This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060309010805090108090601 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit gacrowell@micron.com wrote: > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu >>[mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of mchipguru@charter.net >>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 2:30 PM >>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >>Subject: Re: Re: [EE] Xtal Gyroscopes - ideas? >> >>There was an article using electrostatic charge to sense >>attitude several years agi in Flying Models magazine. As I >>remember it used radioactive sources from smoke detectors and >>analog electronics to do the job. >> >> > >I remember that, would have been around '68-69 > >GC > > > I still have the magazine if any one is interested. They actually used the radioactive source from a brush you used to remove dust from records. I don't think smoke detectors were that available at that time. --------------060309010805090108090601 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="rindesigns.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rindesigns.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Robert I. Nelson n:Nelson;Robert I. org:RIN Designs adr:;;P.O. BOX 373;RIPON;WI;54971;USA email;internet:rindesigns@charter.net tel;work:1-(920)-229-7152 tel;home:1-(920)-748-7443 note;quoted-printable:Custom design and building of small electro mechanical devices.=0D=0A= AUTOCAD work ver2002 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------060309010805090108090601 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------060309010805090108090601--