Hacks for CVS's "disposable" camcorder
CVS Pharmacies sell a one-time-use camcorder that
you have to bring to their shop once you're ready to get your videos, which are
delivered on DVD. Enterprising hackers are racing to reverse-engineer the
camcorder so that they can extract their own video and make multiple uses of the
camera without paying repeatedly. A hacker has posted the pinouts for the camera
on a Linux site, so victory is surely in hand.
Here is the pinout for the CVS one time use
camcorder. Pin 1 starts at the end where J5 is printed on the
PCB.
1 no
connection
2
ground
3 no
connection
4 Battery + (probably used to
verify the battery level when recycling)
5 no
connection
6 USB
+5V
7 ground
8 USB Data +
9 USB Data
-
10
ground
Pins 6 - 9 is the only pins needed
to connect to a USB port.
Source: Boing
Boing
Posted: Sun - June 12, 2005 at 09:50 PM