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8mm Film projector LED conversion for digitizing old movie
A co-worker of mine had recently acquired a used Super 8mm film projector with a burned bulb. Having a reputation of being somewhat of a tinkerer/mad scientist, he asked me…
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Firefly Lantern wedding centrepiece
I got married a few months ago and I thought that planning a wedding wasn't already stressful enough and decided that I wanted to bring some of my geekery to…
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Animated LED Weddings Initials (WS2812B)
I recently got married and my girlfriend and I wanted to have our initial at the door of the reception hall but we also wanted them to be noticed. While…
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DIY 10x10 WS2812 RGB LED Matrix
This is not really a tutorial article as it is very simple, it is more an idea I wanted to share. I recently started playing with WS2812 addressable RGB LEDs…
PSP Go Micro SD card slot modification
I was looking on eBay for a new PSP after my regular PSP started to have too many issues and decided to go for a PSP Go. The lack of…
Phillips LFH-0210 dictation pedal turned into custom HID input device (HP KU-0316 keyboard mod)
What do you get if you take an old, obsolete dictation foot pedal and merge it with a thrashed keyboard full of yogurt? An awesome custom input device for your…
SNES Cart region-free modification (Replacing CIC lockout-chip with SuperCIC)
The Super Nintendo used a lockout-chip system similar to the one found on the NES. Nintendo not only used that lock-out chip system to try and prevent unnauthorized software from…
SNES MAD-2 address decoder pinout and truth table
While trying to dump the truth table of all the known revision of MAD address decoder IC (with no$cash assistance), I had to figure out the pin-out of the MAD-2…
Nintendo 64 Memory Card FRAM Non-Volatile Memory mod
When Nintendo released the N64, they also released memory card with it. Any kid that grew up renting or borrowing video game during the 80's and 90's will tell you…
Super Nintendo Memory Address Decoder IC (MAD-1) Truth Table
Here are all the truth tables for the different versions/revisions of the MAD address decoder chip found in numerous Super Nintendo and Super Famicom game carts. I decided that it might…
Aerogarden Ultra CFL bulb modification
I enjoy growing vegetables and especially hot peppers. I find the sheer number of different strains and their specific characteristic fascinating. Unfortunately, the growing season is somewhat short in Montréal…
Adding lock-out chip to a Famicom to NES adapter (import adapter mod)
If you have an 60 to 72 pins adapter to play Famicom (Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment system) cart on your NES (or a multicart/pirate NES cart) that doesn't work…
Upgrading RAM in SNES carts
In the past, I was in need of a SNES cart PCB supporting 64k of RAM but only had one with 16k. This is how I solved my dilemma using…