It was only after I got the first Autobot "deformable" lamp that I discovered there was a version with a microwave doppler detector built in. Obviously I had to get one, and it's got a very different internal arrangement. It's not just the addition of a detector.
The "LED" on the detector is actually a light sensor which is shielded from light inside the case.
The sensor chip does appear to be a PIR chip, but didn't yield much data in a quick search.
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16 thoughts on “Second autobot lamp with radar sensor.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jussi Kuusela says:

    Some 30 years back I toyed around with an old Philips PC that had a game named Autobots. Likely just a coincidence

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Frank Barone says:

    I like the way it has fins on it like SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket for reentry steering.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daryl Cheshire says:

    I just bought the clamp meter, it seems the E variant as shown has slightly tighter specs and the most expensive compared to the A variant which is half price.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen Philp says:

    Thermal compound for wankers, heatsink compound for real people!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BEARicade ! says:

    BigClive..Can we "see" Doppler sensors….No? then how?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Davadoff says:

    I thought bigclive used an iPad to record videos… He mentions a “Lenovo phone”. Is that what he’s been using to record videos now?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sheraaz Essak says:

    If I wanted to power the leds from this unit, what type of power supply could i use?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andrew schaefer says:

    why is there an autobot symbol on it????

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars b0rd3n says:

    doesnt the heatsinks look the the transformer logo? Maybe thats why they call it autobot…

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Scott Levine says:

    I love these dang videos…

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars AMERICANREBEL ! says:

    🍻🍻😎

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Professor Fartsalot says:

    I second the possibility of there being a dirty USB power supply running your phone, I've crashed my phone since it froze from a noisy USB supply and it automatically rebooted itself. Try a TCL A502DL with Open Camera. You will be pleased.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DAVID GREGORY KERR says:

    That is why I will never touch an ANDROID device with a barge pole and stick with my IOS powered iPhone 7SE.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars CStrainer says:

    You really do sounds like nicolas cage

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chaplain Dave Sparks says:

    This chip is an 8675309. Let me Google that … 😄

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chaplain Dave Sparks says:

    I'm curious about something: Does a Class Y capacitor limit leakage current enough that it won't trip the Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (or whatever the UK term is for it)?

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