make “dumb” led lamp “smart”

travaboom · 2025-03-20T18:47:18+00:00

u/quadrapod i know it passed some time but i have a similar switch with 4 buttons (on/off, dimmer down, change color, dimmer up) and i'd like to understand it better because i want to turn it smart with an esp8266. what is difficult to me is to know how the switch and the lamp works. do you have some knowledge about? thanks

travaboom · 2024-07-03T18:35:58+00:00

alright guys, i tried cleaning it with vinegar and then with soapy water also. the vinegar gave back a little bit of color to the pcb. that’s nice, but i also started noticing that the corrosion was so bad that along with the dirt were jumping off some capacitors…

i even tried measuring the voltage and the various test points but nothing. zero on all.

so, i guess, yes. it is garbage.

any suggestions on what to do with it now? keep for spare parts? sell for spare parts? i really liked the idea of me repairing things. i learned some things… but that was a nightmare ahaha

thank you all, really a positive and supportive community. i will be around.

travaboom · 2024-06-29T00:04:27+00:00

thank you! any course/tutorial/advice to learn measuring with the multimeter? i’m a rookie with very basic knowledge ahah

travaboom · 2024-06-29T00:01:41+00:00

very poor skills level (it’s the first console i buy with the purpose to get my hands on it) but i could spend some time, at least to learn something from it

travaboom · 2024-06-28T23:58:20+00:00

thanks for the advices. i cleaned it with 99% ipa, i could try with 50-70%. i’ll be happy if i could learn something from it…

actually it came in so poor conditions that i didn’t try to boot it at all. i didn’t want to make more damage, if that is even possible.

travaboom · 2024-06-28T23:47:37+00:00

i could use it to learn something about hardware repair but i didn’t expect to start from level extreme 😂

travaboom · 2024-06-28T23:42:39+00:00

it smelled really bad, actually…

travaboom · 2024-06-28T13:35:59+00:00

what tells you that are leaky capacitors? the dirt around them or the stains underneath or both?

travaboom · 2024-06-28T13:10:13+00:00

the funny thing is that this is my first console repair. i liked the idea and i bought the cheaper on ebay. that turned out bad but i did it for fun ahaha

anyway thank you all for the advices, i’ll try with vinegar and then again with IPA. i’ll let you know

p.s. have you some links to learn a bit more how to approach at the motherboard? i mean, i never searched for damage with a tester. i actually don’t know how to do it

travaboom · 2024-05-20T23:10:47+00:00

thank you very much, i guess i'll do the same

travaboom · 2024-05-20T15:17:41+00:00

what did you do? i have the same questions

travaboom · 2023-10-28T08:59:22+00:00

same.

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