While designing my guitar for Clone Hero/Yarg, I needed a tilt switch for star power. I had a bunch of cheap mercury switches around so made a mount for two tilt switches in series.
I noticed that when the switches were pointed in the same direction they were very susceptible to accidental triggers.
So, I said why not put two at an angle to each other to hopefully get the best of both worlds. So here it is, I have a two versions.
The bigger the angle, the more you will have to tilt the guitar up to trigger star power. However the bigger the angle, the fewer accidental triggers.
BOM
PS please check out my Van Halen Star guitar:
https://www.printables.com/model/737667-eddie-van-halen-star-guitar-for-guitar-heroclone-h
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