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Article #16506Auto "tow" sensor idea needed
From: Krell Kraver
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:37
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:37
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I need help designing a "tow" sensor to add on to my existing car alarm. The car currently has a shock sensor, but towing the car would not necessarily set it off... it reacts mostly to higher frequencies, like the car body getting hit. I can't use an ordinary tilt sensor either, since if I park on a hill, it won't work! Anybody have any bright ideas? I was thinking of something that would kind of react to a change in tilt. Maybe something that would automatically level out when I parked on a hill, but would trigger at the faster lifting of the vehicle by a tow truck. Or maybe there's a better way of detecting a towing attempt?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.Brown.EDU!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!sdcc13!afong From: afong@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Krell Kraver) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Auto "tow" sensor idea needed Message-ID: <43975@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 24 Jan 93 20:37:33 GMT Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc13.ucsd.edu