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Enjoy HD in OLD laptop in 20$

As i came across the news of the release of The BCM70010/BCM70012 chipset ...i am very excited to revive my P4 pc .. What is this chip and how it is useful : Broadcom chip uses Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator solution. So your old laptop/PC or even ARM miniPCI devices you can revive with a card that has this chip. Most interesting part is the cost just 20$ <1000Rs.. so grab one and use. These are selling via ebay India: http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320436937576 or you can try ebay.com if you have paypal. This introduces the advantages of next-generation high definition H.264 and VC-1 video compression algorithms to netbook and nettop applications like the playback of streaming media and downloaded media as well as Blu-ray™ discs. The chipset is a single-stream HD AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2 decoder solution capable of full HD real-time decoding. The high performance and low power consumption of the solution allow reduced CPU utilization and support fo

My Hot Air Pencil in Rs 300 for smd

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ARM9 soldering problem is solved.. i made the hot air pencil. See pics and details are ... Parts needed : 1 cheap soldering pipe shaped ,coil heater type:140/- like this http://www.hvwtech.com/products/206/44100_PV.jpg 1acqurium pump + air pipe :130/- 6 inch pneumatic tubing :30/- like this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg (my innovation it withstands approx 100deg, at the coupling end the temp does not go v high). Super glue , paper etc.. How to : 1.rip apart soldering iron, remove metal tip. 2.Leaving the front hole (where metal tip was there) cover the other holes with 2 layer of paper put duct tape to make the paper hold.This is to prevent air leak. 3. connect air pipe to the 6" pneumatic tubing seal the joint with superglue,put the other end of the tubing to soldering iron metal pipe. with paper as insulator. 4. Close the soldering handle with pipe and wires mine is taped to hold together."Be careful not to short mains wires".My iron had fully i