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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by phren0logy on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:41PM (#22469848)
You don't, you just flip them all around and jiggle them to reset them. Then you hope nobody does that to your box...
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by LeoPanthera on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:59PM (#22470012)
If you don't know, don't guess.
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by phren0logy on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:02PM (#22470041)
The ones I used (20 years ago?) worked this way. It's not a guess, it's just outdated. Regardless, my apologies for the inaccuracy.
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by SamBam on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:29PM (#22471290)
I guess those ones didn't have the 180° sensors on them? With these one it would be pretty much impossible to jiggle both balls into place.
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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by Johnny555 on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:45PM (#22469892)
Are you sure? There are holes in the yellow backing that look perfectly placed to have some sort of retaining pin inserted to hold the balls in place until use.

At first I thought they were meant to insert the ball, but the holes look too small.

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