Researchers at Yokohama National University have created a liquid-based tilt sensor that only needs simple interface electronics – some 10MΩ resistors and a Microchip ATmega microcontroller in the demonstrator. Although simple in theory – an air bubble and conductive liquid sealed in a chamber surrounded by electrodes – electronic levels are more complex in practice. ...

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