Linear hall effect sensor?

Other Hardware Sensors
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Hi folks.

I have a project which is to add an axis of movement to an exiting sim wheel. It's needed for a paraplegic who wants as many controls at the fingertips as possible. The paraplegic person is me, so I know exactly what I need!

I'm hoping to add a linear hall effect sensor, it looks like the code is going to be the same (more or less) as getting a reading from a pot, but I need a very small sensor. The sensor you often see which must be about half the size of the Nano/Every is far too big.

I've looked at the sensors which are just a couple of mm with the connections poking out, I've ordered a couple but they're expensive and I don't want to buy a load of stuff I can't use.

Does anyone here have experience of using this kind of sensor and do they play nice?

Thanks,
Munty.

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To give an intelligent answer we need to know the exact sensor that you are using.

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Do read the datasheet carefully before ordering. Supply voltage levels, output voltage levels and sensitivity would be three key parameters for those things.
They go indeed pretty small, there are quite a few in SOT23 packages out there. Your next challenge will be to wire them up.

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groundFungus:
To give an intelligent answer we need to know the exact sensor that you are using.

I'm asking for advice, I don't know.

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munty-scruntfundle:
I'm asking for advice, I don't know.

In your original post you said you had purchased two devices.
Do you have links to the datasheets or descriptions?