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A teardown? A do-I-dare down?

Fred27
Fred27 over 2 years ago

So I might have the opportunity to do an interesting teardown....

My wife had a capsule endoscopy yesterday. (Don't worry - she's already ruled out any scary prognosis.) This involves swallowing a tiny pill camera and taking a video of its journey. She spent the day wearing a belt that looks like it has an antenna array for receiving a video signal - and potentially for powering the device NFC-style too. I couldn't do too much other than take a photo of that as it's equipment that has to be returned and she'd be instructed not to disconnect or fiddle with it. (Medical stuff is always really expensive too.)

However, apparently the camera itself is "to be flushed away". Quite apart from the e-waste going down the drain, this seems like something interesting and disposable that warrants a teardown.

The questions is - should I? As you can imagine, the retrieval of the device might not be the most pleasant process! My wife said if it doesn't look too grim then she'll let me know. It may depend on whether she's at home when it reappears I suppose.

Any thoughts?

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  • Fred27
    0 Fred27 over 2 years ago

    Teardown target acquired.

    Pill camera

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    0 colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to Fred27

    That would take a bit to swallow. It would be of little use without a light source. What was travel time?

    So, when can we expect the home video?

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    0 Fred27 over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur

    The transparent end has a lens for the camera and a ring of LEDs. The LEDs flash as it takes a photo at intervals.

    You won't be seeing the "home video" as that's strictly for my wife and here enterologist to discuss!

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    0 dang74 over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur

    LOL, earlier today I was reading the datasheet for an old Philips CRT... its just shy of 3 inches at its widest part and is 10 inches long.  A little hard to swallow but at least we could read the results off of its display.  Wink 

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    0 colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to Fred27

    Facilitating. I wonder is the vacuum tube version for old folks like me. Outputs paper tape reader punch. Match the technology to the age bracket:)

    I do hope the results are benign or provide valuable insight. That was not a pun intended.

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    0 colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to Fred27

    Facilitating. I wonder is the vacuum tube version for old folks like me. Outputs paper tape reader punch. Match the technology to the age bracket:)

    I do hope the results are benign or provide valuable insight. That was not a pun intended.

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    0 dang74 over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur

    LOL, earlier today I was reading the datasheet for an old Philips CRT... its just shy of 3 inches at its widest part and is 10 inches long.  A little hard to swallow but at least we could read the results off of its display.  Wink 

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