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Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Monte

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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:51:23 -0800 (PST), Lord Buckeye
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Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Monte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M


I would guess a bird caller or ultrasonic mosquito repeller.


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Lord Buckeye wrote:

Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Monte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M


Duno, it sounds chirpy. :-)

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Lord Buckeye wrote:
Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Monte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M


Seem to remember from a few years ago now, in some of the "101 Easy
Electronic Projects" flavoured magazines, a project that used a
photovoltaic cell (photo resistor??) to trigger an audio synth chip; the
rate at which it chirped depended on how much light was shining on it
(or something like that).



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