What the heck is this?
Jan 22, 2018 11:35:16 #
I found this in a box of misc. cables today and have no idea what it is or what it's for. Just checking to see if anyone of you electronic gurus might know.
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Jan 22, 2018 11:41:45 #
It looks like a sensor to turn accessories on and off with a remote.
Jan 22, 2018 11:42:24 #
rizibat8 wrote:
I found this in a box of misc. cables today and have no idea what it is or what it's for. Just checking to see if anyone of you electronic gurus might know.
Thanks
Thanks
It's a nickel surrounded by a cable of some kind.
Jan 22, 2018 11:44:04 #
rizibat8 wrote:
I found this in a box of misc. cables today and have no idea what it is or what it's for. Just checking to see if anyone of you electronic gurus might know.
Thanks
Thanks
It might be an optical trigger, its hard to tell but it looks like a mono jack at one end and a diode at the other.
It might be an infra red receiver a lot of tv cards would have them with a jack socket on the card and the receiver on a cable that you could put on the front of the case.
hmm it might be for a remote satellite box system, you might have a tv upstairs and downstairs the ir receiver upstairs would pass the signal to the box downstairs so you could change channel.
Jan 22, 2018 11:44:11 #
Jim 100 wrote:
It looks like a sensor to turn accessories on and off with a remote.
I agree. Bet this is to be used with a remote IR sensor that can control a number of stereo &/or TV components with one remote.
Jan 22, 2018 12:09:13 #
Jan 22, 2018 12:49:52 #
Whatever you don't don't chuck it. Because in 6 months you'll figure out what it is for and have to buy another.
Jan 22, 2018 13:16:41 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Whatever you don't don't chuck it. Because in 6 months you'll figure out what it is for and have to buy another.
You may have submitted the only correct answer of them all. I think I'll put it back in the misc. cable box.
Jan 22, 2018 14:04:46 #
blackest wrote:
It might be an optical trigger, its hard to tell but it looks like a mono jack at one end and a diode at the other.
It might be an infra red receiver a lot of tv cards would have them with a jack socket on the card and the receiver on a cable that you could put on the front of the case.
hmm it might be for a remote satellite box system, you might have a tv upstairs and downstairs the ir receiver upstairs would pass the signal to the box downstairs so you could change channel.
It might be an infra red receiver a lot of tv cards would have them with a jack socket on the card and the receiver on a cable that you could put on the front of the case.
hmm it might be for a remote satellite box system, you might have a tv upstairs and downstairs the ir receiver upstairs would pass the signal to the box downstairs so you could change channel.
Look like a photodiode.
Jan 22, 2018 14:17:21 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Look like a photodiode.
could be fun wonder if a flash would make it pulse, diy lightning trigger :)
Jan 22, 2018 14:38:24 #
Jan 22, 2018 14:41:04 #
Jan 22, 2018 14:46:34 #
blackest wrote:
could be fun wonder if a flash would make it pulse, diy lightning trigger :)
Could be a flash trigger but it could be a probe to plug in a mic input to check shutter speed.
Jan 22, 2018 16:25:11 #
Jan 23, 2018 06:14:20 #
rizibat8 wrote:
I found this in a box of misc. cables today and have no idea what it is or what it's for. Just checking to see if anyone of you electronic gurus might know.
Thanks
Thanks
It's a five cent piece - U. S. currency - commonly called a nickel because of the nickel allow used in its construction.
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