Posted by CthulhuLuke on January 19, 2002 at 21:36:45:
In Reply to: Re: Does anyone know how to hack one of these spinners? posted by MKL on January 19, 2002 at 18:59:59:
Since I only have a scanner which can't do anything that isn't right next to it, I could only get the trace to turn out viewable. I marked where all the stuff on the top was, and wrote out the color combination on those.. either capacitor or something, my dad told me, cause I don't know a whole lot bout electronics, just enough to get me around. (still in high school.) I also colored in the trace where it was hard to see on the bottom part, cause I know it's important that it only touches one of the 4 optical outputs.
- CthulhuLuke
: These opto-pcb's are basically all the same... sometimes the two central pins of the 4-pin connector may be reversed. I mean, Happ pcb (viewed from solder side) has +5V and GND, whereas other pcb's (e.g. the one mounted on Forgotten Worlds' paddles) has GND and +5V. This means that the contacts of the photosensors will also be reversed, in a specular way... The pictures of the link you gave do not show the pcb, so I can't help you... Send me a pic, if you can...