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Henry Casson
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Why not

Speaking from a level of extremely little expertise, it seems to me that the new filament sensor is over engineered. Could not movement be detected by a Hall effect sensor, which could be cheaper.

Retired doc, should have been an engineer.

Posted : 18/03/2019 12:29 am
vintagepc
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Re: Why not

Ermm.. it's hard to get much cheaper/simpler than a photodiode and IR LED... (which is all an optoswitch really is). A hall sensor would be a heck of a lot more finicky to operate and get readings from.

Posted : 18/03/2019 1:25 am
Henry Casson
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Topic starter answered:
Re: Why not

Ok, you know more than me on the subject.

Retired doc, should have been an engineer.

Posted : 18/03/2019 1:55 am
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