I made a home-brew seismic sensor using something similar, a hard disk head arm assembly, a cd-rom laser (which has an anisotropic lens and four photodiodes) and a Red Pitaya used as PID, so I guess it can be done!
Oh man, this is giving me The Amateur Scientist vibes. What would C. L. Stong be doing with today's technology?
Oh man, this is giving me The Amateur Scientist vibes. What would C. L. Stong be doing with today's technology?