there was nothing interesting. Plain low quality single-sided board with a simple DC-DC converter, based on MC34063, with signs of serious overheating around it. On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Sean Breheny wrote: > Wow, thanks for the photo - that was a good laugh! Do you have a photo of > the other side? > > > > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:21 AM, KPL wrote: > >> I'm in Eastern Europe too, but looks like different place, as here you >> will get about the same kind of crap, no difference if paid 2eur or >> 20eur for it. So usually I just buy several really cheap chargers from >> china, then crack one open. Sometimes a whole batch goes to trash >> after that. Even if next batch looks the same and comes from the same >> seller, it can be completely different inside. >> Recently my car phone charger died, bought as original HTC one, and I >> disassebled it. Guess what, it contained 10 820ohm resistors, that >> were not connected to anything at all. >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/safxv4y0b6dsqgq/YfX4DA7S4q#lh:null-WTF_HTC.jp= g >> >> -- >> KPL >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 KPL --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .