solinoids

[cyborg0 at GlobalEyes.net]

from what I have seen, it _seems_ that the muscle wire wouldnt be able to
contract quickly enough for certain applications, although nitinol would be
neat to be able to use..BTW, doesnt that stuff need a pretty high dc pulsed
voltage to contract?
rob

KA4HJH wrote:

> >does anyone know of a source for small solinoids (about the size needed
> >to actuate keys on a sk-1 :)???
>
> Have you thought of using "muscle wire" (shape memory alloy)?
>
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"