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[T] Linear hall sensors and water resistance

A project log for Tetrinsic [gd0041]

A continuous, motorised slider that is force sensitive, haptic, UV self-sterilising and water resistant.

kelvinakelvinA 12/09/2023 at 17:040 Comments

Hall effect sensors

Firstly, I want to mention that @dekutree64 commented in this log from #DIY Mech/Exoskeleton suit. about his experiments on using 2 hall effect sensors in this form thread. The original poster (OP) of the thread mentioned a drawback was a "computational intensive trig operation" but deku responded with a link describing an approximation that is correct to 0.28 degrees. Now, deku's been able to get the below results, with 3.3V circuitry:

Thus, I belive I'm going to go ahead with using 2 linear hall effect sensors for positional tracking.

Waterproofing Tetrinsic?

Secondly, I want to add water resistance to the list of supported features of Tetrinsic. 

I've been mulling over going the extra mile to obtain a higher solution coverage. Just as I aprieciated water resistance on full-android smartwatches, I believe water resistance would further open up the applications that Tetrinsic could be used in (for example, writing a novel in a bath or jotting down sudden ideas in the shower), as well as increase resilience against day-to-day life.

The idea is simple, which is to encase the coils and UVC components in a resin transparent to UVC wavelengths if it exists. Something thermally conductive would be ideal.

For the load cell, a solution may be to coat the strain guages in nail varnish or a coating specifically designed for this application.

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