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Like the bubble of a spirit level, except that it uses gas and thermal sensors along the length? Id bet that the tube would be bent in an arc.

That is how a pinball "slam switch" works. The force direction no longer matters at that point.

That tilt switch is a slightly different animal.

I can level a whole backyard using only a garden hose ;-) ...Jim Thompson

So could the Egyptians. You're only about 5000 years into obsolescence this time.

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Um..? Who do you think they got the idea from? :)

It's difficult to move much dirt with a garden hose.

Chuckle... Actually, the question would be, just whom do *you* think they learned it from? It wasn't JT, that's for sure.

And, are you sure about your choice?

I think they did it on their own. So all you "Alien" dopes can go on speculating.

They did irrigation for their crops. I think they can grasp what "level" is when pools of water are involved. I'd bet they knew it a couple thousand years before they started building Pyramids too.

All of their construction was pretty tight. Stone builders in the Mnts. of Peru were something else... altogether, however. They cut stone in ways that would pose problems for us to match to this day.

So, you've never used a water level?

Sure, but I've always had to use a shovel too.

Wimp! Try it where you need a pick.

I'm the wimp and you were going to use a garden hose!

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gradients

Yawn. The garden hose is part of the water level. The newer version uses a small, clear vinyl tubing that pushes onto a barb on the base of each level. One mistake a lot of people make is not making sure the entire level is either in the sdhade, or in the hot sun.

The pick is to break up rock that you can't move with a shovel which has been every place but one, when I needed a water level.

? ? ?...Jim Thompson

obsolescence

You have no idea how OLD Jim is.

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You have no idea how old I am.

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Now, now! Just because Jim taught Ohm's law to Tesla... ;-)

Where is this signal going? If its the digital world, there are a number of tilt sensors integrated with A/D functions and digital I/O that will plug into a uC. All signal conditioning already done for you.

Looks like Patty ignores all the suggestions here for a simple debounce. ...Jim Thompson

Looks like Patty posted and ran.

The story of my life. :-/