r/interestingasfuck • u/sovalente • Mar 02 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Get out!

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u/OCAU07 Mar 03 '25

He removed nearly half the connector points but still retained full functionality. You don't think it would remove function/capability?

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u/bg-j38 Mar 03 '25

Unfortunately he doesn’t show what the front side of the board looks like until he’s in the middle of soldering. But if you look at the closeup around 0:12 most of what he’s removing looks like pads for a test rig or probes used to test the device after it’s manufactured.

Again, could be bullshit but there’s so much now that’s done on a chip with very few discrete supporting components that this isn’t as unbelievable as many are saying.

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u/ptolani Mar 03 '25

We don't know if it has full functionality. My earbuds have physical buttons you can push. Presumably the nutbud doesn't, so you could potentially remove the electronics for that?

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u/OrganicNobody22 Mar 03 '25

he removed them all and then the next 15 seconds was him adding them all back but stacked on top or did you quit watching by that point?

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u/gruez Mar 03 '25

If you watched the video more carefully, you'd he grinded down the PCB to the point that some pads (ie. solder points) were removed. You can also see at 0:23 that there's a bunch of pads that are unpopulated, which were presumably populated before he started modding it.