On Jan 23, 2008, at 19:52 , Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > The GlideSensor measures > capacitance, and provides 4 bits of output. Capacitance is determined > primarily by how much surface area of your finger is in contact > with the > sensor. It only measures pressure in the sense that pressing harder > with your finger causes more of your fingertip to be in contact > with the > sensor. > You cannot use the GlideSensor as a scale.
... unless you have a conductive deformable ball translating weight to contact area ;) - Bert - _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
