AVR-Chat

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM, John Samperi
<samperi@ampertronics.com.au> wrote:
> At 07:58 AM 20/11/2008, you wrote:
>>You may be able to do this by hitting the rail with a short pulse
>
> I was also thinking along the lines of isolating the rod and run the
> output of a EHT transformer to it. (about 15KV)

Well... I was thinking fast risetime maybe 0 - 5V..

>
> Then as soon as anyone touches the bar you can sense the current
> and a few mics posted along the bars will detect the screaming
> of the toucher. Foolproof....

The UV from the sparks can be used to localize too, with UV-trons and
a rotating cylinder with slot.
Triangulate with two or more!
(how rube goldberg can we get here...?)