Christopher
Hi, sorry for the delayed response, I’m knee-deep in midterm exams and that doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for other things. To answer your question, I don’t believe that such a Hall effect device would work without modifications to the design. Most Hall effect devices are either sensors or switches, and this design – without modification – requires a latch. This is a result of needing the coil to saturate during the ‘dwell’ period. You could certainly implement some clever logic with a non-latching hall device, but – if you’re looking to reuse e-waste components – an alternate method would be to use a photo interrupter (commonly found in all kinds of discarded electronics) and a notched disk. My first breadboarded prototype actually used this method quite successfully, but it was too large to fit in the location I had in mind. Good luck!
October 5, 2013 at 3:58 pm