Today's find wasn't at the usual pound shop, a little more expensive, but MIB condition from a charity shop ...
Searched high and low for details as to what chip was in it and got nowhere so decided to pay-up and take a screwdriver to it ...
* Kionix KXPA4 3-axis accelerometer
* COB 'black blob' controller
* "JESS ML J2.4GMOC" transceiver
* USB Dongle is break-apart, glue back together, no screws
* "JESS J2.4GMOAX" transceiver
* Appears as a HID compliant game controller with USB dongle plugged in
* Includes 2xAAA batteries so easy to test it's working via Control Panel
Datasheets for KXPA4 are easy enough to find; 3 Analogue outputs ( seems to be wired that way ) or 1 Analogue and multiplex select. It's a DFN package so tiddly but should be easy enough to take flying leads off the board. The COB has contact pads on all its connection lines.
http://www.kionix.com/accelerometers/accelerometer-KXPA4.html
No information on the wireless parts, apart from also used in the 'Rockband Wireless Guitar" and dongle, and a good guess is 2.4GHz. There are other "realplay" games and each dongle apparently pairs with a specific game controller. I guess it's a transceiver as the 'golf club' LED flashes when out of range, on when in range. Range is around 4 metres.
You also get a free blue CD case, a CD 'coaster' and some landfill packaging
All I've got do now is figure out something to do with it !
Searched high and low for details as to what chip was in it and got nowhere so decided to pay-up and take a screwdriver to it ...
* Kionix KXPA4 3-axis accelerometer
* COB 'black blob' controller
* "JESS ML J2.4GMOC" transceiver
* USB Dongle is break-apart, glue back together, no screws
* "JESS J2.4GMOAX" transceiver
* Appears as a HID compliant game controller with USB dongle plugged in
* Includes 2xAAA batteries so easy to test it's working via Control Panel
Datasheets for KXPA4 are easy enough to find; 3 Analogue outputs ( seems to be wired that way ) or 1 Analogue and multiplex select. It's a DFN package so tiddly but should be easy enough to take flying leads off the board. The COB has contact pads on all its connection lines.
http://www.kionix.com/accelerometers/accelerometer-KXPA4.html
No information on the wireless parts, apart from also used in the 'Rockband Wireless Guitar" and dongle, and a good guess is 2.4GHz. There are other "realplay" games and each dongle apparently pairs with a specific game controller. I guess it's a transceiver as the 'golf club' LED flashes when out of range, on when in range. Range is around 4 metres.
You also get a free blue CD case, a CD 'coaster' and some landfill packaging
All I've got do now is figure out something to do with it !
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