To honor the spirit of making, I decided to play around with a GEMMA on Arduino Day. This little Arduino powered micro-controller was developed by Adafruit Industries a cool NYC based company that sells electronic accessories, tools and equipment while teaching you how to use them in cool projects.
(this post is part of a series, for part 1 go here. ) Last time, we were working on getting the tranny cooler installed, we were able to choose a place where to put it, next step would be to actually connect it in series with the ATX (Automatic Transmission) and exchange the ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) with […]
(this post is part of a series, for part 2 go here. ) Problem Automatic transmissions are extremely vulnerable to heat. The additional size and number of moving parts creates more heat, which requires additional fluid capacity, and cooling. The Mazda 6 ATX (Automatic Transmission) takes 8.77 qts or 8.3 liters.
So looking around in the interballs, I came across a forum post detailing a mod that is commonly done to the US version Mazda 6 2000-2007 to make the tail lights turn on when the brakes are applied, as they normally only work when the parking lights are on. I realized then that my car […]
Recently I was asked to repair an iPad mini with a cracked front assembly, most commonly known as digitizer. I ordered the part from iFixit which has a great selection of replacement parts for everything Apple, and more recently items from other brands like Samsung. They include parts for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles as well.
A friend of mine had an old HP MediaSmart Server. but it apparently had a bad power supply (the server didn’t boot when plugged into the wall), I asked for it and after some begging, he acceded to give it to me to see if I could do something with it. This signaled the start […]
Today, the newest cars in the market ship with their own touch screen where you can visualize radio, navigation, etc. At the time, my car didn’t come with any of that. So, I set out in a quest of adding a screen to it, but not just any screen, I wanted a tablet, and the […]
It appears that cruise control is a standard feature in many cars right off the assembly line. Unfortunately, my car was an exception. Undeterred, I embarked on a quest to install it myself.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a passion for modding. I would dismantle things around the house to understand their workings and then reassemble them, only better. This curiosity sparked my interest in electronics, leading me to take industrial electronics classes in high school and earn a VET degree. But I realized, what’s […]