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Hey guys,

 

I have an old version of the Rover Spytank, actually the first model that they released. I was looking to take it apart to see how it worked ( range is sooo small) so i started with a panel that said reset on it with a button to reset it. I thought that was mysterious because why would anyone ever need to reset this? Then i unscrewed it AND THERE WAS A 3 PIN INPUT on it! Does anyone have any ideas what this might be for? Also if i could somehow extend the range on this (it connects to my smartphone/computer (computer using android VM) and transmitts video/audio via wifi. Also any cool ideas for if i were to take it apart?

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Hey guys,

 

I have an old version of the Rover Spytank, actually the first model that they released. I was looking to take it apart to see how it worked ( range is sooo small) so i started with a panel that said reset on it with a button to reset it. I thought that was mysterious because why would anyone ever need to reset this? Then i unscrewed it AND THERE WAS A 3 PIN INPUT on it! Does anyone have any ideas what this might be for? Also if i could somehow extend the range on this (it connects to my smartphone/computer (computer using android VM) and transmitts video/audio via wifi. Also any cool ideas for if i were to take it apart?

3-Pin as in the ones that look like their for fans? Try plugging a fan to it :D, although the battery may not be powerful enough, who knows

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picture?

 

and no you cant extend the rage on it

its not customizeable, its just a cheap toy

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Can i plug this into a device that reads it?

soumd like some kind of programming port... Any chance you have a DMM handy?

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whats that? btw LOL jk the fan diddnt explode

Digital multimeter; look it up 

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how does one upload an image

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My guess would be testing or something like that even though it would be silly to have a cutout in the plastic (gennerally things are tested before they are put together). I think it might be for programming something, maybe for different places having different regulations concerning frequency bands or something?

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