Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00134
To: "Jesse D." smokin@n-link.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: George Rix rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 99 21:32:23 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Micro-SE
>About 5 years ago I build a Micro-sized FM Bug/transmitter inside of an
>ink pen.. plastic case transistors were too large so I purchased some in
>the original "Metal Can" case. Using an assortment of jewler's tools I
>cut the case off and managed to remove the transistor element from the
>base of the can. VERY thin wires are tack welded onto the chip and it
>takes a delicate hand to connect them to larger wires, i had a success
>rate of about 1 in 5 without breaking the silicon element or the wires.
>I then encased them inside a very small drop of epoxy. Total size of the
>transistors was about .5mm X 1mm so small they look like bits of dirt..
>Using surface mount components the entire circuit comprised of 3
>transistors, a few resistors and capacitors and a small coil was aprox.
>3x4mm and thats 3 times the components of a solar engine.
Wow! Tiny! Can I have one? =3D)
>
> Perhaps I will look into this some more and come out with a line of
>solar engines soo small you wont even be able to see them on a bot..
> Im talking 3x3mm or smaller..
Wow! Cool idea! That'd be wicked!
> I will look into component sources and keep you updated, Would anyone
>be interested in buying these MSE's (Micro Solar Engines) if I were to
>produce them at a nominal cost?
You kiddin'? Of course! I'd take two, especially if I could get them =
in Canada and have the shipping less than $6!
If that's possible, of course.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
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