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Offline sdttnTopic starter

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IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« on: January 12, 2017, 05:57:49 pm »
HKJ made a great review of this charger.

« Last Edit: January 12, 2017, 06:26:38 pm by sdttn »
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Offline retiredcaps

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Re: IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2017, 06:17:35 pm »
"This guy", HKJ, is a member here.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?u=24271
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Offline mmagin

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Re: IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2017, 10:45:38 pm »
Interesting that it's mostly surface mount, but wave soldered.  (I say this because of the red adhesive)
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Offline slicendice

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Re: IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2017, 10:41:53 am »
LOL, that is one ugly looking PCB. Typical IKEA electronics quality.  :)
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Offline george graves

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Re: IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2017, 11:48:31 am »
Quote from: slicendice on January 13, 2017, 10:41:53 am
LOL, that is one ugly looking PCB. Typical IKEA electronics quality.  :)

That's actually good looking for it being built down to a price.

No complaints here.
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Offline LaurentR

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Re: IKEA Vinninge AAA/AA battery charger teardown & Reverse engineering
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2017, 11:08:02 pm »
What's with the ladders of series/parallel resistors on the sides. Is it done this way for thermal dissipation purposes?
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