Wednesday, October 24, 2007

New switches for different movement

Starting adding more switches to the 'hand' device. The tilt switches don't work as well as i would like with the movement of the device, so i might adjust the wheel size to increase the tilting movement of the body, or i have to change the switch. I looked into other types of tilt switches and came across one that uses a few washers, nuts and bolts. The concept works with my circular switch holder/cable tie piece. I just combined two, attached one with two bolts sticking out, stationary on the 'hand' body at the axle. The other disc is on the inside of the oval wheel, with a spring. As the wheel moves forward the disc turns and connects the spring to one of the bolts. When the wheel turns in the opposite direction, the spring connects to the other bolt. The spring disc is friction fitted, not permanent on the wheel, so when the wheel continues to move in one direction the disc stays in position, keeping contact. Tommorrow i will wire it up and see how well it really works.



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