Timeline for Is there an electrical component for something between a button and force sensor? [closed]
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| Mar 1, 2018 at 13:54 | history | closed |
brhans Voltage Spike♦ Finbarr PeterJ Lior Bilia |
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 18:59 | answer | added | jsotola | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 9:21 | comment | added | RoyC | Camera and zone sensing software. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 5:02 | comment | added | jsotola | a travel of 3mm can be detected optically with at slot sensor ... the 3mm travel can be magnified with the use of a lever | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 3:31 | answer | added | τεκ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:51 | comment | added | crj11 | It seems that a very similar question was answered here: electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/127560/… and the general consensus was that a capacitance based solution was best. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:37 | answer | added | user57037 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:28 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:24 | comment | added | user57037 | A membrane type of switch might work. Two conductive layers separated by large-pore open cell foam. I worked on a product like that once a long time ago. It was a kid's toy with a mat. The mat had areas where when you stepped it closed the circuit. Not sure of anything off-the-shelf, though. But it was very robust. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 1:49 | comment | added | D.A.S. | This is not a trivial task, What's your budget? Mickey Mouse results? or solid floor that is portable and works. burrillandco.com/s-dance-floor-sensor | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 0:46 | answer | added | user105652 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 0:14 | comment | added | Dave Tweed | "Dome" switches and microswitches operate with the least amount of travel. The key is to not use the switch itself to limit the travel -- you need to provide separate mechanical stops for the floor panel that can take the full weight that will be applied to it. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 0:07 | answer | added | Oldfart | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 0:05 | comment | added | D.A.S. | try gluing a ceramic cap to the middle as a cheap piezo and then using quad OP Amps with signal conditioners to get the best SNR using BPF and envelope detection. Test with a spectrum analyzer. | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 23:55 | comment | added | Transistor | Someone else is looking for something similar. See my answer using guitar stomp-box switches: electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/320259/…. | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 23:50 | comment | added | The Photon | Another thing to search for is a strain gauge, but like the force sensor you'll likely need an external comparator circuit to convert its output to digital (assuming your uC doesn't have enough ADC channels for the number of tiles in your dance floor). | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 23:33 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 24, 2018 at 23:30 | history | asked | Alexander | CC BY-SA 3.0 |