Complex Hacks

Building a 3D LED Spectrum Analyser

  Are you looking for a new project and have 3 or 4 months to dedicate to it this 3D LED Spectrum Analyser Project by Pianistos might be just the ticket. If you don’t have access to some of the equipment that he has it could take even longer though! He is able to make a bunch of jigs that allow him to quickly place and solder hundreds of connections where if you

Louis Rossmann from Rossmann Repair Group Shares Repair Techniques

  Louis Rossmann operates a Apple device repair business called Rossmann Repair Group in New York. His videos show a no bull view on what he thinks of Apple, Customers and running a Small Business. Even though Louis specializes in fixing Apple devices he doesn’t give them any slack in their business practices. He troubleshoots and fixes boards which allows him to install a few pieces of jumper wires and a few dollars

Howe & Howe RS-1 Gremlin - Mini Unmanned Tank

  The Howe & Howe RS-1 Gremlin – Mini Unmanned Tank is an flexible system that allows the user to scope out areas that would be dangerous to walk into with a human. Since this can be controlled remotely the human operator can be situated in a safe location while only the robot it put in harms way. All we need now are some autonomous quadcopters mounted to the frame

FPGA RGB LED Matrix Driver Project

  If you are looking for an interesting FPGA project this FPGA RGB LED Matrix Driver Project looks interesting. There is a great overview of how the project was designed. Interfacing to the large display is quite complex but by doing it using a FPGA they have control over every aspect of what the hardware is doing. The current design uses the display as dumb output which gets what is to

Large Inverter Charger Troubleshoot and Repair

    Mr Carlson’s Lab had a defective Magnum Energy MS2012 Inverter Charger. When powered up the remote head unit indicates an Internal NTC fault. This fault indicates a temperature sensor fault issue. By looking through the diagnostic menu he could see that the system thought the FET temperature was at 151 degrees C when it was just powered on and should be reading room temperature. Carlson goes through the process of getting

Flaming Lightsaber

    Allen Pan built this great looking Flaming Lightsaber. He got the inspiration from Tesla Down Under. By igniting some spraying methylated spirit the effect is a great looking flame.  

Magnetic Stripe Spoofer - MagSpoof

  We have seen this type of device before but Samy has done a great job making his tiny version. We have also seen some interesting alternative methods of reading the magnetic card information, the reading method is amazing that it can be read by the naked eye. “MagSpoof emulates a magnetic stripe by quickly changing the polarization of an electromagnet, producing a magnetic field similar to that of a