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## Opening the lamp, to expose the PCB |
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Remove the rubber pads from the botton of the lamp, to get access to 4 |
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screws that attach the bottom to the rest of the lamp. Note that you don't |
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have to remove these pads fully. Once you can access the screws, you've |
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gone far enough. |
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screws that attach the bottom to the rest of the lamp. |
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<img src="images/01_unboxed.jpg" width="200"><img src="images/02_remove_rubber_pads.jpg" width="200"> |
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Note that you don't have to remove these pads fully. Once you can access |
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the screws, you've gone far enough. |
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<img src="images/03_bolts_overview.jpg" width="200"> |
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Unbolt the 4 screws which were hidden under the rubber pads. |
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![Photo of the screws](images/screws.jpg "Use an allen key or torx screw driver to remove the screws.") |
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<img src="images/04_remove_bolts.jpg" width="200"><img src="images/05_bolts.jpg" width="200"> |
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Detach the bottom from the rest of the lamp, exposing the PCB. This might |
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take a bit of force. Just pull it up bit by bit until it pops loose. |
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take a bit of force. Just pull it off bit by bit, until it pops loose. |
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For some good pictures of disassembling this lamp, take a look [at this |
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blog post](https://mysku.ru/blog/china-stores/78455.html) It is in Russian, |
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but the translation by Google works well and moreover, the pictures are the |
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most important thing here. If you scroll down, you will find them easily. |
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<img src="images/06_pull_off_the_bottom.jpg" width="200"><img src="images/07_bottom_removed.jpg" width="200"><img src="images/08_board_exposed.jpg" width="200"> |
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## Solder the wires |
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The wires will be connected to the debug pads that are shown in the following image. |
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<img src="images/09_debug_pads_for_soldering.jpg " width="400"> |
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Many of the serial to USB adapter have some header pins to which you can |
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connect the wires of a device. Therefore, I find it most useful to take some |
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dupont wires with a female end to them, and cut off the other end. Strip the |
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wire on the other and, and solder this end to the board. |
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connect the wires of a device. Therefore, it might be useful to take some |
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dupont wires, cut off one end, and solder the stripped end to the board. |
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TODO |
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<img src="images/10_stripped_dupont_wires.jpg " width="200"> |
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Solder the wires to the `RX`, `TX`, `GND` and `GPIO0` debug pads that are |
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shown in the following photo. It is *not* required to solder a wire to the |
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@ -48,8 +59,6 @@ ESP32 chip, making it a less than optimal candidate for powering the board |
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during flashing. Instead, powering the lamp using its own power supply works |
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best. |
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![Soldering points](images/Soldering_points.jpg) |
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You can use some sticky tape to fixate the cables before soldering. |
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## Connect the wires to your serial to USB adapter |
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