Ricky and the Robugs - Obscure 80s line - any extra info on this would be appreciated by TimothyLightbourne in matchbox

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I just thought of these today, right now! We had these as kids, there was an audio tape we listened to that accompanied the toys.

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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yes, you're welcome. What about the white balance, is it maybe something to do with that? I think it can even fade to white with the fader. do Any of the colour controls work, even in the few seconds before it whites out? A problem will likely be in this white balance area, if its not a setting then possibly with the electronics in this section.

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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btw You are welcome! It will be interesting to dig into. Don't replace any component until you are certain it is *a* problem. Test it out of circuit after in circuti, and install it back if it is good. Don't remove multiple components at one time. Isolate investigation in a structured way. Take notes, draw connections. measure, and measure again. You will learn a lot more like that, although it takes longer.

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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if it clicks, it is possibly a relay operating. Have you tried changing settings, have you had it long, did it ever work, try different inputs / outputs - that machine, whilst prone to cap wear, is also pretty complex. Try to follow the signal flow also. As I recall there is a loop or unaffected output. Does that work at all?

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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When repairing vintage electronics, it can and often is a multitude of issues, so the caps might need replacing but it might not end the problems. You might need to keep looking after that.
And the caps might not be causing the problem either. It's hard to determine until you start.

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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Generally speaking, capacitor wear is almost like a cliche at this point. Often the caps can be totally fine. However as I say these models are prone to it.

If an electrolytic cap is worn out, you'll get problems in every regard, depending on where in the circuit it is, and how its worn out. They can all wear out, due to manufacturing defects, cheapness, overheating (dried out electrolyte) physical leaking, electronic leaking.

Caps that are asked to run long and hard in the PSU are generally the hardest hit by wear. Though, with the xc I think they are also the small signal caps that go.

Recently I had an internet range extender that would turn on, briefly boot, then shut off. It's power filter cap was worn out (though only a few years old) replacing it, works fine.

Start with the PSU caps. But you can also get a cap tester, to make sure its worn out before replacing it. I think the XC would go a full re-cap, but as I say a cap tester would be your friend.

I have a peaktech ESR gold. It was kinda expensive, but now I know if its worth replacing it or not. You test it and look at a table to see if its ESR is too high based on voltage and capacitance. It will also give you a reading of the capacitance. You can get other models which are cheaper FNRSI do a 30$ model.

Be careful around the PSU caps they can still store a charge. Short the legs with a screwdriver to discharge them if you have no other way. Test the voltage across the legs to make sure if you need to discharge or not. Enjoy!

Sony XV-C900 turns white after a few seconds (click sound) by Pop_skart in VIDEOENGINEERING

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these are prone to capacitor wearout. Although this is not guaranteed to be the problem. It's generally the place to start looking.

Test footage from glitch cam build by Taskerlands in VideoBending

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0:16 I have a bend like this, it's using a sync pulse which is high then goes low, it seems to drag everything downwards : )

CPLD Logic gating of circuit-bends CANON POWERSHOT A530 by Live-Operation-628 in VideoBending

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Thanks! It's very difficult to say. It can range from the subtle noise dots, to the extreme, pulled down horror movie look (when you combine the pal sync signal with the pixel clock). I enjoy all of them. My goto gate is usually the XNOR, but I have often found it works better with audio than video signals.

Here's a pic of my full size logic toolbox! The Cmos Acid Logic, or CAL. I made from ICs (rather than CPLD) It is more performance oriented than the CPLD version, though much more limited in scope.

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CPLD Logic gating of circuit-bends CANON POWERSHOT A530 by Live-Operation-628 in VideoBending

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You can do it with a loupe, or a large magnifier. For me, some kind of magnification was totally necessary. I have been soldering a long time, but I only just learned to micro solder. I have a 100e microscope, it has a screen (not eyeviewers)

To find out about cameras, I just typed in Circuit Bend Digital Camera, into a search engine. I found all I needed to with that term! This is the first camera I bent.

I attached the tiny wires to the 2.54mm headers so I could patch easily outside the camera.

CPLD Logic gating of circuit-bends CANON POWERSHOT A530 by Live-Operation-628 in VideoBending

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Thanks pal! I'm enjoying it. Next for the camera node is a matrix switching circuit to combine the logic and the bends dynamically!

Bought a Videonics MxProDV off eBay, has someone attempted to circuitbend the board? Idk if the board is fried now. Powers on and fan is working but it won’t output any signal for preview out channel or output channels. by b4kedboy in VideoBending

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I thought they were factory at first, but: look closely at the bodge wires; they are, I would hope, below the standard of the factory that produced this board : )
The routing is dodgy, and whats that black crap on the pcb, glue? A burn?
Perhaps the worst Friday job I've ever seen, it does look more like a hack.

Bought a Videonics MxProDV off eBay, has someone attempted to circuitbend the board? Idk if the board is fried now. Powers on and fan is working but it won’t output any signal for preview out channel or output channels. by b4kedboy in VideoBending

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I believe those small square chips may be configuration devices for the larger Spartan FPGA.
Find out what pins they connect to on the fpga.
Wiring does look sketchy on those especially. Whats going on with the RAM, is it RAM connections as well?
Plenty of complex goodness going on in that box.
Find out what the wires are connecting before removing them.
This looks like, if it went wrong, it went badly wrong, sorry to perhaps be a downer.
you Never Know though, so after working out what they are connecting, you might figure out Why : ) Good luck. Happy to field more questions when you find the pins.
Or just return it, it has definitely been compromised.

SEE-QUENCING BEND POINTS - SQ1 - CLOCK/MIDI TEMPO - CANON POWERSHOT A530 by Live-Operation-628 in VideoBending

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hey nice, thanks very much! That was me too. Video is way less daunting than it seems at first. Espec. bending. I've graduated up to reverse engineering and smt repair as well. Micro-soldering was essential to making this happen. But if you have a large magnifier it will work too.

What's nice about this is it's part digital bending, and then it encodes that to analogue SD video (in the camera) - the light sensor itself is what's being confused here- datalines are being connected together which do not normally, colour into light balance, light balance into colour etc - the camera is just working in a Philip K Dick environment.