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| NiN^_^NiN:
I wouldnt worry about the HDD it can take alot of punishment :p i use a standard desktop 3.5" hdd in my car everyday for my carpc and people use it for there carpc's whent he 4WD so a lil hit from the side of a cab will wreck a harddrive then you got screwed over ;D |
| www:
--- Quote from: NiN^_^NiN on November 23, 2005, 01:18:40 am ---I wouldnt worry about the HDD it can take alot of punishment :p i use a standard desktop 3.5" hdd in my car everyday for my carpc and people use it for there carpc's whent he 4WD so a lil hit from the side of a cab will wreck a harddrive then you got screwed over ;D --- End quote --- I am presuming this is a joke post ? If so please forgive me for not understanding it. I have probably made a mistake, but I interpreted this thread to be about bump detection for a PINBALL simulator. Have I missed the point somewhere? |
| mahuti:
Read from the top. Someone mentions fragging an HD by bumping the machine. The above note attempts to refute that. And so far your idea holds the most merit in my mind. |
| Bumblebounces:
--- Quote from: www on November 23, 2005, 01:14:25 am ---The difference with my idea is that it is not a tilt switch but is a bump detector. If you use a traditional tilt switch you will get lots of false bumps while the mechanism is swinging. With my idea the ball will always center in the hole and false triggering will be minimised. Can you can see the difference ? --- End quote --- That's why I said you would have to dampen the plumb movement so it doesn't swing too freely. I also said it would likely take a lot of time and patience to adjust for any satisfactory result (maybe not in those exact words). Your idea has merit as well. Just trying to give another angle to see things from. People in this forum tend to like to tinker with things (myself included) so I thought if anyone might want to take a crack at this, it's cheap and it might actually work. I abandoned the idea of building pinball emulation into my cab so I will probably never attempt this. I would actually be curious to see if it would work. |
| Jess--:
you could employ a trick used on some car alarms. that is you us a spring through a metal tube (both soldered down to the board) any slow movement does not trigger the sensor but fast movement causes the spring to flex and connect with the tube. they are good at centering after being triggered and can be mounted at almost any angle |
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