Brent Can You deliver further info about sensor (extra weight on piezo and so...) here or personaly. Pedja Brent Brown wrote: > > You can use a normal piezo. One project I worked on used 3 simple > piezo sensors arranged in X, Y, Z planes on a large machine. These > low cost sensors were identical to a normal piezo sounder, but > didn't have the hole in the top to let the sound out! > > Used variable low pass filters to look at the band of interest, > rectified and fed into A/D. Machine alarm sounds when vibration in > any axis exceeds preset level 1, shuts down when exceeds preset > level 2. > > Check out the MuRata PKS1-4A10, Farnell P/N 731-973. Output > approx 40mV/G. > > Brent Brown > Electronic Design Solutions > 16 English Street > Hamilton, New Zealand > Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069 > Mobile/text: 025 334 069 > eMail: brent.brown@clear.net.nz > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu