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Skannerz Commander technical information

The manual of the Skannerz can be downloaded from here. Pictures of the Skannerz PCB for back side is here and for front side >here.

Please note that not much of is known about Skannerz Commander and research is still in progress. It seems that Commander is mostly a same kind of device as the original Skannerz so much of the technical details are same.

Files

• Manual of the Commander
• Photo of the Commander PCB back
• Photo of the Skannerz PCB front

Power

Skannerz has a voltage requirement of 4.5 V. Device uses a three 1.5 V batteries (AAA/LR03) connected in series. Without power Skannerz will lose contents of its memory in 30 seconds.

Display

Skannerz has a monocrome LCD display with a resolution of 32x30 pixels. Bottom of the screen is also capable of displaying simple icons with (monster class, KO and poison status). It is unknown what protocol is used to communicate with the display.

Skannerz has a custom bitmap font with a variable character size up to 6x5 pixels.

Second differently styled more higher resolution font is also used to display monster names.

Speaker

Scannerz has a mono speaker capable of outputing simple sound effects and digitized sound. The speaker is 27 mm in diameter and has specification of 8 Ω 0.25 W.

MCU

Skannerz uses a unknown type of MCU that is covered with a epoxy blob on the main PCB under the display.

Input

Skannerz has eight buttons: up, down, left, right, A, B, PAN and Reset.

Barcode scanner

Skannerz also has a scanning unit that uses a pen type scanning mechanism that uses red leds and magnification lens. Scanning unit is on a separate PCB inside the case.

Miscellaneous

Every Skannerz has an engraved number on the battery cover. Numbers are not unique. It is unknown what is the purpose of these numbers.