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Article #16653Re: Auto "tow" sensor idea needed
From: FWR100
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:05
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:05
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I don't know how well the "turning wheel" method will work. A lot of towing companies use the little wheels that lift yours off the ground (dollies?). None of your wheels turn. If you have a front wheel drive car with the parking brake on, or 4WD, this is the only way they can tow it. Enough picking on other people's suggestions :-) Here's my idea - Have a multi-position tilt sensor. Basically, a pendelum that will touch one of several contacts depending on tilt. Once the system is armed, the alarm will sound if the pendelum changes position. Should be easy to build from some TTL gates - basically just a comparator and a shift register. -Frank
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!fwr100 Organization: Penn State University Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:05:32 EST From: <FWR100@psuvm.psu.edu> Message-ID: <93026.110532FWR100@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Auto "tow" sensor idea needed References: <43975@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1993Jan26.145012.3014@uhura.neoucom.edu> Lines: 12