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Message #13431
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Jeffrey D Spears jspears@engin.umich.edu
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:37:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Solar powered pendulumn project
That would certainly work! Although their may be some method to detect
position that requires less current--that 10 to 20ma might be best
applied to the propulsion. I understand reed switches are surprisingly
reliable and have very low resistance contacts.
What say you?
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Jean auBois wrote:
>
> 1) Using a photointerrupter (LED/photodiode pair) to control the current
> dumping trigger circuit.
Jeffrey D. Spears
University of Michigan
College of Engineering
``Double-E, can't spell gEEk without it!''
-Captain Gerald M. Bloomfield II, USMC
(my brother)
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