Arduino Sensor ProjectReference ID: C211
http://pathways.nppd.com/C211

Pathway: Observing the World Around You
Make an IMPACT Analyzing Data Environmental Science in Society Cause & Effect Arduino Sensors
       

Can your circuit detect movement to run a motor? Yes! Use a Flex Sensor! The flex sensor uses carbon on a strip of plastic to act like a variable resistor but instead of changing the resistance by turning a know, you change it by flexing, or bending the sensor! 

Check out Circuit #9 in the SparkFun Inventor's SIK Guide. 

Check out how the Flex Sensor works!


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