Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein)
Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2015

Simple Workaround Tip for Malfunction Toshiba USB Mouse

Toshiba U20 USB mouse uses only 4 wires. While Logitech uses 5 wires.
In some hardware circumstances (laptop in my case), the Toshiba mouse won't work, it's not detected, keeps blinking and the cursor doesn't move.
This is a simple workaround I tried successfully.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Very Simple Yet Effective Dipole Antenna for EVDO 800MHz

One of my mobile broadband Internet provider (EVDO Rev A) planned to close its service in a near future, due to Qualcomm has decided to stop EvDO evolution. The service has real unlimited budget-plan. Currently most of mo-bro providers (both CDMA and GSM) in here are moving to early stages of 4G LTE (either FDD or TDD).

So the impact is, many BTS (base transceiver station) nearby my house have been sold, signal was going worse. Several months ago my EvDO modem (without external antenna) could easily resonated at -70 dBm of HDR power. But since the collapse was announced, signal was suffering at only around -85 down to -90 dBm typically.
(with external antenna, signal can be received at -50 dBm, but I prefer the antenna for another HSPA+ service)

Fortunately I keep an old unused indoor TV antenna. Sure it's dedicated for lower frequency band for TV broadcast. While that my dying ISP works at higher 800MHz of carrier frequency.
Hoho... then I imagined to build a simple dipole antenna to recycle that my old antenna.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Using Mobile Hotspot ZTE MF90 With No Battery



Dummy battery from wood + capacitor + resistor.
How to use ZTE MF90 without battery, powering only by electricity power.