Category: Tech-Electronics
DIY USB OTG Cable
How to make a USB OTG Cable for Android, DIY guide. From USB Type-A Female to Micro USB male type Micro-B. Make this cable from new connectors and wires or even better, you can reuse an old USB cable to make this. Be careful with the USB pin-outs, make sure you get it right and…
How to Test a Relay with a 9V Battery
How you can test if a relay is functioning properly? To test the relay, you only need a 9V battery for the most basic test. Relays have 3 kinds of terminals, coil terminals, NC and NO terminals. NC is normally closed. NO is normally open. The Coil terminals control the state of the relay.…
ORICO HDD Docking Station Enclosure
The ORICO HDD Docking Station Enclosure is a hard drive and SSD docking station enclosure. Showing unboxing and testing. Tested HDD spin-down sleep mode when the hard disk is inactive. Tested hard disk spin down on Windows safe remove event. Checked on Windows 10, worked from the beginning, plug and play no need to install…
Broken SATA Connector on Motherboard Fixed
Did you Break a SATA Connector on your Motherboard? Showing you how to fix a SATA connector when it breaks from the Motherboard (MB). When you pull the SATA cable without pressing the release pins before, the connector on the Motherboard can come out with the sata cable. If the SATA pin header connections are…
iPhone 5S Battery Replacement
iPhone 5S Battery Lithium-Ion battery replacement – easy fix / repair. How to change or replace an Apple iPhone 5/5S battery. Showing the difficult parts and how to easily replace the iPhone battery yourself. The old battery was dead and would not hold a charge anymore and was getting hot during charging. Battery life was…
X5460 Mod – 3.8 GHz on Abit IP-35 Overclock Xeon
Overclocking the Xeon X5460 3.8 GHz on Abit IP-35 with 8GB OCZ Reaper RAM. Here are the settings I use for my PC build. A few tips: The DRAM voltage is for OCZ Reaper (requires 2.2V) yours might be different. If you apply the sticker yourself, be extra careful to place it in the correct…
UV LED Array Exposure Box DIY Build
Building a UV LED Array and a PCB exposure box out of cardboard.. yeah. This UV LED Array and box pcb are DIY home built 🙂 with a simple design. This exposes a PCB in 2,5 – 3 min using aproximately 1,2A at 12V I use a 2A 15V power supply that powers a simple…