Author Topic: Teardown mystery item (Read 11146 times)

EEVblog · « **Reply #25 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:58:06 am »

Quote from: Rerouter on October 09, 2012, 09:14:40 am

the way the various active components are connected make it appear to be acting as an RF tranciever

Kinda-sorta!
But technically, no, it's not a transceiver at the system level.

Dave.

EEVblog · « **Reply #26 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:59:11 am »

BTW, it is a consumer item, but not that common for the general population.

Dave.

ElektroQuark · « **Reply #27 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:59:34 am »

RF inhibitor?

samgab · « **Reply #28 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:01:40 am »

Some kind of LED lighting dimmer remote?

samgab · « **Reply #29 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:02:43 am »

PS, I really like those little rulers

Codemonkey · « **Reply #30 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:05:50 am »

Cable/Stud detector ?

EEVblog · « **Reply #31 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:06:08 am »

Quote from: samgab on October 09, 2012, 10:01:40 am

Some kind of LED lighting dimmer remote?

Nothing to do with LEDs.
And it's not a "remote control" of any kind.

Dave.

EEVblog · « **Reply #32 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:07:24 am »

Quote from: Codemonkey on October 09, 2012, 10:05:50 am

Cable/Stud detector ?

Antarctic freezing!
It's not a detector of any kind.

Dave.

Tuomas · « **Reply #33 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:07:47 am »

emergency rescue beacon or something of that kind?

EEVblog · « **Reply #34 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:17:14 am »

Quote from: Tuomas on October 09, 2012, 10:07:47 am

emergency rescue beacon or something of that kind?

Bingo!
PM me your snail mail address for the ruler!

Dave.

firewalker · « **Reply #35 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:22:07 am »

Our rescue beacons (for elder people) use GSM network.

Alexander.

Tuomas · « **Reply #36 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:38:19 am »

The sweet taste of victory. I will cherish this moment for many years to come.

Looking forward to the teardown.

sotos · « **Reply #37 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:46:30 am »

Remote wall switch?

sotos · « **Reply #38 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:48:44 am »

My next answer, too late i lost.

Wytnucls · « **Reply #39 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:50:22 am »

Quote from: Tuomas on October 09, 2012, 10:38:19 am

The sweet taste of victory. I will cherish this moment for many years to come.

Looking forward to the teardown.

OK, get back to your wheelchair now Tuomas...cheat!

sotos · « **Reply #40 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:51:07 am »

Quote from: Tuomas on October 09, 2012, 10:07:47 am

emergency rescue beacon or something of that kind?

You took the food from my mouth.

Baliszoft · « **Reply #41 on:** October 09, 2012, 12:29:54 pm »

Hehe, i was considering writing a morse signal generator, so one could beep S.O.S.

free_electron · « **Reply #42 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:52:00 pm »

judging from the corrosion on that little pushbutton it's got a leaky seal and capturd some saltwater ...

anyway , its a funny epirb ... the epirbs i know transmit GPS coordinates ...

there's a new one now that includes a vhf radio

DarkPrince · « **Reply #43 on:** October 10, 2012, 03:10:32 am »

*moved message to blog related, mistaken this for it, whops*


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