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Chiptune: Form + Function (Part 1) by Kain De Rivera - hand-held-legend

Chiptune: Form + Function (Part 1) by Kain De Rivera

Introduction We need to be honest here - we've heard of chiptunes before, but it's...

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Soldering Tools of the Trade by sjm4306 (Shawn Maxwell) - hand-held-legend

Soldering Tools of the Trade by sjm4306 (Shawn Maxwell)

If there is one skill that is most useful to repairing or modding a retro...

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Backlighting your TI-84 Plus using a Hand Held Legend Backlight - hand-held-legend

Backlighting your TI-84 Plus using a Hand Held Legend Backlight

Texas Instruments released a series of amazing gadget calculators in the Ti-80 series, but as...

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Audio amplification with the PAM8302A by Rainbow Repair (Natalie Marie) - hand-held-legend

Audio amplification with the PAM8302A by Rainbow Repair (Natalie Marie)

All hail the PAM8302A - the little amp that could. For those not familiar with...

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Electrolytic Capacitors in Retro Electronics by sjm4306 (Shawn Maxwell) - hand-held-legend

Electrolytic Capacitors in Retro Electronics by sjm4306 (Shawn Maxwell)

Image: An assortment of colorful electrolytic capacitors If there's a single component that a good majority...

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A tale of two Pockets: 5v step-up regulator install by linklooklisten (Matt G) - hand-held-legend

A tale of two Pockets: 5v step-up regulator install by linklooklisten (Matt G)

Matt G, better known as linklooklisten, is a modder based in New York City, New...

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