[sdiy] Looking for ribbon controllers

[Paul Perry]

I don't think so.
I suspect it belongs to the class of force sensors that have 
a field of tiny deformable conductive points. These widen under pressure, 
increasing contact area & hence reducing resistance.

It would be possible to combine a conductive strip with
printed contact technology to give  position strip, but I can't
think of an existing product at the moment.

For standard pressure sensing situations, I think QTC might be 
the best: http://www.peratech.co.uk/sensors.htm
available from Maplins, of all places.

paul perry melbourne australia

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  Maby it's actually possible to DIY too. It seems that it's only a couple of 
  carefully connected strain gauges.. Has anyone done such a thing?
   
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