altoid tin mods *big pics*

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skudmunky

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A case for my Zen Micro and a USB hub.

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http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=88201

anyone else have altoid mods?

-skud
 
Love the creativity. Email Altoids and let them know you are avdertising them and maybe they'll pay you for it.

If nothing else, it lets us all know you have fresh breath...... ;)
 
icehokplyr said:
Love the creativity. Email Altoids and let them know you are avdertising them and maybe they'll pay you for it.

If nothing else, it lets us all know you have fresh breath...... ;)
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heh heh, great idea!

actually, I just dumped the altoids out of the tin... and put them into the USB router box. Oh the irony...

edit: I started with the Zen Micro case since it fit perfectly, would be cool, and would cost 58 dollars less than the other cases for the Zen Micro. I'm cheap, but I had a few cool ideas, what can I say?

-skud
 
Those are pretty cool, I've seen some places where they've stuck those little stick computers in them before..I forget what the stick computers are called, most are little STAMP machines on a single PCB..

Nice job!

MD
 
Unfortunately some of the "mods" I've seen in Altoid boxes would be quite illegal to post. :eek:
 
knothead34 said:
the curiously strong usb ports ha ha ha :D
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but is it strong enough to supply a USB 2.0 device?!?!


also, i've built a voltage-regulated iPod battery pack in an altoids tin. fun stff. works perfectly. will put up pics sometime soon.

the amp posted above is a cmoy(chu moy, named for the guy who originally designed it) headphone amp. really makes a difference in sound quality and such if you have a decent set of headphones.
 
BoySetsFire said:
but is it strong enough to supply a USB 2.0 device?!?!
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I don't know, I didn't cut a hole for the power connecter, so it just gets power from the pc. can't support my zen micro.


BoySetsFire said:
also, i've built a voltage-regulated iPod battery pack in an altoids tin. fun stff. works perfectly. will put up pics sometime soon.
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I want to do that for my zen micro, so that I can USB charge it from the battery in the other altoids tin. how'd you do it?
 
I've got a headphone amp a little like Tawnos.
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I did it because the headphone out from my motherboard is too quiet.
 
Teancum said:
I've got a headphone amp a little like Tawnos.
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I did it because the headphone out from my motherboard is too quiet.
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wow. how much did it cost, how long did it take to make? i want one, then my battery would last longer :)
 
A lot of people have used Zen Micros in Altoids cases, its funny that they fit in so perfectly when iPod Minis need to have the corners cut off an the box to fit ;)

If you have some more time (read: are really bored), try cutting out holes for the buttons/screen, and put a thin piece of plexi on the inside so the scren doesnt get fubared.
 
Teancum said:
I've got a headphone amp a little like Tawnos.
http://www.et.byu.edu/~aca24/mods/IMG_0566.JPG[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.et.byu.edu/~aca24/mods/IMG_0567.JPG[IMG]
I did it because the headphone out from my motherboard is too quiet.[/QUOTE]
I see you have a cmoy.. good starter amp ;)
[img]http://www.oclasses.com/tawnos/images/MINT_amp/CMOY_inside.jpg


This is what the inside of my MINT looks like:
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Headphone amplifier tutorial
I used just regular resistors instead of the pot, figuring I can change the volume in software. I had almost all the parts on hand (I'm a EE student), so I just had to buy a few things like the power switch, the LED holder, the stereo audio jacks, etc. The tutorial says you can get all the parts for <$20. There's enough room in the tin for two 9V batteries (double the lifetime!), but I haven't done that yet. Most of the wires you see are hacked-up floppy cable leads.
 
In a coarse manner of speaking, you could say that.

*edetd fer spelng ;)*
 
icehokplyr said:
Love the creativity. Email Altoids and let them know you are avdertising them and maybe they'll pay you for it.

If nothing else, it lets us all know you have fresh breath...... ;)
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they are on the verge of a dual marketing idea for advertising mints n mp3 players s together
 
Othersider said:
Unfortunately some of the "mods" I've seen in Altoid boxes would be quite illegal to post. :eek:
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what people dont realize is modding your xbox is illegal. the police have actually arrested some xbox modders and sent them to prison under federeal FCC violations. Thats why I don't see why these people with modded xboxs n other systems dont realize this.
 
slamgoku said:
what people dont realize is modding your xbox is illegal. the police have actually arrested some xbox modders and sent them to prison under federeal FCC violations. Thats why I don't see why these people with modded xboxs n other systems dont realize this.
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It's illegal? Please tell me that Microsoft doesn't make you agree to a Eula for their hardware? That would be... stupid, to put it nicely. "You hereby agree not to use this mouse to strangle people..."

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Now I wanna Zen Micro so I can put it in an altoids tin!
 
not use stuff improperly. Don't mock me because of the law. People have gotten in trouble for modding their systems. Famous case was a guy who modded his xbox and was able to make nude skins for DOA3. Check up on it and read about it.
 
slamgoku said:
not use stuff improperly. Don't mock me because of the law. People have gotten in trouble for modding their systems. Famous case was a guy who modded his xbox and was able to make nude skins for DOA3. Check up on it and read about it.
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Sorry that it came across as mocking you - I was really making fun of Microsoft (It's my hobby, btw)

I never thought about stuff like modchips - I'm in a case modding mindset right now :p
 
ok I have a brilliant idea...im going to dissasemble my cheapass cell phone and put it in a altoids case so if it ever goes off in school ill be like "all i got is a pack of altoids"
 
penguin said:
Sorry that it came across as mocking you - I was really making fun of Microsoft (It's my hobby, btw)

I never thought about stuff like modchips - I'm in a case modding mindset right now :p
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its actually illegal for you to mod any of your videogame systems and any FCC regulated device. however so many people do it, that the law barely cracks down on it, the only time it does, for example, was the guy making female nude skins for DOA3 and then others downloaded those skins from him.
 
icehokplyr said:
Love the creativity. Email Altoids and let them know you are avdertising them and maybe they'll pay you for it.

If nothing else, it lets us all know you have fresh breath...... ;)
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altoids is actually quite aware of people doing this, and they don't really approve of it. At least thats what I think I've heard before.
 
Nifty idea. I would be affraid of someone ganking my "Altoids" though cause they wanted the mints! :D
 
Teancum, tks for the linkage, most appreciated.

How much have all of you spent on your can-amps? This might be a nice interesting project

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For thsoe of you who believe that modding x-boxe'n is illeage, I must say that it is not. Putting the new chips in and using legal bioses is just that, legal. When you start to DL illeagle Bios's (needed to play the games under themod chip) then it's "illeagle" but only because a guy used teh official x-box devel kit to make a bios which MS says is a no no. Also, putting new skins on DOA charecters falls under fair use, especially sinc eno one is selling them... its just that that software company is being stupid.
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lol thats awesome, my friend just got the same color zen micro. Is there no negative feedback or whatever you call it from that tin?
 
Punx_Clever said:
Teancum, tks for the linkage, most appreciated.

How much have all of you spent on your can-amps? This might be a nice interesting project

<threadjack>
For thsoe of you who believe that modding x-boxe'n is illeage, I must say that it is not. Putting the new chips in and using legal bioses is just that, legal. When you start to DL illeagle Bios's (needed to play the games under themod chip) then it's "illeagle" but only because a guy used teh official x-box devel kit to make a bios which MS says is a no no. Also, putting new skins on DOA charecters falls under fair use, especially sinc eno one is selling them... its just that that software company is being stupid.
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No, you misunderstood him, it's the FCC regulations that make it illegal. If you modfify your XBox physically you change it's properties as in how much "noise" and other interference it puts out plus a ton of other crap that i don't know anything about. Has nothing to do with Microsoft or the game companies.
 
Punx_Clever said:
Teancum, tks for the linkage, most appreciated.

How much have all of you spent on your can-amps? This might be a nice interesting project

<threadjack>
For thsoe of you who believe that modding x-boxe'n is illeage, I must say that it is not. Putting the new chips in and using legal bioses is just that, legal. When you start to DL illeagle Bios's (needed to play the games under themod chip) then it's "illeagle" but only because a guy used teh official x-box devel kit to make a bios which MS says is a no no. Also, putting new skins on DOA charecters falls under fair use, especially sinc eno one is selling them... its just that that software company is being stupid.
</threadjack>
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the dude was charged WITH A FELONY and was CONVICTED already so how can you say its legal to make DOA skins?
 
Kewl!

Why you guys don't try to build up a complete computer to insert
in a Box like that? Can be a good concurrenting product to macmini.

Greats

Rupi
 
i've always wanted one of them headphone amps.. don't have the skill to make em thou
 
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