On Sep 23, 2005, at 12:54 PM, alan smith wrote:

> Essentially I want to wake up the circuit if the box is picked up.
> So I guess more of a movement sensor.

The standard in toys is a spring, fixed at one end, as one contact,
an a central rigid conductor as the other contact, but you'd be
very challenged to make such a thing respond to being "picked up"
(as opposed to shaken, or thrown against the floor.)  Tilt sensors
using mercury or balls likewise require tilting.

BillW
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