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James Fossey

26 / bit socially awkward / enjoys upcycling '80s/'90s consumer gadgets for fun...you get the picture :-)

Bristol, UK

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This user joined on 06/01/2019.

My Projects

Read your favourite novels on a classic 80s handheld device, with a blocky 16x2 LCD screen. It's what the authors would have wanted.

The Psion Organiser II as an eBook reader

Bringing an Eighties handheld classic into the modern world, via a Raspberry Pi Zero, some rewiring and a bit of luck

Getting online with a 1987 Psion Organiser II

Put a 90s classic into everyday use as a seriously retro EReader.

Psion Series 3 palmtop EReader

Combining Twilio Programmable Voice with an old brick phone to create a cumbersome speech-based method of staying online on the move

Web connectivity on a 30-year-old brick phone

Bringing a 1992 Amstrad SRD510 analogue satellite receiver back to life in the age of Netflix

Streaming TV via a '90s Sky Analogue box

In which I attempt to install a Bluetooth module in an old Sony 'Mars Bar' phone, to make it vaguely useful for the first time in 20+ years

Resurrecting a '1G' brick phone on the cheap

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Things I've Built

Amstrad NC100 RPi Terminal - tablet computing, 90s style

1992 Amstrad NC100 portable computer + Raspberry Pi Zero W hidden in memory-card slot + RS232-to-TTL converter = possibly the most user-unfriendly smart device in history. Made in sporadic bursts between 2016 and 2018. Now in Amstradheaven (RIP)

Projects I Like & Follow

Full-on Spotify scrolling and streaming via a Raspberry Pi Zero W and the original iPod clickwheel. Bluetooth, WiFi, and haptic feedback!!

sPot: Spotify in a 4th-gen iPod (2004)

Follow for the 'Hacklet' and latest news about hackaday.io

Hackaday.io Project

Hack a Raspberry Pi case to include IR LEDs and the NoIR Camera module for a home CCTV setup

Raspberry Pi Night Vision Camera Hack

We are re-engineering the old PCB board into a modern PCB for a simple swap. The goal is to get an up to date RPI computer

Reviving the TI-92 calculator into a RPI PC

The 2016 Hackaday Prize

A heating system based on the Raspberry pi to control relays and valves.

Raspberry Pi Heating System

The Motorola Advisor was good enough for Cereal Killer, Acid Burn, Crash Override and The Plaque. Let's do something interesting with one.

Motorola Advisor Connected Device

Daniel Karpantschof

This project shows how to synchronize live music and lights using DSP/DFT in real-time on ATtiny13 which offers only 64B RAM / 1024B FLASH.

ATtiny13 – dance lights with FFT

Łukasz Podkalicki

File transfer between a PC and a Psion Organiser II using an Arduino

PSION II Datapak and Rampak Reader/Writer

A classic 3x3x3 LED cube powered by a PIC 16F84A with built-in MUSIC BEAT DETECTION!

Music LEDCUBE 3x3x3

I'm giving some VCRs internet controlled. Maybe Twitch.

Internet Controlled VCR

Using an 80s handheld for home automation

PSION II Remote Control

AM Radio Transmitter #4

Grant Giesbrecht

Reusing an old Motorola LS550 pager for notifications and a clock

Smart Pager

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