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Article #8031Electronic Stud Finders
From: Charlie Thompson
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 17:26
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 17:26
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How do those electronic stud finders work? They seem to be able to distinguish fingers from thin air as well. They are apparently electrostatic or capactive from what I can tell. Anybody out there ever reverse engineered one? -Charlie
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!charlie From: charlie@oakhill.UUCP (Charlie Thompson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Electronic Stud Finders Message-ID: <4110@radio.oakhill.UUCP> Date: 29 Oct 90 17:26:19 GMT Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx Lines: 6