Since there is a pandemic happening I figured I should not invest in potentially dangerous chemicals to remove the epoxy. Notably there were no ICs that I could search for more information on the board. The bottom (figure 6) contained an array of capacitors, resistors, and an epoxy blob. Figure 6: The bottom side of the PCB that drives the Funkey reader. Figure 5: The top of the PCB that drives the Funkey reader. Three of four pads output a constant 3 Volt signal. The test pads on the top were really interesting to me since the four on the top (P61, P62, P63, P65) has the same number of inputs as uart.īy probing around with a multimeter I found it unlikely that they are used for uart. The top (figure 5) mainly contained the input USB wiring (which was not soldered well at all), the pads that are used to read the funky, and some test pads. I was not so successful with reversing any of the hardware, but here’s what I found anyway! I was unable to find any documents showing the internals from the FCC or pictures of the hub torn down on search engines.
The figure is a much larger funky with a reader in the back of it’s head, which is then plugged in to a computer using USB. This is where most of the logic in this system exists. Figure 4: The bottom side of the same board. These pads connect to the reader in the hub which houses a little magnet so that it stays connected (figure 4) Figure 3: A board extracted from the feet of a little Funkey.
I was unable to find any obvious relationship between the resistor values and the resistance values I could read from the pad. The funky’s base is really made up of four resistors and five contact points (figure 3). The Funkey is used in the game to switch characters in the game. This is the more simple of the two components. I was able to disassemble a Funkey (figure 1) and a Funkey Hub (figure 2), the two main pieces required to run the game. My significant other has quite a collection of Funkeys, with some broken ones. It’s quite similar to Nintendo Amiibos, but pre-dates it by a few years and uses much different hardware.ĭespite being released 13 years ago, there is still an active fandom, discussion forums, and even mods.īut somehow there is no information on the hardware. Funkeys is a toys-to-live game that was released in 2007. :) This trophy took me a few hours I think.U.B. If you follow the picture guide, and try, try, try, you will eventually get what you want. For the most part you need mostly strikes to win much of anything. Paste this into your bar:īasically what you do is just plain bowl, but they set the bar for high scores way up. If you go to the Funkey Fan Forum there is a great picture by Umbrood for a good way of doing things. [My High Score: 257 (Wins everything but Insane High Score.)Īlthough I have never seen someone with the Insane High Score item for Glubs game, there is a broken-looking one in Nightmare rift that you can see, if you really want to know. They are the royalty of all Funkey celebrities and they act like it. They perform in the great Funkey Hall, always sing the Funkey anthem “We Want the Funk”, before sporting events and, of course, at Parliament.ĭespite their awkwardness on land, the Glub waddle around with their noses in the air and act like big superstars. All their speech difficulties go away when they sing. But oddly enough, the Glub have the most beautiful singing voices. The Glub speak in a strange bubbling slurping way that most Funkeys find difficult to understand. The Glub are extremely agile and elegant when submerged but on land are like….well, a fish out of water.