sbt99
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|  Mystery: Help identifying a power adapter?
I picked up a couple of interesting looking touchpad-looking devices st a garage sale, but neither of them had a power adapter. They look to be Japanese, and the input for power looks like the attached crude drawing (it's only a few mm wide). The back of the device has some english: "battery 7.4v, li-ion" and it says it's
"microsoft windows powered." The front of the device has a shiny "TG" emblem. Looks cool enough to tinker with, if I can get it powered up  Any help would be appreciated. |
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Tursiops_G
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| Is there any other visible identification markings (MFR's Model/Part#), etc.?
If you could post a Pic of both sides of the device, that would be Very helpful... 
-Tursiops_G.
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sbt99
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back | 
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side (power at left) |
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Tursiops_G
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| Could you post a Closeup pic of the label above the Barcode?
That looks suspiciously like an SD Memory Card slot on the Righthand Side...(?) And, if you remove the 2 screws on that Bottom Cover, does it contain a Lithium-Ion battery?
If So, I'm taking a Wild-@$$ed Guess that it might just be an LCD 'Picture Frame'... a Device that displays Photos stored on an SD Card...(?)
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sbt99
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| The only camera I have that has a macro mode is out of batteries at the moment (why am I always a few AA batteries short?)... but I'm certain that it's not a picture frame. That slot is more PCMCIA slot-sized. Yes, there's a 7.4V battery underneath the cover. |
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The "TG" label may be from TG Sambo (who has gone through a variety of TG-variant names in their corporate lifetime), a Korean maker of multimedia playing devices, as well as laptops. And Tursiops_G may have it right... possibly a digital picture frame or some other kind of SIM/SMD driven media player. It's also possible the unit was acquired overseas (or directly from overseas) - hence the Oriental characters on the rear left-side label.
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Tursiops_G
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said by sbt99 :
The only camera I have that has a macro mode is out of batteries at the moment (why am I always a few AA batteries short?)... but I'm certain that it's not a picture frame. That slot is more PCMCIA slot-sized. Yes, there's a 7.4V battery underneath the cover. Oops... It's hard to determine size without something like a Ruler (or even a Coin) visible in the shot for Perspective... 
What are the markings right next to the Power Socket?
Also, Is that an I/O connector that I see at the Bottom of the Front shot?
-Tursiops_G.
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Just open up that thing up and solder up a regular (circular) power jack with 2 pieces of wire, so you can power it from a 7.5V adapter, or an equivalent amount of battery. (5*1.5V or 6*1.2V). The polarity can be determined from the electrolytic caps.
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b10010011
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I can't help with the power adapter but that looks like a Windows CE license sticker on the back above the "Windows Powered" sticker.
I am betting it's a tablet PC...
Is there a slot to store a stylus in? |
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sbt99
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| said by b10010011  :I can't help with the power adapter but that looks like a Windows CE license sticker on the back above the "Windows Powered" sticker. I am betting it's a tablet PC... Is there a slot to store a stylus in? I should have mentioned this... yes, there is. |
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