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From: michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle)
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:16:23 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Pressure Sensors
there is something like that in one of the radio shack "electronics note books"
jester96beam@iname.com wrote:
> I have a friend who once made one for a school project in grade 7. You can do it with a peice of that conducting foam that ICs some times come in. Put two wires in on top of the other a few millimetres away, and you have a variable resistor which changes as the wires come closer together. I'm pretty sure this is how he did it, and I know it worked.
>
> You could cover the bottom of the foot with the foam, and insert the wires where you need the sensors.
>
> Chris
>
> ---- you wrote:
> > Hi, I was just looking around for pressure sensors to use on my biped
> > walker. The first place I looked was Jameco and I found one that looked
> > good. I thought to myself "I'll get on the net and order 8 of them". That's
> > when I looked at the price and noticed that they were $10 each. No way I
> > could spend that much money. I then checked DigiKey. Prices there range from
> > $13 to $150. Ouch! I then checked that web site that Evaristo posted but I
> > couldn't find any prices on their site. Anyone know of a cheap source for
> > pressure sensors? Thanks
> >
> > Laterz
> >
> > --------
> > There is only one true "SyNeT"
> > BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
> >
> > The software said Windows95 or better, so I got a Mac!
> >
>
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