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Hi, with no particular reason (YET) I'm trying to build a sensor that is able to find out the direction of rotation of a given shaft without adding significant load to it. It must use ONLY ONE touch sensor and ONLY RIS basic set parts. My initial (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Direction of rotation sensor.
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(...) Here's a thought: A rubber band around the axle to check and a pulley with a peg in it. In one direction, the pulley/peg run into the touch sensor and the band then starts slipping on the axle (hopefully geared down enough to sufficiently push (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi , (...) Using this idea, a quick and much simpler design than my first one works better. :) I have to work on it because I want the sensor to be really "sensible" to changes in direction but I think this is a nice an simple path to follow. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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