[sdiy] Peratech force sensors (was Wireless World Chatterbox pdfs?)

[Amos]

Drat!  Perhaps they should have done more marketing / explanation of
their product to industry... I'm honestly surprised that they didn't
see more success in replacing expensive/elaborate mechanisms with
their own simple solution... I thought of any number of good
applications, provided the QTC substance behaves as advertised.  Shame
they're not still in production, if true. :-(

In fact there's still one application for which I shouldn't lose the
opportunity to experiment with QTC... if I can't find any still in
stock with mouser/digikey/whoever's their US supplier, I may have to
try Farnell or Maplin... do they sell internationally/to USA?

On 2/16/07, Oakley Sound <tonyallgood at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I contacted Peratech some years ago after they were featured on our
> local TV news. I sent them an e-mail and they replied very quickly. They
> told me at the time they were not interested in selling their sensors to
> individual companies, but were available to design and manufacture whole
> and complete products to my specifications. At a price that was out of
> my league.
>
> A couple of years later I then see the actual QTC devices in Maplin
> selling at quite a reasonable price. My interest was piqued, but not
> sufficiently enough to spend any more time developing my original idea.
>
> Peratech's website seems to still indicate that they are still producing
> parts for Farnell and Maplin. But perhaps, Peratech found that market
> not worthwhile to continue. They ought to update their website though.
>
> Tony
>
> www.oakleysound.com
>