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28th Dec 2019, 4:12 pm | #1 |
Pentode
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Cardigan, Ceredigion, UK.
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What's this?
Hi, I'm hoping the collective knowledge of this forum can help in identifying a component I've had for a couple of years. It's shown in the attached photos. It measures 0.2 inches square by 0.1 inch high. It is not a push button, the metal disk is attractive to a magnet, probing it with a testmeter reveals 'diodey' characteristics, as shown. It has been suggested it may be a Hall effect device but passing a current between various pins while waving a magnet around it has shown nothing. Has anyone seen anything like it and if so where?
John. |
28th Dec 2019, 4:38 pm | #2 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK.
Posts: 2,814
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Re: What's this?
It does look very much like a hall effect sensor, there are 2 similar looking ones in some of my direct drive turntables, just without the metal disc.
Regards, Lloyd |
28th Dec 2019, 5:39 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Derby, UK.
Posts: 7,735
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Re: What's this?
Hall effect sensor was my first thought, too.
If it's the type I'm thnking of, there will be two pins for power supply and ground, and two differential outputs which should be at equal voltages with no applied magnetic field. If it is working, one output will go up and the other will go down if you bring the North pole of a magnet near it; they will change in the opposite way with the South pole of a magnet. It's probably not surprising that a resistance meter doesn't show much happening, as the DC-coupled output stage will not be properly biased unless the IC has the correct power supply.
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29th Dec 2019, 12:14 am | #4 |
Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tintinara, South Australia, Australia
Posts: 2,324
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Re: What's this?
One of my VRT substitute books shows that shape for a transistor and or diode as well.
I will need some time to go through the book to try and pin down some numbers as it shows as 'Fig 42' in the connections data. |