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  Re: Multiplexing 4 touch sensors on an RCX input port
 
(...) Good analysis. Series can work quite well as long as you know that the touch sensors are touched mutually exclusively, but you are right parallel doesn't work well. I remember trying to come up with good resistance values to do parallel, and (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: Multiplexing 4 touch sensors on an RCX input port
 
I have done work in this area. I chose to solve the problem to permit 4 touch sensors to be pressed in any arbitrary combination with high probability of getting the answer right :) A simple R, 2R, 4R, 8R scheme will do. I chose R = 40.2K. This is (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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