinobasics.blogspot.com.ar/2011/06/arduino-uno-photocell-sensing-light.html">this</a> site, the code showed here is<br>
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This code is property of Scott please take a look at his site for more interesting posts.<br>
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Thanks to this excellent piece of code you get a reading from 0-100 of the light sensed. Cool to build on to another things.<br>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-44455687184967032282013-09-02T22:59:00.001-03:002013-09-02T22:59:07.854-03:00Rfid and other stuffPAt last more items have arrived:<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Channel 5V Relay Module:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IpNVl1mqR-c/UiVCZNTLfII/AAAAAAAAEpA/430_gdkdtAE/s640/blogger-image-1764619631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IpNVl1mqR-c/UiVCZNTLfII/AAAAAAAAEpA/430_gdkdtAE/s640/blogger-image-1764619631.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;clear: both; "><span style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meeeno MN-EB-PTCMN Photosensitive Sensor Module:</span></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-583F0N55teM/UiVCaAdjsDI/AAAAAAAAEpI/63K8tjryRjI/s640/blogger-image-205355272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-583F0N55teM/UiVCaAdjsDI/AAAAAAAAEpI/63K8tjryRjI/s640/blogger-image-205355272.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The true jewel here: <span style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">RFID-RC522 RF IC Card Sensor Module</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmiD3DiweLc/UiVCYBahYxI/AAAAAAAAEo4/Qcc6IcUjkUM/s640/blogger-image--1125075984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmiD3DiweLc/UiVCYBahYxI/AAAAAAAAEo4/Qcc6IcUjkUM/s640/blogger-image--1125075984.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-5745031873952729182013-09-02T18:05:00.001-03:002013-09-02T18:05:27.015-03:00Arduino tvout shieldThis a simple one but here's my tvou shield for arduino.<br />
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Finally arrived<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After a lot of waiting for the post office new things arrived!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VgNMjVor_lE/Uhdw5ND7HRI/AAAAAAAAEnk/-wRBotwTn8I/s640/blogger-image-6688722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VgNMjVor_lE/Uhdw5ND7HRI/AAAAAAAAEnk/-wRBotwTn8I/s640/blogger-image-6688722.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">TSOP1838 IR Infrared 37.9Khz Receiver (18m-Range / 2.7~5.5V)</div><div style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; 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I finally got my <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">usb 64m smart card from <a href="http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card">Kitsch-bent</a> its a great site, and the after sales services are great, I had some doubts due to delays in shipping and he was great!</span><br />
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So that opens a range of opportunities to load legal roms, and use gameboy for new experiments.</div>
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Also, digging though some boxes, found a complete GBC set.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-54017074466484327372013-06-17T23:48:00.000-03:002013-06-17T23:48:02.868-03:00ArduGarden (Gardening assited by arduino) Vol II temporal<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Few days with a lot of fast protoyping, pardon the cheap materials and the poor finishing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added a Small lcd display to see all data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yup, I over watered my tomato seeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ended up using a nokia 5100 lcd (thats why the temporal) instead if what I had planned: a lcd 16x2. (glitch: I got only one line out of the two, to work with black boxes showing using the 16x2, and could not fix it right away) Internet suggest its wiring... I triple checked and nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also own a 16x2 shield, but future plans will include ab outdoor housing and wouldnt want to waste a graphic display on this.</span></div>
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//Coded by Alejandro Zanotti</div>
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//Based on the ideas Shown on this post http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,37975.0.html and this tutorial http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/</div>
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,{0x24, 0x2a, 0x7f, 0x2a, 0x12} // 24 $</div>
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,{0x23, 0x13, 0x08, 0x64, 0x62} // 25 %</div>
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,{0x36, 0x49, 0x55, 0x22, 0x50} // 26 &</div>
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,{0x08, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x08} // 2b +</div>
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,{0x3c, 0x4a, 0x49, 0x49, 0x30} // 36 6</div>
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,{0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36} // 38 8</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple idea to assist gardening projects using arduino: get moisture, temperature and other measurements and get alarms, display even use them via networking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This first step attempted and succeded in getting moisture readings of the soil.</span><br>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 galvenized nails.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wires</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arduino 1</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 10k ohm resistor</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 100 ohm resistor</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usual tools: clipper, soldering iron.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #003300;">MOISTURE PROBES (AWESOME IDEA TAKEN FROM <a href="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/">HERE</a></span>)</span><br>
<span style="color: #003300; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will need 2 nails that will act as soil moisture probes. You can use any kind of conductive nail that you have lying around, but we recommend using galvanized, hot dipped nails, which are more resistant to corrosion.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <img src="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/Botanicalls_Twitter_DIY_images/dhtfzxqf_92d8t9zzgt.jpg" style="height: 120.033px; width: 160px;"> <img src="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/Botanicalls_Twitter_DIY_images/dhtfzxqf_94ghqc2bd7.jpg" style="height: 120.033px; width: 160px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/Botanicalls_Twitter_DIY_images/dhtfzxqf_95dnzgrbd2.jpg" style="height: 120.033px; width: 160px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img src="http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/Botanicalls_Twitter_DIY_images/dhtfzxqf_96tsf8wc64.jpg" style="height: 119.951px; width: 160px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-Wrap the wire around the nail and be sure to take the time to heat up the nail as opposed to just heating up with wire and spreading the solder on the wire alone. This prevents the wire from fusing with the nail and provides an opportunity for the wire to slip off of the nail.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-You'll know that the wire is hot once you touch the solder to the nail and it begins to flow. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-Work your way around the entire nail connecting the wire.</span><br>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Note: We are still looking for a better metal that doesn't degrade because of electrolysis. If you have any suggestions please shoot them our way.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I based my idea on this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks ROB, check his <a href="http://www.faludi.com/2006/11/02/moisture-sensor-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-99619">blog</a> for more info.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 2222N transistor pinout goes like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">//Coded by Alejandro Zanotti</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">//Based on the ideas Shown on this post http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,37975.0.html and this tutorial http://www.botanicalls.com/archived_kits/twitter/</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">//Version 1.0 </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">//Date 15 Jun 2013</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">#define MOIST 450 // minimum level of satisfactory moisture</span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-50118541963324307632013-06-05T11:29:00.003-03:002013-09-18T00:36:55.248-03:00Dtv (digital tv) tdt (terrestrial digital tv)<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got a (free) Argentinian dtv decoder to play on a tv.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Pros:</b> tv at my grandparents house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cons:</b> no remote control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is the decoder:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Brand: Coradir</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Model: <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CDR 1000/1D</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Site <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">http://www.coradir.com.ar/producto/stb</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Indoors: great deal at DX again <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">http://dx.com/p/mobile-digital-omnidirectional-dvb-t-antenna-8860 works perfec</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Outdoors: generic all4one dtv external antenna.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">MDF wood (or any of your choice)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Ethylene-vinyl acetate rubber. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Glue, nails, screws.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Few tools: screwdrivers, hammers, scissors, drill, bits and must be forgetting some.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Sinthetyc leather (for covering the outside)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Soft cloth for the inside.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">I wont state how much do you need of each since, I made mine sometime with scrapts, and the size of each guitar may vary.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Also, after I finished I realized I used a really thick (and heavy) wood: MDF 7mm for the side and 5mm for the top and bottom cover, if I just use more light wood it would be fine and it would be lighter and easier to carry it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">So start measuring your guitar:</span></span><br />
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I did the bottom one, a bit higher than the top cover, so the guitar can fit perfect and it can close with out any problems.</div>
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I basically glue the wood and then used nails/screws to make it resistant. </div>
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-Top cover, do it as the same but with a bit less height.</div>
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With the foam place your guitar on hit, and draw the shape of it. I used high density foam, simple beacuse I had it and it breaks less than the regular. To cut it, you can use a small saw, a cutter, I used an old guitar string attached to a power source until it got red hot so I can do clean cuts.</div>
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You end up with something like this:</div>
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I did mine, a bit bigger than the guitar I can wrap it with a soft cloth late. Take that into account.</div>
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This is how it fits, please do the square part to fit the size of your box.</div>
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3. Stands for the neck </h3>
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With more wood I did two stands to fit the neck on it. Please measure measure and double measure everything-take the size of the neck for the stands, and measure how high your guitar will end up.</div>
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4. Set all the parts, and check how the guitar fits. </h3>
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With a drilling tool, I added the hinges and the top cover:</div>
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I also did a cover on the bottom side, with Ethylene-vinyl acetate rubber. So the guitar doesnt sit on plain wood even though I used a cloth. </div>
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5. Upholstery</h3>
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I was (am) a tottal noob when it comes to do this kinds upholstery. I use black synthetic leather.</div>
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I started with both sides of the case separately. I did the leather first and the soft fabrics later.</div>
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I used a contact glue and a stapler to get the fabric.</div>
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At this point guitar fits perfect, all the upholstery is done.</div>
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At this point I installed the hinges, the closing hooks.</div>
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Optional but useful: Add a handle to carry it around and wire/small chains to secure the top part dont fall when you open it.</div>
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It all started with a donation of this dish, old, forgotten and rusty.<br>
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I teared all apart, sanded and grinded all rust away.</div>
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<a href="http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm">This</a> is the antenna link I am basing my idea. Also look at this links:<br>
<a href="http://www.skifactz.com/wifi/wifi_dish.htm">Really cool explained</a><br>
<a href="http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/">Perfect Explanation of biquad</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-34914774926558542102013-05-24T00:55:00.001-03:002013-05-24T00:55:48.791-03:00Simple arduino+breadboard ideaPSince I am startin to experiment with arduino and I breadboards are a must: <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R4VwcAy1H9c/UZ6vGwdbFhI/AAAAAAAAEik/nBSjEjbS3Hc/s640/blogger-image--1657698756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R4VwcAy1H9c/UZ6vGwdbFhI/AAAAAAAAEik/nBSjEjbS3Hc/s640/blogger-image--1657698756.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Here a basic idea using:<div>•one cd case</div><div>•screw supports from a motherboard</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cpTkLk85PJc/UZ6vEIxRZMI/AAAAAAAAEic/VQUCcKv96vc/s640/blogger-image--215939836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cpTkLk85PJc/UZ6vEIxRZMI/AAAAAAAAEic/VQUCcKv96vc/s640/blogger-image--215939836.jpg"></a></div>A simple cd case, just need half of it.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RHtUtIYIkG0/UZ7kw27K8iI/AAAAAAAAEi8/SHq-wL86iqk/s640/blogger-image-1837024170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RHtUtIYIkG0/UZ7kw27K8iI/AAAAAAAAEi8/SHq-wL86iqk/s640/blogger-image-1837024170.jpg"></a></div>I sticked the breadboard and the 4 four screw supports from an old motherboard.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KDxlNJOSMt0/UZ7ku2f4EyI/AAAAAAAAEi0/FshVyu5YmB4/s640/blogger-image--342607994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KDxlNJOSMt0/UZ7ku2f4EyI/AAAAAAAAEi0/FshVyu5YmB4/s640/blogger-image--342607994.jpg"></a></div>All mounted ready to experiment.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-4016199984883796202013-05-21T00:21:00.001-03:002013-05-21T00:33:42.268-03:00Sat dishes deployed<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qwdmzaWzzuE/UZroPhmuyuI/AAAAAAAAEg8/t17EssPytlw/s640/blogger-image--1427520901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qwdmzaWzzuE/UZroPhmuyuI/AAAAAAAAEg8/t17EssPytlw/s640/blogger-image--1427520901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Onc9M6oyLGs/UZrn7szK8dI/AAAAAAAAEg0/i7TVKnY2DaY/s640/blogger-image--105320846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Onc9M6oyLGs/UZrn7szK8dI/AAAAAAAAEg0/i7TVKnY2DaY/s640/blogger-image--105320846.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After deploying its time to configure my az-america!</div><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qwdmzaWzzuE/UZroPhmuyuI/AAAAAAAAEg8/t17EssPytlw/s640/blogger-image--1427520901.jpg"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-78816195551774854612013-05-21T00:14:00.001-03:002013-05-23T18:59:58.566-03:00Arduino first StepsFinally arrived!! Starting my first steps<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qGmXvfV3i7g/UZrmq73QP2I/AAAAAAAAEf4/1Y4xjtEr69o/s640/blogger-image--535664104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qGmXvfV3i7g/UZrmq73QP2I/AAAAAAAAEf4/1Y4xjtEr69o/s640/blogger-image--535664104.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>LCD wiring tryouts</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QeMl_uhWvU8/UZ6RXCUx3bI/AAAAAAAAEhc/4HKXpNFzv0U/s640/blogger-image-297853038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QeMl_uhWvU8/UZ6RXCUx3bI/AAAAAAAAEhc/4HKXpNFzv0U/s640/blogger-image-297853038.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Disregard my luckyluke's mousepad :p</div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755361506130841782.post-91786604837657688282013-05-20T22:23:00.000-03:002013-05-20T22:28:17.780-03:00How to Refurbish an original gameboy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My old gameboy, the jewel I dreamed of as a kid. And finally, I bought this 2nd hand gameboy, and really used it ... after all the commercials I've seen, I got mine..</div>
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Time passed (this one is dated 1989), so it needed a refurbish. I read a lot about restoring. Here the steps:</div>
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1. Disassemble the GB</h2>
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This is the worst part. Taking apart a gameboy, has its tricks, the greater are the triwing screws. The simple way is to get a screwdriver triwing (http://dx.com/p/large-triwing-trigram-screw-driver-6154), but there are two options:</div>
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Alternative A)Use a flash scredriver:</h3>
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Alternative B) Make a triwing out of a pen:</h3>
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Tried both, ended with using a flat screwdriver<br />
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The disaster I made</td></tr>
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I used bothe screwdrivers, one for getting the screw out (the first and hardest part) the other just to take it out.</div>
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The are 6 screws on the back of the case:</div>
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With patience and the links from above, you can figure out how to do this. The insides screws are cross, so no problem there.</div>
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Once open , need to separate de LCD ribbon, you will end up with this two sides:</div>
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After son screws: simple, start collecting plastics, to do the washing.<br />
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Get all the parts, and soak them into hot water with regular soap. Use a brush.</div>
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Simply use water and soap. If any remains use a nail file to take the rest out.</div>
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Most old GBs have some damage parts, mine only had the LCD screen cover, founded at amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002J9R2LA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 other GBs have other parts to replace, see links below.</div>
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<li><a href="http://gamedesignreviews.com/scrapbook/gameboy-refurbishing-project/">Gameboy Refurbish guide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://marc.rawer.de/Gameboy/Docs/GBProject.pdf">Gameboy Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/gameboy-screen-light-mods-dmg-01-color/">Add a backlight to DMG</a></li>
<li><a href="http://hyaki.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/tutorial-rusaakkmods-disassembling-your-game-boy-dmg-eng3.pdf">Disassembling your GameBoy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.maxjusticz.com/restore-modify-an-original-dmg-gameboy/">Restore & Modify an Original DMG Gameboy</a> (Various fixes)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Game_Boy">Ifixit Gameboy guide</a></li>
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Pictures of the finished product still to come.</div>
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