motion detector?

You could hook a small DC motor to the wheel and use it as a generator. You could then use the DC voltage to do whatever you wanted.

Brian

A magnet mounted on the crankarm (for the pedal on the side opposite the main drive gear) and a reed switch mounted to the frame such that the reed transfers each time the crankarm passes by can be used to generate pulses. Feed them into a simple missing pulse detector.

Ed

--- The reed switch will work nicely with the circuit I posted for you on alt.binaries.schematics.electronic.

If you received it I'd appreciate an acknowledgement.

Thanks,

-- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Not likely, John, since he is posting through Google.

Hi John, I looked for something on alt.binaries.schematics.electronic but didn't see anything.

Perhaps I was too late? I didn't know it was coming until now.

Lawrence

--- No, it's just that Google doesn't archive binaries, so you'll never see it from Google groups, and since your ISP is Time-Warner Road-Runner they don't provide access to Usenet directly, so you're stuck.

I'll email it to you.

-- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Its easy enough to miss. No problem. ;-)

I reported the call to the Sheriff, then found that the one who made the call was bragging about it on news:rec.antiques.radio+phono Then he followed that with threats that he was going to have the Florida State Attorney General stop my project. One of the people collecting computers for me works for the Florida State Attorney General, so that would be interesting.

His ISP has already cut off his usenet access, now he's using Google Groups to spout more garbage. There is no one on that group willing to flame him like they should, and I have to ignore him till the legal matter is settled.

He hasn't stopped the project. My goal is to collect, repair, and distribute 100 complete used computer systems to Disabled Veterans in my area from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006. I may be 100% disabled, but I can still work an hour or two a day, most days so I plan on staying busy.

TWC/brighthouse had their own news servers when I had their service. They had regional servers for each service area. Acoording to the TWC website they still offer access to newsgroups:

FAQ >> Road Runner High-Speed Online

Q: Are newsgroups available? A: Yes, 45,000 newsgroups are available through Road Runner. We've also included a number of newsgroups specific to Road Runner. These newsgroups are designed to allow subscribers to talk about and get answers to general questions about the service.

In order to use newsgroups, you need a news client. We install and configure the Microsoft Outlook Express news client during your Road Runner installation; however, there are a number of other news clients available. With Microsoft Outlook Express, you will be able to search for newsgroups, read articles from and post articles to the newsgroup, and download binary attachments to newsgroup articles.

Glad to see he's going to get it. It's nice.

Ed

has three references to newsgroups.

I think I had to contact their customer support to find out which news server to use for my area.

Thank you, John. May he bless you, as well.

Like I've said since I was laid off and got sick over three years ago: i was going to find something to occupy my time when I was well enough. This will not only help me, but the kids at my church I am teaching to fix computer problems, and the disabled veterans who will have something they couldn't afford on their pensions.

I am thinking about setting up a "Safe online browsing and computer care course" for a $25 per head donation to help pay for the gasoline and other supplies I am paying for out of my pocket. I think that 5, two hour sessions once a week for that price is fair, and will save anyone who takes the course more than that in aggravation and repair bills for cleaning the garbage from their computers. What do you think of the idea?