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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't think so.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suspect it belongs to the class of force sensors
that have </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a field of tiny deformable conductive points. These
widen under pressure, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>increasing contact area & hence reducing
resistance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would be possible to combine a conductive strip
with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>printed contact technology to give position
strip, but I can't</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>think of an existing product at the
moment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For standard pressure sensing situations, I think
QTC might be </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the best: <A
href="http://www.peratech.co.uk/sensors.htm">http://www.peratech.co.uk/sensors.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>available from Maplins, of all places.</FONT></DIV>
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