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From: paul@hpldola.HP.COM (Paul Bame)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Where can I get an inexpensive seismometer?
Message-ID: <10960015@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 89 00:46:11 GMT
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Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -ColoSpgs
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Gateway Electronics in San Jose had some used seismic sensors.  I got
one but haven't had time to play with it.  I think it's a heavy metal
shell with a moving coil inside - kinda like a speaker.  There is a
threaded fitting (about 3/8") on one end.  The whole thing is about 1.5"
in diameter by 2.5" long.  I suspect they are removed from military 
surplus something or other.  You get a copy of a little op-amp circuit
with it which includes, among other things, a comparator to switch an
output if the detected seismic amplitude is above a certain level.  Maybe
these were used in land-mines :-)


	-Paul Bame