Mystery device

May 28, 2010 16 Replies

Hi,



Pulled this out of the recycle bin as it "looked interesting" :>



Fully populated PCB but no case to put it in context. No useful markings on the silkscreen.


10 LEDs arranged in a semicircle -- green followed by red (e.g., like a meter with a - and + zone).

One power indicator.



One push button (power on/off)


9V battery powered.

Turning it on appears to do a lamp test (though this could just be a noise spike that temporarily drives the "meter" up to MAX).



Center of board has a foil pattern similar to what you would find *in* an RFID tag (1.5" concentric squares). I.e., suggests it is an antenna.



Now, what might this be *used* for?



Thx,



--don


Microwave oven leakage tester?

Sounds like the thing in my hand.

i bought it surplus several years ago. Probably Electronic Goldmine. A magnetic field detector.

Ghostbuster.

greg

That thing used to go haywire near CRT's. Probably one of the main uses at the time to check for fields. Yes it works fine on my Fluke analog/digital scope.

greg

i wonder if we all fell a little better away from the computer CRT's ?? Is there any history event trend ? greg

Ah, that's possible! I found a bunch of RC kit in the same pile so wondered if maybe used to measure signal strength (though I would assume you would empirically determine this -- e.g., when plane

*crashes*, etc. :> )

I'll see what it does near the microwave...

Be sure to defeat the interlocks to give it plenty of signal.

Ah, I was just going to CRAWL IN with it...

Like on Kick Ass?

Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

Sorry, typo. I meant to say "spud finder."

John

Assuming s/fell/feel/ ? Recently I three broken LCD monitors, fixed two of them so no CRTs here now, feel much better!

Grant.

http://bugs.id.au/

RF detector..I have a few PCBs very much like that.

No, i have a RS one, small horn with diode and meter, period.

...and zap your pacemaker..

Well, *this* one lights up like a christmas tree when held in front of the microwave! :< I wonder if any of my body parts are glowing??? :-/

Curiously, doesn't seem to react to the WiFi (which I thought a good possibility) -- which I thought was roughly the same band (?).

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