You can generally learn by experience, which comes from ordering the wrong ones and realising you made a mistake. ;-)
I've added a few more words to some of those pages. The devices needed are usually commonly available from many sources, so I would not bother to list them, since the information would become rapidly dated and country-specific. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 05:37:45PM -0700, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi? > > > OK, here I am again with another "dumb" question? well, maybe not so dumb > after > all as I'll bet there are others out there who could also use this > information. > On the OLPC wiki there are several very nicely illustrated instructions about > how to make sensors to use with the XO? temperature, humidity, light, etc. > But, they don't include a materials list or reference to sources where the > parts can be purchased. > > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Making_XO_sensors > > > Radio Shack? Edmond Scientific? Parallax.com? or where? Curious people, myself > included want to know. Can someone help here? > > > Thanks! > > Caryl (GrannieB) > > > P.S. Here's an example of the type of info needed. This site sells a number of > light sensors but they call them things like Photoresistor, Photo Transistor, > Light to Frequency Converter. These are all little ones that appear similar to > the one in the instructions on the wiki. How do you tell which kind you need? > > > http://www.parallax.com/Store/Sensors/ColorLight/tabid/175/List/0/CategoryID/50 > /Level/a/SortField/0/Default.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep