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GGG inductive stick
freckleface:
Thanks Robo. That's the kind of info I'm lookin for...though I will check out those others, hb, thanks.
u_rebelscum:
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--- Quote from: freckleface on February 16, 2007, 06:20:47 pm ---Is this stick a hall-effect stick?
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Yes
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Technically, no. "Hall Effect" sensors work differently than "inductive" sensors. The "inductive joystick" uses the latter. However, the are very similar in that they use magnets and how they effect the flow of electricity.
FWIW, hall effect is based on that more electrons go to one side or the other of a conductive plate, perpendicular to the flow of electricity, depending of the strength and direction of a magnetic field perpendicular to the plate (IOW, imagine a plate on the screen with the current flowing from top to bottom, electrons turn left or right if there's a magnetic field going into the screen). Inductive sensors work on that a magnetic material effects an oscillating current (IOW, the sensor creates its own magnetic field with a oscillating current, and measures any interaction with any external magnetic material).
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on February 19, 2007, 06:22:10 am ---FWIW, hall effect is based on that more electrons go to one side or the other of a conductive plate, perpendicular to the flow of electricity, depending of the strength and direction of a magnetic field perpendicular to the plate (IOW, imagine a plate on the screen with the current flowing from top to bottom, electrons turn left or right if there's a magnetic field going into the screen). Inductive sensors work on that a magnetic material effects an oscillating current (IOW, the sensor creates its own magnetic field with a oscillating current, and measures any interaction with any external magnetic material).
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Net Result: Exactly the same as far as the end user is concerned.... Which is why I didn't bother typing anything but :Yes! to the question. But thanks for the encyclopedia definition anyway.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
freckleface:
Well, thank you both. Sounds like they approach from opposite ends, electro-magnetism being what it is.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 19, 2007, 08:03:38 am ---Net Result: Exactly the same as far as the end user is concerned.... Which is why I didn't bother typing anything but :Yes! to the question.
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Err, if we're talking "net result ... to the end user":
Hall effect sticks (AFA the ones in the arcade) are analog, while the inductive (& optical perfect360) sticks are digital (8/4-way). This makes the net result to the end user very different between hall effect & inductive sticks. OTOH, the net results to user between inductive & optical are the same. Would you answer 'yes' to "Does inductive = optical?", or "Blu-Ray = HD-DVD", or "microswitch = leafswitch"? ;)
IOW, the short answer is "No".
--- Quote ---But thanks for the encyclopedia definition anyway.
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Come on, wikipedia, man! ;D (Inductive, Hall Effect)
--- Quote from: freckleface on February 19, 2007, 06:21:31 pm ---...Sounds like they approach from opposite ends, electro-magnetism being what it is.
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Close enough, but highly simplified.