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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Vivisection # 1 : My homework ate my dog


The first object which I have decided to dissect and pry my nose into was the tiger LED dog. I chose the dog because I was interested in grasping the component of the motion sensor and the gear which allowed the dog to sit and bark.

By first removing the back part of the head and sliding the body down, I was able to see and identify an understating of the moving components...But how do they link with the head.
Through further dissection. I managed to dissect the dog to more basic electronic pieces which essentially run the toy.
Here are some of the dissection processes which I encountered and documented. Also, due to some of the internal wires being compact, I had to modify the toy by elongating the wires by sodering new wires to them.












I'm proud to say that through many trials and errors, I managed to disassemble my dog and wire him back in a fashion that allows it to still work. Although the object is in separate pieces, the lights, speaker, and gears all function properly. The only downfall I would say I encountered was the limited knowledge I acquired from the motion sensor, but despite that, I found this dissection to be rewarding.

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