Electronic Hacks

Gameboy running XP

Looking for a tiny Windows XP computer? Is a Nintendo Gameboy small enough? “The cool thing is that the little system will actually run Windows XP off of a Compact Flash card. I would assume Linux would work just fine as well. You’ll need to hook it up to a monitor to see what you’re doing though, it looks like they ran out of room to install one into the

LED Jukebox

Captain ØdegÃ¥rd posted a cool project that he just finished in the Hacked Gadgets forum. The LED Jukebox is just one of his documented projects. Video after the jump. “Really satisfied, everything works even after i fiddled around with putting in the last 30 LEDs, putting the total to about 40. Decided to go with only one backlighting color for plexi, didn’t see point in having it flash as it’s

Cornell University  ECE 476 Microcontroller Design 2007 Final Projects

Bruce Land over at Cornell University teaches a microcontroller design course that has the students get into groups and design cool projects. The ECE 476 Microcontroller Design Final Projects for 2007 are now posted on the course Web site. The projects include everything from a ultrasonic car parking aid to a laser pong game! Hacked Gadgets will be featuring some of these projects during the next few weeks. What are

Secure USB Memory Stick Hack

Not everything that costs lots of money and comes in a velvet case is good quality. Sprites mods has a good article about hacking a “secure” USB memory stick. It seems that the manufacturer broke all the rules when attempting to implement security. “Seemingly, the checking of the password and the unlocking of the stick are two separate processes, both initiated from the PC. From the point of view of

Blue LED Flashlight Mod

If you want to hack a normal flashlight into a cool blue LED one have a look at this flashlight hack from Deadly Computer Blog. Looking for some LEDs for your next project? Check out these LEDs. “Now granted, my blue LED flashlight is a far cry in brightness compared to the original white one, but i don’t care, cause as i mentioned above, the fact that it’s blue makes

Read Embedded Flash Chips

If you are wanting to pull off the info of a NAND memory chip, this article is sure to enlighten! “NAND flash chips are used in all sorts of electronics for storing information/firmware etc. If you are interested in trying to get the information out to study, then I may have something useful for you. This is how I read the flash chip without removing it from the device.” Thanks

MAVERIK R/C Pilot

Maverik allows you to fly your model plane just like a real plane, no need to install lots of stuff that the original plane would not have. Maverik will fly the plane just as you would if you could shrink down to fit in your plane! “Imagine that You have already made a perfect scale plane, in any little detail: wings, fusolage, landing gear, engine … At the end of