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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Zucca on February 03, 2019, 09:50:20 pm

Title: What is this device?
Post by: Zucca on February 03, 2019, 09:50:20 pm

My friend was moving out her apartment, founded this:

(https://i.imgur.com/kBKPJJ6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PTdmui3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Qjhs3SY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BGQSaL1.jpg)

Do you know what is the purpose of this? I have no idea, she neither.

Thanks...

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: tsman on February 03, 2019, 09:54:09 pm

Most of the images don't load. 404 error from dropbox.

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: Zucca on February 03, 2019, 10:01:54 pm

fixed..

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: Zucca on February 03, 2019, 10:07:19 pm

Oh god there is even a bug under that transistor...
Sorry, I did not noticed that before.

That's a real bug here, hopefully not a show stopper one.

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: jeroen79 on February 03, 2019, 10:16:53 pm

My guess:
A controller for fancy lights in for example a christmas decoration.
With the 'pattern' button you could make the lights blink in various ways.

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: ANTALIFE on February 03, 2019, 10:18:17 pm

It's a power supply for driving some EL segments on a shirt like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRA8iAqSF9E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRA8iAqSF9E)

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: tsman on February 03, 2019, 10:25:36 pm

Quote from: ANTALIFE on February 03, 2019, 10:18:17 pm

It's a power supply for driving some EL segments on a shirt like:

Ahh. Nice work. I was thinking LED controller but why would you need a transformer to step up the voltage, why would you ever want to disconnect it from the LEDs and why are there so many wires. An EL panel shirt would need all of that.

Title: Re: What is this device?
Post by: amyk on February 04, 2019, 12:04:34 am

I was going to say "a very bad PICkit clone" :-DD