Alan,

Tilt switch...

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:40:33 -0700 (PDT), alan smith wrote:

> probably thats what I mean, I just haven't found exactly what...so would a tilt switch operate if the unit 
was simply picked up or does it need to actually tilt

Well it needs to experience a change in gravity that feels like tilting - either actual tilting or 
accelerating horizontally in the right direction would do it - but I can't think of anything (even an 
accelerometer) that would reliably indicate being picked up.  But If you do it slowly enough, you could defeat 
almost any non-contact sensor.  Have you considered just having a switch underneath, bearing on the surface 
it's resting on, so that it operates when lifted off it?

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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