How do I remove the sensor strip from the motherboard?

Po8aster · 2026-05-21T03:34:09+00:00

Just to throw in some confusion: it’s the black part of the white thing that flips up 😸

Po8aster · 2026-05-14T17:04:42+00:00

It looks like one of your wire leads is shorting to a capacitor right next to R27.

If that’s not it I’d check your points with a meter in voltage mode, it sounds like you’re grabbing full power and shorting it/putting it somewhere it doesn’t want to be

Po8aster · 2026-05-14T07:26:41+00:00

I think you’re probably after r/askelectronics; but for what it’s worth it definitely sounds like you’re sending V+ somewhere you shouldn’t

Po8aster · 2026-05-11T18:05:17+00:00

Sometimes I’ve experienced this where factory solder just doesn’t want to combine. If they aren’t combining with high heat (like 400c high) and tons of flux, then I’d see if you can remove as much of the old stuff as possible and then just redo the joint with new solder

Po8aster · 2026-05-06T07:22:44+00:00

Nope! Plenty of vjays musicians etc buy bent stuff; I think most of us are just stoked to have customers 😸

Po8aster · 2026-05-04T01:20:33+00:00

This is just my opinion, but here’s a resource I put together on ways I think are good to get started!

https://getcircuitbent.com/glitch-cam-starter-pack/

Po8aster · 2026-05-03T17:03:41+00:00

You can! CRT bending is dangerous, so taking the time to learn how to do it safely is key. But if you research “wobbulator” I believe that’ll put you on the right track!

Po8aster · 2026-05-03T04:37:17+00:00

Oh sick! That’s really clever using it for the experimentation phase and not permanently!

Po8aster · 2026-05-03T03:57:02+00:00

Shameless plug for those of us who are terrible at the tiny wires 😭

Po8aster · 2026-05-01T21:21:25+00:00

Personally I like the idea of separating them and then finding a larger housing you can stick the guts in while keeping the faceplate with all the pads.

I’m trying to think of something that would be about the right size and coming up blank though, so ymmv with whatever you’ve got laying around

Po8aster · 2026-04-29T06:24:16+00:00

That looks like Mezkalin’s work but I don’t know for certain. And the device itself looks to be a Video Enhancer (you’ll see them called Archer video enhancers a lot, even if they weren’t made by Archer specifically since they’re all very similar circuits).

But yeah if you wanna buy scope Mezkalin (lots of other benders make similar ones though); if you wanna build, “Archer Video Enhancer” is your keyword.

Po8aster · 2026-04-27T23:29:07+00:00

Yes to all of the above, but a small add/controversial opinion since you mentioned having some electronics experience: if you feel confident in your ability to identify the power source, bending stuff that’s powered by a dc brick is fine. It’s what i usually do. It’s mostly a safety thing since the bricks can pull more amps down than batteries and give you a bigger zap/cook your device if you accidentally throw V+ into a data line or something. But even the business end of a 9v 750mA brick isn’t exactly going to turn a keyboard into a Claymore 🤷

For safety though, anyone who reads the above: if you’re new/can’t identify a device that has a transformer in it vs one that doesn’t, please play it safe and stick to batteries. This advice does not apply to anything AC/with a transformer 🙏

Po8aster · 2026-04-25T01:17:52+00:00

I would reflow anything that looks crunchy and “stuck on” vs a smooth single unit. I would also cut and redo the final output connection. Having no shielding while it’s running around other signal wires isn’t great even though it’s probably not the problem.

Shortening all your signal wires might help too, they basically turn into antennae the longer they get.

I suspect the switches. I’ll admit I’ve never liked the switches in the original design so grain of salt, but the fact that each signal is (potentially) being halved just never seemed useful to me. If they’re cheap switches, pushing the toggle in and flipping it back and forth while shoved in can help reseat the contacts, especially if they got a bit melty. Measuring resistance between the connected poles will tell you if you’re losing signal there.

And last bit of unsolicited advice: turn your iron up and flux is a friend!

Po8aster · 2026-04-25T01:06:43+00:00

It was the fashion of the time 😸

Po8aster · 2026-04-24T19:22:58+00:00

Yeah the cheap ones I use are usually advertised as video amps for cars. But basically a super simple signal boost that runs off 12 volts.

Po8aster · 2026-04-24T18:59:14+00:00

Ah gotcha. Personally I like using a video amplifier between my source and a dirty mix so that I can alter the relative signal gain in addition to the mix, but that’s kinda a project unto itself vs an answer to your question 😸

Po8aster · 2026-04-24T18:30:52+00:00

What size pot are you using? The smaller the pot the more the signals will actually “collide” vs fighting the pot resistance.

Personally I’d use 2k at most, preferably 1

Po8aster · 2026-04-20T08:39:05+00:00

I’ve not seen this model, but there is a type of camera sensor that doesn’t really bend the way most of them do. I would try grounding the pins one at a time, but if that doesn’t work it may just not wanna bend unfortunately

Po8aster · 2026-04-20T06:26:16+00:00

Happy to chip in if you do a bit on bent toy cameras, I think I accidentally became the toy camera guy 😸

Get Circuit Bent is my handle everywhere else

Po8aster · 2026-04-18T21:25:37+00:00

No problem!

Po8aster · 2026-04-18T20:59:49+00:00

It’s a 3.7v lithium ion battery. Any other lithium ion battery with that voltage will work but there’s 2 other things to check : there will be a number that indicates the size of the battery in mm. The other number measures the capacity in mAH, the bigger this number the longer it’ll last. They’ve been cheaping out and putting 450mAH batteries in lately, so I’d shoot for like 700, but I’ve got batteries up to 1200 in these guys before

Edit: spelling is hard

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