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Motion detecting switches...
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Here is an bump idea so simple you may wonder why it hadnt been thought of earlier :)
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mahuti:
:)
Bumblebounces:
I thought about using one of these
http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/pinball/95032800.htm
The idea being using the plumb as the common and then bending thick copper wires (12 GA solid conductors, 3 of them) around the hoop and connecting them to the inputs for nudge right, left and middle. Of course you'd have to isolate them somehow (hey, I haven't actually attempted this yet, it's just and idea :) ).
It might take some fiddling with and you would probably have to dampen the plumb movement a bit so it doesn't swing too freely but I think it could work (and it's only about 10 bucks).
Bumble
mahuti:
If you cut the bottom harness up a bit, you could easily turn that into 3 switches...
www:
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 ?
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