[Weather] [personal] Weather PCB dimensions

[Dave McGuire]

On Nov 19, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Matt wrote:
> I was pondering the potential usefulness of dead computer mice.
> For wind speed, a rotating disk with a suitable patterned texture  
> would work
> for the optical mouse sensor.
> http://www.avagotech.com/assets/downloadDocument.do?id=1568

   An opto-interruptor would be a simpler way of achieving the same  
thing, but one problem that I see with both approaches is sensor  
obstruction...even a small piece of fuzz could obstruct the optical  
sensor and render it inoperative.

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL