Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Something I¹ve long wondered about, but haven¹t tried, is using the flat,
black, conductive strip in a disposable anti-static wrist strap as the
resistive element in a ribbon controller. I remember reading years ago that
the stuff has a fair amount of resistance, and is reasonably uniform and
hence has a reasonably linear resistance/length relationship.

I might have one of these things in the corner of a box somewhere... Now
that I've started building a MOTM system I'm unearthing a lot of old
electronics stuff that I set aside years ago.

--Adam
(who is very happy because his first shipment of kits arrived yesterday!)