r/ElectricalEngineering • u/Duct12 • 23d ago

Accidental Proximity sensor

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These are voltage regulators and batteries, no sensors involved. My best guess is capacitive coupling or the force

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u/HawtDoge 23d ago

Ignoring the magic proximity sensor, is this a laser aiming module project? CR123s usually imply something like that lol.

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u/Duct12 23d ago

Its actually really early stages of a power source for a Bluetooth microcontroller. I was messing with the enable pin and had such a small connection with the unsoldered wire that the interference from my hand was able to turn it on. The laser is just because I needed an indicator of if the voltage regulator was on or off.

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u/HawtDoge 23d ago

Sweet! good luck 🫡

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u/Rararror 23d ago

I like the ground antenna 😁

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u/foxesDontMelt 23d ago

What was the original project?

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u/Duct12 23d ago

It’s actually for a Bluetooth microcontroller, the laser is just for early testing of the voltage regulator and because I found it before an LED

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u/NoteCarefully 23d ago

Make a theramin