[simpits-tech] Hall effect sensor question

[Roy Coates]

On 20 October 2012 23:41, <dabigboy at cox.net> wrote:

> That's encouraging! What I'm really wondering is if I can actually get
> usable readings if I rotate magnets in a complete 360* circle around the
> sensor? So you tried exactly this and it worked?
>

I'm sure I did.  I also used an analogue meter so that I could better see
how it what reacting.

I'll have some students doing some setup work with these over the next week
or two - if you're not in a desperate hurry I can post their results for
you.



>
> The great thing about these sensors is they are tiny, weigh practically
> nothing, and could measure position of something without introducing any
> mechanical load or requiring intrusive mechanical interfacing with the
> thing being measured.
>

That's exactly the reason we're using them.

Roy.
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