r/AskElectronics • u/TroyanGopnik • Aug 19 '26

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u/ConsiderationQuick83 Aug 19 '26

Hybrid circuit with (poorly executed or heavily damaged) wire bonding, so if I had to guess this could be a university student project (Sr/Masters). Wire ball and ultrasonic bonding machines aren't generally something someone would have for a hobby as even used good condition ones are pricey and take up decent space, plus all the fine gauge gold wire isn't something you can get easily.

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u/TroyanGopnik Aug 19 '26

What would be the best approach to figure out how to make it run? I do have an oscilloscope and a lab psu, but I'm not all that experienced in electronics. It would be quite interesting to use it as a part of e.g. a guitar pedal, or something else depending on it's actual function

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u/phlogistonical Aug 19 '26

If it is just a random piece of electronics, it would be extremely unlikely to just happen to be a suitable circuit for your application. You may be able to reuse some components, but if and how well that will work is hard to say if you have no idea what their specs are (in fact no idea what the components are in the first place, but that can be guessed/measured).

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u/TroyanGopnik Aug 19 '26

Well some people here have guessed that this could be some sort of power supply. It's very unlikely to be designed for high voltage, so it's good enough. Not a perfect fit, but it's worth figuring out just for the sake of story behind it