/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/fighting-e-waste-and-device-obsolescenceBack in 2023, I created a subject to get help about a weather station that I inadvertently broke by applying twice its expected voltage at its power source As I said at the time, I replaced it by another model of the same family and it had been runnien-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/fighting-e-waste-and-device-obsolescenceWed, 26 Aug 2026 10:36:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1bc61634-7fc6-4aba-bc87-807d569031feQbit0<p data-path-to-node="1">Thanks! It&#39;s definitely satisfying to bring these devices back to life rather than letting them turn into e-waste.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30091&AppID=492&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/fighting-e-waste-and-device-obsolescenceTue, 25 Aug 2026 23:49:27 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1bc61634-7fc6-4aba-bc87-807d569031fewolfgangfriedrich1<p>Kudos for keeping a nice device going beyond its manufacturer&#39;s enshittification.</p> <p>But now for something completely different: the blue cabinet to the left of the weather station, is that a rack of little drawers to keep small components organized? If yes, please drop the manufacturer&#39;s name and model. I could use something like that.&nbsp;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30091&AppID=492&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">