>Yes, it looks like a pressure sensor, but perhaps it's
>some type of pressure switch?

My reaction was it is a capacitor with the plate to plate distance 
controlled by external pressure. The description of it going into a NOR gate 
suggests a CMOS oscillator that then has its frequency varied by the 
capacitance change. 

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