Hello!
I am new to these forums.
I have experience with microcontrollers and circuitry.
I have a question that I could not find answers to on Google.
Firstly, some background:
I like taking things apart. In the past, I took apart an old phone, and was looking into using the CPU for some sort of project. I spent 5 hours searching for a datasheet, and did find one. Unfortunately, I would have needed to reball the chip to use it, and I'm not capable of that.
Ever since then, I have wanted to use a microcontroller from old electronics, like flash drives or phones.
Yesterday, I took apart a hard drive. It is fairly clear that there are 2 CPU's on the board. Every time I search for one of the numbers on the chips, all that comes up is people selling replacement boards. These CPU's are just standard surface mount chips, so I will be able to use them if I desolder them.
Do you have any suggestions about where to find a datasheet for these chips, so I can figure out how to use them?
Here is the motor controller chip:
Here is the main CPU:
Thanks for paying attention to this post!
I am new to these forums.
I have experience with microcontrollers and circuitry.
I have a question that I could not find answers to on Google.
Firstly, some background:
I like taking things apart. In the past, I took apart an old phone, and was looking into using the CPU for some sort of project. I spent 5 hours searching for a datasheet, and did find one. Unfortunately, I would have needed to reball the chip to use it, and I'm not capable of that.
Ever since then, I have wanted to use a microcontroller from old electronics, like flash drives or phones.
Yesterday, I took apart a hard drive. It is fairly clear that there are 2 CPU's on the board. Every time I search for one of the numbers on the chips, all that comes up is people selling replacement boards. These CPU's are just standard surface mount chips, so I will be able to use them if I desolder them.
Do you have any suggestions about where to find a datasheet for these chips, so I can figure out how to use them?
Here is the motor controller chip:
Here is the main CPU:
Thanks for paying attention to this post!
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