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The Case of the Dead Mini5SX
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leadedsolder.com
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zdw
on Oct 17, 2022
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kuramitropolis
on Oct 17, 2022
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2 glued transistors + thermistor in the middle = "tempco" (temperature compensator). Used in VCOs to compensate for frequency changes brought by ambient temperature changes. Maybe the backlight is PWM-based?
robin_reala
on Oct 17, 2022
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I hope that you got to see many more Carp games, Yoshikatsu-san.
sydbarrett74
on Oct 17, 2022
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Fascinating restoration. You should post this on Hackaday.
Pixelbrick
on Oct 17, 2022
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Thanks OP! That was a lovely writeup.
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