I don't think the strange oscillator is part of the Rb board.
I have a full board from a purchase a number of years back. There are no gold fingers; it has a big square multi-pin connector. The board is 20 inches long and has only a few interfacing chips on it and a LED. I'd say the board is cut just as the most expedient way to get something small enough to practically ship and store.
About 2/3 of the board had heavy plating on both sides as a heatsink, so that was one of the functions it performed.
On 12/14/2011 12:24 PM, paul swed wrote:
Sure its one seller or his family. Notice the stratum of pricing and such. What they are saving is the effort to remove the useless oscillator. Most likely they get the board cut off already. Or could it be? The boards cut that way because the gold fingers were pulled off for recovery. Its all about min effort for max reward. Margin I think.
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