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Bend your fingers and control your lights. Bi-directional, so it goes from -180° to +180°
(larger flex angle possible). See this videoclip
for a demo ! Shorter versions are available as
BendMicro and
BendMini.
Application examples
- Combine with the TouchGlove and
create your own custom dataglove for capturing finger bending, capture hand movements with a
GForce3D-6).
- Go whole-body with a bodysuit, capture all your joints' movements and express with all your extremities. A couple of
BioFlex sensors will capture muscle tension. Use a
GForce3D-6 on your feet and hands
to capture kicks and punches. A Hot will keep
you in check of your body temp.
- Since it's such a thin and flexible sensor, it's usable for measuring airflow.
- Put it bent across an elastic band so that when you stretch the band you can measure the tension in the elastic band.
- Wireless Wi-microDig
with one of our BatteryPacks
recommended in all cases to operate without tether.
- For bookworms: has also been used to detect turning of pages.
Technical specifications
| Product |
BendShort sensor |
| Version |
2.0 (2009) |
| Sensing parameter |
flex angle multiplied by flex radius |
| Sensing method |
piezo-resistive |
| Range |
-180° to +180° (larger flex angle possible) |
| Active area |
61 x 1.7 mm (2.4 x 0.67 inch) |
| Minimum flex radius |
5 mm (0.2 inch) |
| Output impedance |
13 KOhm (at 0° flex angle) to 150 KOhm (at 180° flex angle) |
| Calibration (using minimum flex radius) |
| Degrees |
Voltage (use 5 V power supply) |
7-bit MIDI value (use 'no processing' editor preset) |
| -180 |
0.07 |
2 |
| 0 |
2.47 |
63 |
| +180 |
4.64 |
118 |
| Power supply |
1.0 to 10 V DC, 0.1 mA at 5 V |
| Sensor dimensions |
96 x 6.0 x 0.1 mm (3.8 x 0.24 x 0.004 inch) |
| Weight |
9 g (0.3 oz), incl. cable |
| Cable |
1.0 m (39 inch), shielded, red wire = power, black wire = ground, white wire = sensor output, maximum extension 30 m (98 ft) |
| Connector |
male plug with a row of 3 pins spaced 2.54 mm (0.100 inch) |
| Application notes |
The sensor output is determined by both the angle between the ends of the sensor
as well as the flex radius; bending the sensor sharply will result in a more value change than bending
the sensor smoothly, when keeping the ends in the same position. Shorter versions available as
BendMicro and
BendMini. |
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