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Welcome to my little slice of the blogosphere. I'm Jason Gin, and I am a 31-year-old living up in the beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I've always had a passion for electronics, and my blog showcases many of the projects I work on from time to time.
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BU-409: Charging Lithium-ion
Figure 1 shows the voltage and current signature as lithium-ion passes through the stages for constant current and topping charge. Figure 1: Charge stages…
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Reverse Engineering A Fancy Disposable Vape
Many readers will be aware of the trend for disposable vapes, and how harvesting them for lithium-ion batteries has become a popular pastime in our community. We're all used to the slim ones about the...
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Dispo Adventures, Episode 1: Reverse-engineering and "running Windows 95" on a disposable vape with a colour LCD screen
As seen on Hackaday! TL;DR: Disposable vapes can have LCD screens…?! At least they're moddable now - check out my GitHub for docs, tools, and links to similar projects if you want to try this on a Kraze HD7K or Raz TN9000 (maybe some others too). Disposab
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Review of XTAR Li-ion 4150mWh AA / 1200mWh AAA batteries and L8 USB-C 8-bay charger
TL;DR: XTAR's new lithium-ion AA and AAA batteries offer a decent alternative to Ni-MH rechargeables if weight and/or output voltage is a concern, but only for low- and medium-drain applications. You can charge them directly with 5V if you don't have a de
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Use USB-C Chargers To Top Up Li-Ion Packs With This Hack
In USB-C Power Delivery (PD) standard, the PPS (Programmable Power Supply) mode is an optional mode that lets you request a non-standard voltage from a charger, with the ability to set a current limit...
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