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Winner Announcement: Win a Xbox One S All-Digital Edition!!

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Meet David Edwards from the e14 presents show The Electronics Inside: a show where David tears down toys, tools, and electronic appliances just to find out what’s inside.

 

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Watch our very first episode where David tears down Xbox One S All-Digital Edition.

 

You must wonder what happens to these devices after they are torn down. Well, if David manages to put it back together (and get it working) then we GIVEAWAY the device.

 

 

This month we are spicing things up by giving away David's torn down and rebuilt  XBOX one S All-Digital Edition to one lucky community member!

 

 

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Rules to enter:

 

Step 1:  Log in or register on element14, it's easy and free.

 

Step 2: In the comments below, post a picture of a game, game controller, handheld or console that you have modified in any way(The project should be yours, not someone else's) AND tell us what would you do with the new Xbox one S all digital. The entry with the best combination of past achievement and future aspiration will win.

 

Step 3: You can enter this contest until midnight UTC 13th September 2019. Winners will be announced on 30th September 2019. If you need something to do between now and then make sure to check out all the great electronics videos at element14 presents

 

Follow these pages for more information:

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  • This is the very first PCB I designed for my own personal use. It was laid out using translucent red and blue tape plus black tape and via donuts - at 2X scale, then photographically reduced through colored filters to obtain 1:1 PCB artwork layers for the print shop. The high cost of making mistakes with this method is probably why I am still so meticulous about getting my PCB layouts to work on the first attempt.

    The function of this circuit is to fit in-line with any joystick of the day (Atari, Sega, Colecovision, Commodore, etc.), which used DB9 connectors, and turn the trigger function into a rapid fire (machine gun) trigger.

    At the time all the action games and shoot-em-ups required the trigger button to be rapidly cycled to have any success. This often led to a sore trigger finger.

    The circuit still allowed single shots by "blipping" the trigger, but if the trigger was held down it would cycle the output at an optimal speed for hardware of the day.

    This little circuit led to many high scores without damage to my trigger finger.

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    I had visions of turning this circuit into a product, but eventually expensive joysticks came out with this feature built-in.

    At least that proved it was a good product idea.

    It would be interesting to see how the latest generation of kids (grandkids) fares with modern X-Box technology.

    There always seemed to be a gender bias in the types of games kids played and preferred. I am curious if this trend still persists. I am sure my granddaughter and grandson wouldn't "mind" the experiment.

    I "might" even have a go at it myself to see how the technology and game-play has improved. I am already putting together a retro PiCade so there would be something to compare it with even if I can't get my old hardware platforms functioning.

  • in reply to dougw

    I can remember when consoles like the MegaDrive (Genesis) started having "turbo" buttons with just this functionality. Building your own with discreet hardware and etched PCB is a great mod though!

     

    Good Luck!

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