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Ademco 5890PI Passive Infared Detector and Transmitter Teardown

Ademco 5890PI Passive Infared Detector and Transmitter Teardown

Passive Infrared Detectors are a fairly common home security device that usually just sit on a wall and blink red when you walk by. This is an older model, and it’s fairly interesting to see how complicated what on the outside seems so simple.

Satellite Power Inserter Teardown

Satellite Power Inserter Teardown

Teardown of a device that adds power to coax that goes to a satellite dish on your house. This is a DirectTV model, but the internals are very generic.

Aux to Cassette Adapter Teardown and Explanation

Aux to Cassette Adapter Teardown and Explanation

 

Those little car cassette adapters are and were invaluable to people wanting something other than a cassette player in their car without the cost of upgrading the radio are deceivingly simple. Since they are simple.
This is a teardown and explanation of one picked up at a dollar store, and it is certainly amusing.

An explanation on how the tape head stuff works is to follow.

Opening Pokémon TCG Packs - Ultra Rare Full Art Etched Holo!

Opening Pokémon TCG Packs – Ultra Rare Full Art Etched Holo!

I have a bunch of packs to open! Let’s find out what I pulled!

A break from the norm, just as an update as things settle into place.

Screw Nubbin Complication

Screw Nubbin Complication

My solution to annoying security screws.

Yes there is an edit in it, but this isn’t trickery, it’s legit.

Dead Hard Drives - Fixing a Stuck Head

Dead Hard Drives – Fixing a Stuck Head

I had a stack of drives, many dead, and experimented in making them work again.

Opening Cassette Tray on an SAE C102

Opening Cassette Tray on an SAE C102

How to open up an SAE C102 Cassette deck. Useful if you have a cassette stuck in it. This isn’t a full belt replacement tutorial, but these steps are a necessary part in getting to the belts, so it should help.

Simple Air Compressor Teardown

Simple Air Compressor Teardown

 

It’s always fun to do teardowns, even if it doesn’t end up as crazy complicated as you want.

Goldbeam Co-Producer VI Transfer Device Teardown

Teardown of a large box meant for transferring prints or film to a VHS camera, as well as mixing audio and even enhancing video signals. It’s basically a 90s video editing powerhouse, since home PCs weren’t really capable of video editing by any definition.

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My Anti-Static Setup

I don’t have an elaborate anti-static, but anything helps.