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- Subject: Magnetic Sensor?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.104609.4196@arizona.edu>
- From: dparker@ece.arizona.edu (Douglas R. Parker)
- Date: 2 Jan 93 10:46:09 MST
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- Greetings.
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- Quite a while back I attempted to repair the tape deck
- in my Toyota. I found that one of the plastic shafts that
- rotates the casette's tape wheel had cracked, leaving a gap
- in the gear teeth. I assume the reason for malfunction and
- subsequent devouring of many a tape was a perpetual End of
- Tape being recieved. I tried using similar salvage parts to
- replace the gear but this didn't work. The reason for this,
- I think, is that the original gear had a small disk magnet
- fixed to its base, and beneath it was a small surface mount
- component. I assume this is some sort of a tape speed
- regulation. My question? The matter is rather academic at this
- point, as this was a good excuse to buy a CD unit. However,
- I am still very curious as to how the thing worked. Although
- my EMAG is rusty, I would guess that a rotating B field was
- somehow used to induce current in this sensor, which was
- then used as a feedback. Does anyone out there have experience
- with this type of arrangement?
- Just extremely curious,
-
- dparker@helios.ece.arizona.edu
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