Hall Effect Sensor not so good

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Hall Effect Sensor not so good

Postby countgrover » Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:16 pm

Hi everyone,

Has anyone else noticed that the hall effect sensor is erratic on the SpokePOVs? I've tried 3 different boards and they all trigger just sometimes and then tend to go into idle mode.

The rare earth magnets at about 1/8" or 1/16" away from the sensor. Tried different bikes, configurations, different riders, same (lack of) effect.

Now thinking about grafting a better sensor onto the board, unless anyone else has some ideas.

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Re: Hall Effect Sensor not so good

Postby adafruit_support_bill » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:48 am

Have not heard any reports of this problem. Are you using magnets from Adafruit?
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Re: Hall Effect Sensor not so good

Postby countgrover » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:45 am

Correct.Have tried many different setups.

I'm surprised there's no other reports since it's clearly a problem over here.
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