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Electronic prototypes on planes

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saike:
I had to take a small package of electronic parts and, a diesel fuel filter as hand luggage to rescue one of our trucks that had broken down in an inconvenient location. The inspector at the check in x-ray scanner said to his assistant 'Check that filter to make sure it is ok' The assistant pulled the filter out of my bag and said 'We have to check these because they sometimes leak and make a mess on the plane' They had no interest in the electronics at all and I went away feeling very confused about how many people turn up at the airport with a diesel fuel filter in their hand luggage.

spec:
I generally have a brief case with me which has stationary equipment in it. On one occasion, when one of the scares was on, a security officer said that I could not take the propelling pencil and two ballpoint pens that were in he brief case into the cabin. When i asked him why, he said that I may stab someone with them. My objections went unheeded and this is the point, a security officer has absolute authority on such matters. 

mrpackethead:
I sometimes will have a dev board or something with me. I put them in clear plastic containers, which has two functions. It stops them from getting damaged by all the other crap in my bag, and it means if you do have to pull it out, then its easy for them to see through without having to get all their mits on it.

soldar:
Anything can happen depending on who you encounter. Some countries are more paranoid than others.
 
There was the case of the female MIT student arrested for entering Boston airport with a "fake bomb" which turned out to be a hoodie with flashing LEDs because she was meeting her boyfriend and wanted to do a festive thing for him.  She wasn't even getting on a plane. I knew we had all gone collectively crazy when many people justified her arrest and harsh treatment. People, including airport security people can be spooked by anything unfamiliar. I guess they had never seen LEDs before.   :-//

Sudo_apt-get_install_yum:
Whenever I transport prototypes between offices or customers (countries around the world) I send them with DHL express. It works great and takes 3 days for the things to arrive.

There have been a few occasions when I'd have to have it as a carry luggage and it's only been a problem once, when I had loads of diffrent cables with me.
But all other times when it was just plain circuit boards in housings it worked fine.

Good luck

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