I've made a DIY Framework Wi-Fi expansion card from scrap electronics! :neobot:
The Wi-Fi board was scavanged from an old and long dead tablet. After desoldering, testing it and noticing that it was connected internally via USB 2.0, I've hooked it to an USB-C breakout board, fitted it together with its antenna in a 3D printed expansion card case, secured everything together and... it works!
I don't have an actual use for it right now as my Framework already has a working newer internal Wi-Fi interface, but it might be useful sometime in the future... and nevertheless, making something work out of components that would otherwise just be headed to a landfill always puts a smile on my face! :neobot_flop:
(BTW the lid has also been made by cutting a sheet of scrap polarizer taken from a dead laptop screen down to size. I did it simply because it was something easy to cut and would do the job just fine, but it also ended up looking rather cool in person! )
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