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Tag: dan

PPA – Infrared Photogate Sensor (IRPS) design

February 25, 2017 dancolwp1974 2 Comments

An IRPS is required to provide ball position timings, so that the Arduino can precisely calculate the timing of a…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, PPA Filed under: dan, PPA

Personal Particle Accelerator: PPA – overall design

dancolwp1974 7 Comments

Hi all, this is the first in a series of blogs outlining the design and operation of the Personal Particle…

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