Archive for the ‘Hackable Toys’ Category

Reversing a Hacker Style Brushless Motor 20-22L.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |

Brushless_Hacker_Style_Outrunner_20-22L_Shaft_CirclipThe Hacker Style Brushless(20-22L) motor finds a very common use in Quadcopters. Unfortunately the only way to mount the motor on a frame is to reverse the shaft so that the mounting holes can be used for what they were meant for..mounting.

Digital Picture Frame Hacking Roundup

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 |

With all the nice hacks on digital picture frames scattered around the web, I decided to put them all in one place for reference. Due thanks to all the hackers out there who put their work out for everyone to see. It’s the joy in reverse engineering. For some of the hacks I’ve included a [...]

Taking Apart the ATV-360 EyePiece [Head Mounted Display]

Saturday, February 14th, 2009 |

As promised, after taking apart the ATV-360 Spy Video here, this is a follow-up on taking apart the Head Mounted Display[HUD]. The HUD has some very interesting DIY parts and ideas which you can try out. Maybe a cool wearable. The details on all the parts used are at the end of the post and [...]

Hacking the Hannah Montana Photocube – Almost!

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 |

Things with LCDs are very interesting. I found a Hannah Montana Digital Photocube on sale and decided to look what’s inside it. Good for a day of hacking :) First a description: Storage capacity: 8 M bit (Up to 70 photos) Resolution: 128×128 dpi Display: 1.5-inch color LCD Supported File Format: JPG (JPEG),BMP, GIF, PNG, [...]

Taking Apart the Spy Video ATV-360

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 |

I finally took apart the Spy Video which I got for a very good deal. I wanted to see if it would serve as a good platform for a robot and if the drive system could be upgraded. The most difficult part was taking apart the wheel hubs. The interesting part in the hubs design [...]

Just got my Spy Gear Spy Video ATV-360

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 |

Just got my spy video ATV-360 from Spy Gear. My local Target had this on sale for $28 and it was too good to resist. So much so that I bough two of them – with one as a standby for parts. The ATV comes with the following features: -A skid steer design for easy [...]

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Welcome to my place on the web. I note down anything interesting most of them relating to my experiences, Tech, To-dos, How-tos and various hacks. Most of my time is spent in tinkering around with hardware, building robots and working with DSPs.More

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