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- Running Windows 95 on a disposable vape https://ripitapart.com/2024/04/20/dispo-adventures-episode-1-reverse-engineering-and-running-windows-95-on-a-disposable-vape-with-a-colour-lcd-screen/ 2 comments
- Building my own 64GB memory card with a $6 eMMC chip (2016) https://ripitapart.com/2016/10/28/emmc-adventures-episode-1-building-my-own-64gb-memory-card-with-a-6-emmc-chip/ 50 comments
- Reverse-engineering a disposable vape's color LCD and SPI Flash bitmaps, then making custom theme sets https://ripitapart.com/2024/04/20/dispo-adventures-episode-1-reverse-engineering-and-running-windows-95-on-a-disposable-vape-with-a-colour-lcd-screen/ 10 comments reverseengineering
- I built a breakout board to expose a microSD card's test pads for reverse-engineering. 28 tiny test pads! https://ripitapart.com/2020/07/16/reverse-engineering-and-analysis-of-sandisk-high-endurance-microsdxc-card/ 11 comments electronics
- I fixed a dead MacBook Pro with liquid damage! Entire traces and pins were missing... https://ripitapart.com/2019/07/07/resurrecting-a-dead-macbook-pro-mid-2012-13-inch-model-a1278/ 21 comments electronics
- Adding external PCIe on the Atomic Pi SBC (but it has no slot!) https://ripitapart.com/2019/06/25/atomic-pi-adventures-episode-1-adding-external-pci-express-expansion-by-removing-onboard-ethernet/ 8 comments electronics
- Review of the sketchiest-looking 512GB Lexar SDXC card http://ripitapart.com/2019/02/24/discreet-quality-review-of-the-sketchiest-looking-512gb-lexar-sdxc-card/ 16 comments hardware
- I hacked my Keysight scope to play DOOM! https://ripitapart.com/2018/10/15/gaining-access-to-the-windows-ce-desktop-and-doom-on-the-keysight-dsox1102g-oscilloscope/ 10 comments electronics
- Performing safer AC line voltage measurements using isolated amplifiers https://ripitapart.com/2018/11/13/performing-safer-ac-line-voltage-measurements-using-isolated-amplifiers/ 16 comments electronics
- Building my own custom adapter cable to use cheap SSD boards https://ripitapart.com/2018/11/06/emmc-adventures-episode-3-building-a-custom-adapter-to-use-cheap-emmc-based-32gb-ssd-modules/ 3 comments hardware
- Building my own 64GB memory card with a $6 eMMC chip https://ripitapart.com/2016/10/28/emmc-adventures-episode-1-building-my-own-64gb-memory-card-with-a-6-emmc-chip/ 44 comments hardware