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Day: November 14, 2006

Zune Gutted

November 14, 2006 by Eliot 41 Comments


bunnie has gotten his hands on a Zune and done the best thing you could possibly do with one: tear it apart. Here’s a HiRes picture of the board. bunnie does note that the Freescale iMX31L is full of potential.

Posted in handhelds hacksTagged guts, handheld, microsoft, portable, zune

O2 Sensor Simulator

November 14, 2006 by Will O'Brien 18 Comments


[Bob Blick] built this simulator from a 555 and few other common parts. Just when I thought I’d seen all the uses for the 555. The oxygen sensor on a cars exhaust is used to determine how efficiently the fuel mixture is to an engine. These can be a real pain to replace, so it can be helpful to fake the signal to the ECU.

Posted in Transportation Hacks

DIY XBox 360 VGA Out

November 14, 2006 by Will O'Brien 5 Comments

Ben Heck put up his latest How-To on Engadget today. [I got the night off yesterday] He points out that MS was kind enough to leave all the pins in the xbox video connector, so we can add our own VGA port and get some real Hi-Resolution out of it.

[yes, today’s hack will be up later. ]

Posted in Xbox HacksTagged make benefit, MakeBenefit, xbox 360 vga, Xbox360Vga

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