Hacking a eBible

Uhh, does it have any other plugs? You might have to look for a unpopulated serial port. It looks super dumb though. You'll be disappoint.

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Damn, that sucks. Thanks for the help anyways /g/ hopefully someday I'll find a way

No seriously, flip it over and take another snap. The side in the pic doesn't have anything interesting apart from mentioning an sdcard on the silkscreen.

>Hacking a Bible
Good luck in hell.

>>60956962
the big chip at the top is a 16Gbit (2GiB) flash memory chip
the blob at the bottom is an epoxy-covered chip (which could be anything

this has the same kind of components seen in an SD card, and the silkscreen even has "(sdcard)" written on it, so there's a chance it's literally just as SD card controller under the blob

>>60957181
Pls keep us posted, as to what you find under the blob!

Do you know what kind of os this thing is running?

>>60957181
-- basically what i'm saying is that if it IS just an SD card in a different form factor, you just need to work out the pinout (mapping the connector pins to SD card pins), then you could potentially read/write to that card, or replace it with a normal SD card

>>60957215
i very much doubt the card in the OP is anything more than a storage device

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>>60956962
TLDR;
>need halp
>bought eBible
>took it apart
>/g/ help turn into mp3 player so i don't have to search for a cheap mp3 player?
>guys you can halp right?
use google/newegg/ebay/amazon/bestbuy/target/walmart to find a relatively cheap mp3 player that will even have a microsd slot. depending on where you go you could find 32gb -64gb micro sd's for around $20-$25 in the states.

I'll try to remove that black blob in the morning. I don't have the best tools so I'm gonna have to improvise.

>>60957258
do not do that
you will destroy the chip
you need special tools and expertise to decap a blobbed chip without destroying it

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>>60957278
>>60957258
also, it won't tell you anything (at least not without a powerful microscope to see potential markings)

>>60957258
Dont remove that, you'll break it. Read the pins on the back, look for GND, RX and TX .

Anyway, you won't get far and I have a feeling there was other circuitry in this eBible that might be more interesting.

>>60957181
I assume the blobbed chip is the codec, or mcu. I mean flash and controller are the minimum you need, where is even the headphone jack though.

>>60957372
yea, this looks like it's got everything it needs besides storage

i'm placing my bets on the card in the OP being just an sdcard in a custom form factor (for some reason)

>>60957372
Are those pads near the bottom? Otherwise can you spot any labelled test pads?

This is the right circuit board, the other one is just memory + mcu.

>>60957438
the chip in the OP is flash memory, not ram
if he wants to put his own music on it, that's what he wants to mess with

>>60957438
The memory one is the one you want to modify to put custom music on it though.

>>60956962
Well I'm thinking of you want to put custom music on that flash chip you'll need to grab the datasheet and see what it can do.

>>60957506
Is there not a flash programmer that could be connected to that thing without needing to damage the chip? Regardless, such a piece of hardware is difficult to obtain (especially for cheap) and it's just not worth it to reprogram a 2GB memory chip and risk breaking firmware.