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Do long unused SIM cards experience bit rot?
It's well known that SSDs can stay powered off only for limited time before they start degrading and the data contained becomes corrupted (at their end-of-life this would probably be one year for ...
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45Dell LA08A011 HDD Driver Board Replacement
I've inherited what I believe is a Dell LA08A011 disk drive with scans of good ol' fashioned paper family photos from ~20 years ago. I'd like to get the files off it but I'm not keen on paying >£...
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How to find burned component?
I have a Iomega Ix4 300D network storage and I try to power on with 48 V adapter but I did see its only support 19 V so its burned. I want replace that component DC to DC converter like a 8 spos leg- ...
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Is it possible that writing too quickly to an sd card can result in quicker failure?
I found this post suggesting that writing too quickly to an sd card will shorten its lifespan. The context is an sd card that will be used as external storage on android, written to with rsync. The ...
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Why is a spliced USB extension cable frying USB Drives?
I cut a functional USB-A extension cable in half, reconnected the wires, and plugged a USB drive into it. This cable killed three USB Storage Drives. Why? The above photo shows the cable. I know, I ...
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ESP32 doesn't process data sent as JSON from the web app while the data is being sent correctly to the ESP32
how are you?. I'm making an application where a ESP32 is being used as web server, currently I have a web page made to configure the device. In this pages is a ...
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Is it possible to combat SR Latch oscillation or there are better alternatives?
I need to store a bit value and then ignore any attempts to store/change it again until it's reset by another signal. So I figured the SR Latch is suited for the task. However in my project there is a ...
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Why do SSDs have a limited lifespan?
Why do solid-state drives even have a limited number of read/write cycles, usually 100,000-300,000 cycles? For hard-disk drives, it is understandable why they wear out. That is because they have ...
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What is the technical difference between audio CD-R(W) and data CD-R(W) discs?
I just repaired a Sony RCD-W100 CD-recorder and want to test the recorder functionality. The manual 'says' I can only use audio CD-R(W) discs. Never heard of CD-R(W) discs just for audio. On the ...
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Solid state data?
I'm wondering if there is a way to store a small integer in a way that if you turn the microcontroller (an atmega328, in my case) off, and then turn it back on again, the variable won't reset. Do I ...
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How to kill a NVME M.2 SSD?
I have an SSD that has completely failed within a week of purchase, unfortunately I have my personal and business info on there. I need to send the drive back for a replacement, however I also need to ...
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How to store bits asynchronously without clock resetting all bits?
I am working on a circuit that has 8 buttons that need to hold the value once pressed. I'm currently using a 8 bit flip flop (74LS273 in the diagram). The problem is that all bits get reset on the ...
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Shared storage between microcontroller and Embedded Linux system
I'm working on a project in which I have to solve this problem. I'm not sure if it's unique, but it's certainly not one I've seen before so I thought it'd be interested to get some input from people ...
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Logging GYRO Data via cheap modules or Black Box
I'm trying to figure out a simple solution to log gyro data to use with camera stabilization software. I know I can use the blackbox from an old flight controller with an external SD card logger, ...
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Mass storage for timing critical applications
I am working on a data logger that requires measurements to be taken during narrow time windows. I have been storing the measurement data on SD cards, however, the write times are very inconsistent, ...