LEGO® Technic™ Force Sensor
The LEGO® Technic™ Force Sensor is precise and reliable, able to capture pressures of up to 10 Newtons (~1kg). Moreover, it can detect a touch when pressed, released, or impacted. Key...
Description
The LEGO® Technic™ Force Sensor is precise and reliable, able to capture pressures of up to 10 Newtons (~1kg). Moreover, it can detect a touch when pressed, released, or impacted.
Key Features
- Touch Sensing
- Tap Sensing
- Force Sensing
- The sensor has a Technic build geometry that allows for versatile building and easy integration into models.
Specifications
- Connector Type: LEGO® Power Functions 2.0 (LPF2) for connection to LEGO Smarthubs
- Wire Length: 250 mm (fixed to sensor)
- Sensor Sample Rate: 100 Hz
Sensor Input
Touch Sensing
- Activation Zone: 0-2 mm
- Threshold point is defined in firmware 1 mm +/- 0.5 mm
- Activation Force: 0.5-1.0 newton +/- 10%
- Sensor output is binary (1=activated or 0=not activated)
Tap Sensing
- Activation Zone: 0-2 mm
- Threshold point is defined in firmware 1 mm +/- 0.5 mm
- Activation Force: 0.5-1.0 newton +/- 10%
- Sensor Data Output: 0-3
- Applicable to the following:
- Single Tap
- Quick Tap
- Press and Hold
Force Sensing
- Activation Zone: 2-8 mm
- Activation Force: 2.5-10 newtons
- Sensor Output Resolution: 0.1 newton steps
- Sensor Output is limited to a fixed max output value: 10 newtons
- Sensor Output Accuracy: +/- 0.65 newton
Force-filter sensing (high speed “peak” sensing)
- Like the force sensing mode
- Internal Sensor Sample Rate: 1 kHz
- Keeps the maximum value until reset by the Hub firmware or powered down
LEGO® Technic™ Force Sensor
$41.80 inc GST