Pager Dissection
Heres the Panasonic pager with 2 motors to show what you'll get
remove this small allen screw
open battery door and twist to remove
heres the case split and boards removed. they are joined together with a plug in header
heres a closeup of the 2 boards
the boards split. here you can see the back of the electroluminescent display.
and the motor switch and small LED
on upper board
a close up of the motor, switch and LED
backside of board.
you can pry open the motor mount and desolder at the yellow arrows and gently
remove motor (leads are fragile) or use a
torch and desolder at red and yellow arrows and unit will fall out
Heres the motor with weight removed and leads soldered on.
the leads are not much more than foil. in order to solder leads on I tin the
pretrimmed wires and apply heat to
the wire and touch that to the lead and the solder should flow. repeat with
second lead and hot glue so as to protect the leads
from bending back and forth. remember patience