Abstract:
Go to the Re-use-It center and pick up a non-working electronic device and find out what it’s made out of
Method:
- Go to a local recycling center
- Pick out an electronic device that’s broken and you can open up
- CAUTION – do not select a microwave nor TV as they have dangerous stored charge
- Open up the device… and take a look inside
- See if you can read any of the numbers on the Intergrated Circuits
- Look these up in Google and see if you can understand the datasheet
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