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Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint
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Originally Posted by Hallry View Post
That PHOTOSWITCH Photoeletric Sensor is interesting...infrared? Hmm...
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Originally Posted by Ross3098 View Post
That got my attention too at first glance.

Have they been used in the past? If so what was the use?

500 all together I wonder why so many..
A photo switch can be used in conjunction with software as a scoring counter. Every time the beam is broken, you'd add a count.

500 Sensors equates to ~26 per field, which isn't all that many.

Edit, just reread the list, and it's only 250 complete counter assemblies (13 per field). One sensor sends an IR beam and the other receives it.
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