Hackaday (unofficial) July 12, 2023 7:00pm No Acid: Open ICs with a Tesla Coil #highvoltage #parts #chipdecap #chipdecapping #teslacoil #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 No Acid: Open ICs With A Tesla Coil We’ve taken ICs apart before, but if they are in an epoxy package, it requires some lab gear and a lot of safety. Typically, you’ll heat the part and use fuming nitric acid (nasty stuff…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 20, 2021 10:00am A Particularly Festive Chip Decapping #holidayhacks #parts #chipdecap #christmas #kenshirriff #um66t #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Particularly Festive Chip Decapping As we approach the moment in the year at which websites enter a festive silly season of scrambling to find any story with a festive angle, we’re pleased to see the ever-reliable [Ken Shirriff…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2021 1:00am Ken Shirriff Breaks Open the Yamaha DX7 #musicalhacks #80s #chipdecap #dx7 #emulator #microscope #music #reverseengineer #synth #synthesizer #yamaha #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ken Shirriff Breaks Open The Yamaha DX7 For better or worse, this synthesizer was king in the 1980s music scene. Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?&…