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Post #ARCzE31uTfUCNgsREW by [email protected] |
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So my latest weird thing to teardown is a Military Biblestick, by Faith Comes B… |
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Post #ARCzMtpU3OkiS8HlaK by [email protected] |
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It's an audio device that plays the bible. Well, part of it. The New Testam… |
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Post #ARCzXijfdlnbEPj6BM by [email protected] |
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the manual |
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Post #ARCzutHgaSFobkgXZI by [email protected] |
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And here's the device itself. Quite small, only 5 buttons.3.5mm audio port … |
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Post #ARCzuxktxm06TWNvf6 by [email protected] |
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Opening it up reveals it's one PCB, with 5 switches on the PCB, two LEDs, a… |
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Post #ARCzuytRjUQi0JOGcS by [email protected] |
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The other side has another chip, an oscillator, and some assorted passives. |
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Post #ARD0kkxgm79Jr23ytM by [email protected] |
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So the u2 chip on the back is a Winbond 25Q32JVS1Q: a 4 megabyte SPI flash chip. |
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Post #ARD0knhUamyaLfVaYy by [email protected] |
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The big chip on the front is an Actions ATJ3315D-X: a "third generation si… |
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Post #ARD0koXbT2eyxHtCmu by [email protected] |
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It's got about 36 kilobytes of built in RAM, 17 kilobytes of ROM for firmwa… |
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Post #ARD0kpLwRsvTTPRPFY by [email protected] |
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two fun things about this chip:1. It's not actually an MP3 player, I was wr… |
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Post #ARD1R1kWkUyQ5D3ylM by [email protected] |
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So the microSD card is a SanDisk Edge 8gb |
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Post #ARD1ad3ZPYkEOZY5YG by [email protected] |
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but there's something weird going on with it.When you insert it into a micr… |
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Post #ARD2QOJ7Ueuli4VJoG by [email protected] |
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So without being able to figure out any obvious way to get to the data, my next… |
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Post #ARD2iZjfk4nWMmawAC by [email protected] |
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@foone So odd. At least the Joel Osteen cube has a putative market of olds who … |
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Post #ARD2iZtb9AjmrZErdQ by [email protected] |
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@Dan and at least that one comes with a virus! |
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Post #ARD2nt5hCuttqMQffU by [email protected] |
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@foone that's interesting... How old is it? Nowadays anyone who wants an au… |
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Post #ARD2ntEChHhqGkPSvg by [email protected] |
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@chrismerkel according to their website, last year. |
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Post #ARD2sulyNiVcVXbKF6 by [email protected] |
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and it's not just broken. I can still plug in a battery and have it play bi… |
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Post #ARD2sxl1HiWrlSB6fo by [email protected] |
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anyway the adapter is on the way. TO BE CONTINUED |
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Post #ARD37Afq3grLsVWuPY by [email protected] |
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@foone I was expecting the + symbol to be a bit more, well, cruciform |
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Post #ARD37Aq7RT5COOL7R2 by [email protected] |
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@secretbatcave you'd think! |
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Post #ARD3CDK1dkOFXUjPMm by [email protected] |
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meanwhile, @DarcMoughty discovered that they have an API, but sadly not to this… |
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Post #ARDFXlQXETsKqSooAS by [email protected] |
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@foone You might try to stick the card in a ThinkPad - they have more direct SD… |
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Post #ARDFXlZkgDFRJ38AXA by [email protected] |
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@retroprom that's what I tried it with! |
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Post #ARDFdQn0sJPiZp2DR2 by [email protected] |
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@foone right, so, i'm slightly familiar with actions stuff, i have a nice c… |
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Post #ARDFdQxIG5dZ5hqQSW by [email protected] |
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@foone also, note the 4 test points on the bottom of the board: "USB"… |
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Post #ARDFdR4joPalSnKN3w by [email protected] |
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@Rairii oh hey I had missed those! I'll have to try hooking those up to a U… |
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Post #AREi1G9N4jHeP6bS88 by [email protected] |
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@foone not quite the same Z80 as from the Sinclair Spectrum tho? |
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Post #AREi1GEKmHFmeUvPrk by [email protected] |
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@falken yeah, no. It's a much more powerful chip that simply uses a Z80 cor… |
