Industrial Design Fakeout
Posted: April 5th, 2011 | Author: saldarji | Filed under: litl, technology | Tags: function, industrial design, Zigbee | 2 Comments »
One of my coworkers, Peter Teichman, pointed out this interesting industrial design choice. He was disassembling a Zigbee-based home control unit when he noticed something odd.
Zigbee devices have tranceivers so that they can be (mesh) networked. This unit has an antenna on it, but it is smaller than a postage stamp and inside the unit. The plastic antenna is empty and serves no function.
Either there was a component change after the plastics were ordered or they added it to look more radio-like. Either way, this is pretty funny!
Care to name the manufacturer?
The manufacturer of the device is Eaton. Here is a link to the system that was disassembled.