Something I¹ve long wondered about, but haven¹t tried, is using the flat, black, conductive strip in a disposable anti-static wrist strap as the resistive element in a ribbon controller. I remember reading years ago that the stuff has a fair amount of resistance, and is reasonably uniform and hence has a reasonably linear resistance/length relationship. I might have one of these things in the corner of a box somewhere... Now that I've started building a MOTM system I'm unearthing a lot of old electronics stuff that I set aside years ago. --Adam (who is very happy because his first shipment of kits arrived yesterday!)
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Re: [motm] Ribbon controller - WAS: List/Controller (Long but fun)
2002-03-27 by Adam Schabtach