Basic Circuit Bending

Take your old electronics and make them scream with glitchy goodness. This an extremely easy project and makes and great project for first time solderers.

From I was taught circuit bending is taking electronic devices that make multiple sounds and wiring in switches to set off glitches, or loops. This was my first project with soldering and it makes a great first project. Check the end of the instructable for a video.

Step 1 Gather Materials and Tools

This step is fun; you can choose almost any device you want. The one I chose was VTech Talking Little Smart Spelling Book.

Materials:
VTech Talking Little Smart Spelling Book
wire
a switch (not necessary but makes things more fun)

Tools:
Soldering Iron
Dremel (if you want to make a hole in your electronic for the switch)
Screw Driver

Other:
I wasn't sure if this would be a tool or a material so it gets its own category.
Super Glue

Comments

[Gjdj3]

Oh my gosh, I had one of these! The glitchy sounds are denfinetly an improvement.

[lemonie]

can you post some of these sounds? L

[sardines454]

there is a video in the last step, i could post more sounds but the switch i wired is a loop, you heard all the sounds it was set to make

[lemonie]

Sorry, overlooked that. Yea, it's screwed up. Thanks L

[mrmath]

I could be wrong, but I think that just shorting random pairs of solder points could pretty much distroy your electronic device. Obviously, this particular toy is not something you care too much about. But it's important to note not to do this on your iPhone, or anything like that.

[sardines454]

i definitely agree, i used this toy because I had no other use for it

[jvc999]

I wanted to be the first one to comment, I'm glad you made this annoying toy do something funny! I have no idea how you do it but it works! Great Instructable, easy clear directions, good photos and video. Where did you come up with this idea?

[joemonkey]

cool. i like the monkey noises it makes!