A Cool Sensor Site

Migs

Friends:

A very cool site with sensors I never knew existed. One more for the bag of tricks:-Migs

http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/index.php/cPath/24

Enjoy!

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Zoot

There's some cool stuff there, (the VR gloves, fr'instance) but the prices are *outrageous* -- for example, their distance sensor is a long-distance Sharp IR ranger that I can pick up for about $20. They're charging $86 and all it has is a 3pin header on the cable (don't be fooled by the midi value chart -- the device needs to plugged into their "digitizer" which I'm guessing is an ADC->Midi converter).

Under actuators, they have an LED with a resistor on a 2-pin cable for $39. What a deal! Or how about this for nearly $101 -- infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/38 -- sure looks like a Parallax (or similar) PIR module that's got heat shrink on it. This sells at Radio Shack for < $10.

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Post Edited (Zoot) : 2/3/2008 3:26:28 PM GMT

Migs

Hi Zoot:

Yeah, I know the prices are steep, but if you are like me its fun to go and have a look and see what's out there... Do you have some links of interest that have become your go-to places?-migs

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"Sometimes we forget that the world itself is paradise." Douglas Coupland, 'Microserfs'
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite" - William Blake
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda
"One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer. " G. E. Lessing
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remembered for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all.” Harry Truman
My website: www.intoku.net my e-mail:mreznicek@pretensa.com me:Miguel Reznicek

Zoot

I like inexpensive: bgmicro.com. And sparkfun.com of course.

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crgwbr

Wow; VR gloves are neat, but not $350 per glove neat. lol

Craig

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