The Hair Dryer Monitor Fix
[Johnny] had a monitor that he was particularly fond of. The whole monitor appeared dead, and he decided to open it up and find out what could be wrong. He …read more Continue reading The Hair Dryer Monitor Fix
Tag Archives: Repair
Ask Hackaday: Repair Café Or Not?
A huge part of the work our community does, aside from making things and doing a lot of talking about the things we’d like to make, involves repair. We have …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Repair Café Or Not?
Fix Every Broken Via To Return This Game To Life
We all know the havoc that water in the wrong place can do to a piece of electronics, and thus we’ve probably all had devices damaged beyond repair. Should [Solderking] …read more Continue reading Fix Every Broken Via To Return This Game To Life
World’s Smallest Hair Straightener For Fixing Old LCD Ribbons
[Stephen] writes to us about an LCD repair tool he has created. We’ve all seen old devices with monochrome LCDs connected by thin film, where connections between the PCB and …read more Continue reading World’s Smallest Hair Straightener For Fixing Old LCD Ribbons
Retro Breadboard Gives Up its 1960s Secrets
When we see [Ken Shirriff] reverse engineering something, it tends to be on the microscopic level. His usual forte is looking at die photos of strange and obsolete chips and …read more Continue reading Retro Breadboard Gives Up its 1960s Secrets
Vintage Multimeter Gets An LCD Transplant
Hackers are often of the sentimental type, falling in love with the look and feel of quality old hardware. Of course, sometimes that older hardware needs a little TLC to …read more Continue reading Vintage Multimeter Gets An LCD Transplant
Vintage MMU Repair? It’s Easier With X-Rays
Here’s an interesting and detailed teardown and repair of a Keithley 2001 7.5 Digit multimeter that is positively dripping with detail. It’s also not every day that we get to …read more Continue reading Vintage MMU Repair? It’s Easier With X-Rays
SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman’s robotic satellite repair spacecraft
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics subsidiary has signed an agreement with SpaceX and Australian telecommunications company Optus to put its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft and Mission Extension Pod (MEP) into regular commercial service.Continu… Continue reading SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman’s robotic satellite repair spacecraft
Caps Wiki: Place For You To Share Your Repair Notes
A right-to-repair battle is being waged in courts. The results of it, we might not see for a decade. The Caps Wiki is a project tackling our repairability problem from …read more Continue reading Caps Wiki: Place For You To Share Your Repair Notes
Novena Open Source Laptop Reborn as Desktop Machine
When your 5-year-old laptop dies it’s usually time for a replacement. But [Andrew Menadue]’s Novena laptop is fully open-source. He has full access to all the documentation, so he decided …read more Continue reading Novena Open Source Laptop Reborn as Desktop Machine