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.

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.

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.