Re: Re: Micromodules....

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 01 May 2002 15:51 pm, Scott Crowther wrote:
> take it one step further and put a motion sensor in the iron
> so when its been stationary and horizontal for a fixed period
> (say 20secs) it automatically powers off.
>
> press a switch to reset.
>
> that way it'll stop house fires if you leave the iron in a
horizontal
> position on your ironing board...

a simple tilt switch with a cheap 555 timer circuit + sundry bits would do
the same job.

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