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Live from Serbia with Mike Harrison

The Amp Hour · 14 Apr 2016 · 1h 35m · Episode 294

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Dave Jones, founder of Mike's Electric Stuff, discusses his career reverse engineering early analog mobile phones to change serial numbers, detailing the technical methods used to bypass tamper-resistant security on devices from manufacturers like Panasonic and Nokia. He also describes large-scale art installations, such as a modular PCB snowflake display for a Hong Kong shopping center, explaining the RS485 communication architecture and custom programming jigs. Jones shares insights on sourcing components like Molex SIM connectors and Osram LEDs, and offers advice on engineering pragmatism, debugging, and managing an engineering consultancy.

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Hackaday, Resonate, EIDAPHOR, NASA, BBC, Nerd Night, Open Source Hardware Users Group, British Computer Society, whitewing.co.uk, Molex, DigiKey, Arrow, Shenzhen, Selfridges, Oxford Street, Makita, Sonodyne, Osram, Evergo, PCB Cart, Panasonic, Motorola, CellNet, Vodafone, Nokia, Dallas, NXP, Microchip, ST, Nordic, EasySync, FTDI, NVE, Agilent, Electronica, Electronic

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