How did I not know iFixit was on Mastodon? If you're unfamiliar, iFixit is a company that advocates for Right to Repair and the sale of repairable products. They offer free repair manuals and other information for countless devices, and they sell quality tools and parts to assist in making those repairs and avoiding bad tech. Great outfit, and a font of useful information. Be sure to follow.
ifixit@mastodon.social
#tech #repair #righttorepair #electronics #technology #ifixit #diy

Latest guitar pedal circuit: Wolf in the fold (named after a star trek episode and also because it incorporates a wave folder)
#guitar #electronics

These editions are about 20 years apart

Inside a #Laptop #Repair Shop: Tools of the Trade - Like & Dislikes, 20250315,
via #Lapfix,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqoEweKMonE

Turning Down the Noise on SMPS - On paper, electricity behaves in easy-to-understand, predictable ways. That’s most... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/turning-down-the-noise-on-smps/ #switchmodepowersupply #capacitance #electronics #powersupply #transistor #techhacks #diode #noise #smps

This Tuesday, my next concert in Brussels: improv session with my friends Pierre Droeshaut (piano) and Piroska Visnyei (voice). It will be contemporary music inspired. Venue: Chapelle du Grand Hospice. 10€
artwork by Istvàn Droeshaut

So far I'm pleasantly surprised with the Kicad 9 updates. My system quietly updated in the background so I'm finding them by accident.

I'll collect my favorites into a thread here as I discover them. 1/

Excuse me? #electronics

The capacitor plague of the early 2000s.

The Asianometry YouTube channel picks apart the story about this painful time. I had equipment fail because of this .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSpzAVpnXo4

#Electronics #History

Back in the olden days when you needed AC electricity in the automobile you often had to use mechanical means.

Revisiting this classic post

DC TO DC CONVERSION BY VIBRATOR

https://hackaday.com/2016/07/04/retrotechtacular-dc-to-dc-conversion-by-vibrator/

I see your autosuggestion psychology, elimination policy A #military #industrial, illusion of #democracy #Swastika eyes! #music #techno #electronics #alternative #rock #perpetualwar #US youtu.be/R9aWtExih58?...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni/post/3lkjbhbb6ve2c

Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes ...

Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:

@iFixit

They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.

Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.

Lovely Sunday.. this triptych of images is what I've been up too... some work on a scrappy Dahon Expresso project I picked up, some tinkering adding a neo6 gps to the #xiao #meshtastic setup interspersed with reading this fun book. #electronics #bookstodon #biketooter

We. Love. Modular. Ports.

Did you know that MacBooks have modular USB-C ports? All that Thunderbolt speed goes straight through a small press connector. Impressive!

Better yet, if you break a port, your expensive logic board's safe and sound.

Why doesn't every laptop do this?!
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#repair #electronics #iFixit

Someone is very very confused (As spotted on Kijiji)

For the non technical, a Fluorescent needs a starter a LED bulb does not. A LED bulb may or may not require a LED driver depending on *hand waving* (Some bulbs that plug directly into our mains include such)

This is the Sharp PC-2000, or “Ratecaputer,” from 1979. Only 200 were ever made.

The name is a portmanteau:

Ra for radio
Te for television
Ca for cassette
Puter for computer

More:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1979-ratecaputer-sharp-wxfef

#Caturday #Electronics
https://youtu.be/EaWjzvzZ6WY?t=778

Nerding out at Hackaday Berlin 2025! @geekmomprojects I finally got my own bendy dude!