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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message
news:GxCEMC.Ayo@lugnet.com...
> Hi Jürgen,
>
> I had looked at that thread a while ago for ideas, but skipped a lot of • the
> suggestions because they involved sensors or complex-seeming technic
> assemblies. Looking through it again, I find that my switch is *very*
> similar to Carlo Ottolina's (sp?),
Hey! That's me!...
> except for the touch sensor. I wanted to
> avoid anything expensive like touch sensors or RCX bricks because we • (NALUG)
> have 23 switches on our layout this year, and 23 is a lot of expensive
> sensors! (and 8 is a lot of expensive RCX bricks, too...)
Mario Ferrari built a sensorless version of my switch that worked well
enough.
I had to use the sensors, since my two switchs went into an "hump yard"
that could make a big *crunch* if one of them was in the wrong position...
--
Cheers
Carlo
LugNet #24
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