Flex Sensor 4.5" (SEN-08606)

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A simple flex sensor 4.5" in length. As the sensor is flexed, the resistance across the sensor increases. Patented technology by Spectra Symbol - they claim these sensors were used in the original Nintendo Power Glove. I love the Nintendo Power Glove. It’s so bad!

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FYI ITP Sensor Workshop and Bildr Tutorial links no longer work, was able to find old pages on the Internet Archive

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Yes. I tried to access from sparkfun’s website. Error 404.

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Hi Claire,

Can you reply with the links to the archived pages you found? I’ll update that product page to use the archived links instead.

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Hi Trent,
Here are the links:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120229033413/https://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/sensors/Reports/Flex
https://web.archive.org/web/20180225143054/https://bildr.org/2012/11/flex-sensor-arduino/

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Hi Claire,

Thanks! I’ve updated those links now the website cache should reset overnight.