Can someone help me identify this electronic component

[jayad]

Hello there
Newbie here. Found this component while cleaning the garage, battery still attached to it. Trying to find out what it is and if I can safely discard.

I first thought maybe a broken keyfob, but keyfobs generally do not have a battery soldered to it.

Thanks to all in advance for helping me.

 

[davenn]

Hello there
Newbie here. Found this component while cleaning the garage, battery still attached to it. Trying to find out what it is and if I can safely discard.

I first thought maybe a broken keyfob, but keyfobs generally do not have a battery soldered to it.

Thanks to all in advance for helping me.
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you want to know component or unit ? be more specific

the "component" wrapped in yellow is a battery

anything else, please specify

 

[jayad]

you want to know component or unit ? be more specific

the "component" wrapped in yellow is a battery

anything else, please specify

Hi Dave

I wanted to know what the unit is. I thought it was the remote control for a LED strip light but it turns out it is not.

 

[jayad]

Bump. Anyone? Still trying to identify this thing.

Old gaming console with rechargeable button battery soldered in? Battery probably too weak for that?
The SW-200 - is that a ball/tilt switch? Would that indicate a device that requires to have functionality in different physical positions ie horizontal/vertical?

 

[davenn]

Bump. Anyone? Still trying to identify this thing.

you have only shown a portion of the board ... doesnt really help anyone help you

how much bigger is the board ?

The SW-200 - is that a ball/tilt switch?

what is written on the other side ?

 

[jayad]

Hi Davenn
What do you mean how much bigger is the board? That is the board. It is not any bigger. That is the entire setup I found and took a front and back picture.

Did you mean what is written on the other side the standard SW-200 ball tilt switch? I already discarded the whole item. I am trying to figure out what the entire setup is, and was hoping that there were some experts here who can take a glance at the setup and the combination of components, take a guess and tell me what it is.

you have only shown a portion of the board ... doesnt really help anyone help you

how much bigger is the board ?



what is written on the other side ?

I do not have the item any more.

 

[73's de Edd]

I do not have the item any more.

GRRRRRRRRRRRR . . . . .RRRRRRRRRR . . . . . . RRRRRRRR !!!!!!
WHASSAMATTAH YOU !
Any intelligent person or packaratama extremus . . .would have kept that unit for its discrete parts !

BOARDS FIRST SIDE

On photo 1, the presence of X1 looks as being a 32,768 kc or ? freq crystal . . . . so it should be associated with some degree of sophisticated associative circuitry . . .eg . . . .a microchip on the board and the only space available seems to be in the area under the yellow wrapped battery / cell.

Expected microchip being used . . . . with black epoxy conformal coating . . . .Chip On Board



On other parts,the white D1 is suggestive of a diode set but only being on one board side and not resembling the casing used on any that I have ever seen.
The gray cased YUSAN R1 SW-200 R1 certainly looks too large to be a resistor associated with circuitry powered with that pip squeak cells capability.
NOTE that the one lead visible, of its two, is being . . . .GOLD FLASHED.
I have seen that done on reed switches . . . . . also, this doesn't resemble a ball switch . . as .suggested by others, with it having separate axial leads . . .instead of using radial leads, mounted on only one end.
Also, it seems that half of it is resting down in a channel in a WHITE plastic block . . .I wanted more info on that !
The only other info is the BT1 . . . .which is BaTtery 1 . . .part designation .

THE BOARDS OTHER SIDE . . . .

Looks like this products development time was back in 11-13-2006.
Looking at that WHITE plastic block, is it loose fitting enough to slide up and down the GRAY YUSHIN portion, and is there a rod / bar magnet molded within the white block ?
Just above the marked T7-T6-T9 test points seems to be an exposed push button switch, excluding its very top contact disc. One outer ring and a concentric inner ring and then ? ? ? for the treatment of the innermost rectangular area and 3 contact(s).

Then there is only the cell and its tri -pin peripheral solder pins and the single other battery contact solder pin near T5.
Looks like final insulative / protective black epoxy blobs were placed on all 4 pins after soldered in.
Pulling the cell by de soldering those 4 pins would be in order to be able to see what is mounted under the battery /cell.
BUT . . . .only 6 cross board inter-connective vias are being seen, and with use of QUITE hefty traces and which is NOT conducive to being C.O.B. connections (small / fine ).
And finally there is all of the white contamination on part of the board, and I'm not immediately blaming the SPACED APART cell for all of that leakage .

NOW I DONES GONNA TELLS YOU . . . .
Most LIKELY . . . .
This could have even been a mini flashlight, for finding keyholes at night with its missing lamp / LED connected at the T9 area, using the press or slide activated reed switch as mentioned.
Any other application would qualify use of a replaceable or rechargeable battery with timely exchange.
This unit . . . . a light that gets infrequent 15 second uses . . . .ergo one shot battery . . . . throw away unit . . . .99 cent store.
( Excluding . . . . .WHY the mounted X1 ? ? ? ? ? xtal. )

WHAT SAY YE ?

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaasit . . .


73's de Edd . . . . .

 

[jayad]

I know. I should have kept the darn thing.
Question:
-why would a throwaway flashlight need a ball/tilt switch to open/close the circuit when the unit is tilted in different directions?
-the crystal and the tilt switch combo - does this suggest some type of a transmitting or receiving unit like a cheap remote?

Is this the same switch on the picture? https://www.made-in-china.com/showr...EHPkm/China-Roll-Ball-Switches-SW-200R1-.html

I do not have the item any more.

GRRRRRRRRRRRR . . . . .RRRRRRRRRR . . . . . . RRRRRRRR !!!!!!
WHASSAMATTAH YOU !
Any intelligent person or packaratama extremus . . .would have kept that unit for its discrete parts !

BOARDS FIRST SIDE

On photo 1, the presence of X1 looks as being a 32,768 kc or ? freq crystal . . . . so it should be associated with some degree of sophisticated associative circuitry . . .eg . . . .a microchip on the board and the only space available seems to be in the area under the yellow wrapped battery / cell.

Expected microchip being used . . . . with black epoxy conformal coating . . . .Chip On Board

View attachment 55104

On other parts,the white D1 is suggestive of a diode set but only being on one board side and not resembling the casing used on any that I have ever seen.
The gray cased YUSAN R1 SW-200 R1 certainly looks too large to be a resistor associated with circuitry powered with that pip squeak cells capability.
NOTE that the one lead visible, of its two, is being . . . .GOLD FLASHED.
I have seen that done on reed switches . . . . . also, this doesn't resemble a ball switch . . as .suggested by others, with it having separate axial leads . . .instead of using radial leads, mounted on only one end.
Also, it seems that half of it is resting down in a channel in a WHITE plastic block . . .I wanted more info on that !
The only other info is the BT1 . . . .which is BaTtery 1 . . .part designation .

THE BOARDS OTHER SIDE . . . .

Looks like this products development time was back in 11-13-2006.
Looking at that WHITE plastic block, is it loose fitting enough to slide up and down the GRAY YUSHIN portion, and is there a rod / bar magnet molded within the white block ?
Just above the marked T7-T6-T9 test points seems to be an exposed push button switch, excluding its very top contact disc. One outer ring and a concentric inner ring and then ? ? ? for the treatment of the innermost rectangular area and 3 contact(s).

Then there is only the cell and its tri -pin peripheral solder pins and the single other battery contact solder pin near T5.
Looks like final insulative / protective black epoxy blobs were placed on all 4 pins after soldered in.
Pulling the cell by de soldering those 4 pins would be in order to be able to see what is mounted under the battery /cell.
BUT . . . .only 6 cross board inter-connective vias are being seen, and with use of QUITE hefty traces and which is NOT conducive to being C.O.B. connections (small / fine ).
And finally there is all of the white contamination on part of the board, and I'm not immediately blaming the SPACED APART cell for all of that leakage .

NOW I DONES GONNA TELLS YOU . . . .
Most LIKELY . . . .
This could have even been a mini flashlight, for finding keyholes at night with its missing lamp / LED connected at the T9 area, using the press or slide activated reed switch as mentioned.
Any other application would qualify use of a replaceable or rechargeable battery with timely exchange.
This unit . . . . a light that gets infrequent 15 second uses . . . .ergo one shot battery . . . . throw away unit . . . .99 cent store.
( Excluding . . . . .WHY the mounted X1 ? ? ? ? ? xtal. )

WHAT SAY YE ?

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaasit . . .


73's de Edd . . . . .

 

[73's de Edd]

Indeed . . . .that does seem to be a ball switch . . . WITH AXIAL LEADS .
But I don' t see the surrounding amount and types of electronics to fulfill construction of the transmit aspects. related to that sole X1 crystal.
Will think some more on the units aspects . . . .

 

[kellys_eye]

The device in the centre of the push switch contact pads looks to be an LED - potentially bi/multi coloured. If that's the case then the CoB was used to change its colour at each key press, illuminating through an opaque push button pad.

Crystals are normally a requirement for controls that develop timing components such as remote controls so it may have been a door opener (red/green button) or something relatively simple. I can't see where any IR emitter is (or was) attached though.