#off switch

The Tamagotchi community is filled with some of the most creative people! You already saw that Orange_night on Reddit modified their Tamagotchi Uni to feature a power off switch, well now another member of the community has also created a solution.

Marcelmono on Reddit has just announced that they have created a little circuit board that will allow your Tamagotchi Uni to fully power off! Marcelmono was Abel to research the Tamagotchi Uni schematics and looked up the power-regulating chips specification to figure it all out. The modification will require some soldering to install what they’re calling the “Patchi-OFF!” board. 

How does it work exactly? Well here’s the technical jargon provided from Marcelmono:

Test points are accessible pads outside of a circuit in order test the function of said circuit after manufacturing. 

A chip on the Uni that regulates power has a pin/input named “SHDN” (Shutdown). 

The variant of the chip the Uni uses needs a “high” voltage applied to the “SHDN” pin to initiate the shutdown. 

By connecting the 3V3 (3,3 Volt) test point to the SHDN test point, a “high” voltage is applied to the chips “SHDN”-pin/input and it shuts down the Uni. 

The Patchi-OFF! board connects those two test points, but only if the conductive pad on the bottom of the rubber reset button presses down on the contacts on the board and completes the circuit.

Two content spaniels chew "yak cheese" hard chew sticks[*] right next to each other on the couch. I know that I am lucky to have pups who are comfortable around each other with high-value treats.

They deserved an extra-good treat because, due to yearly equine vet exams, the Spaniels missed both Sniff Patrol *and* "helping" to Feed the Big Doggies. And I was exhausted when I got back inside, so they entertained themselves for the afternoon. Such good puppies. They started to get fidgety around evening, and I still didn't have it in me to play with them, but this chew sufficed. So good.

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