Henning Paul DC4HPJun 29
My newest hobby: Reviving end-of-life wireless routers for use with current OpenWRT by replacing their flash chips with 16MB ones.
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@hennichodernich I share the same hobby though have never successfully managed to upgrade the memory as my soldering is just not good enough 😃
Show threadHenning Paul DC4HPJun 29
@smallsolar I socketed the flash chips using small adapter PCBs I designed myself. By doing so, I only need to solder to the PCB once and can easily return to the previous state in case I mess something up.
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@hennichodernich oh that's really clever, do you have more details anywhere?
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Show threadHenning Paul DC4HPJun 29
@smallsolar It's just a little board with castellated holes that fits on an SO-8 footprint. Onto this I solder a 2x4 1.27mm pin header socket, and then I plug into this another little adapter board.