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Solar Sensor

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solar sensor [′sō·lər ′sen·sər]
(electronics)
A light-sensitive diode that sends a signal to the attitude-control system of a spacecraft when it senses the sun. Also known as sun sensor.
Solar Sensor 

(or sun sensor), an instrument, usually of the optoelectronic type, that determines the angle of deviation of an axis of some instrument, aircraft, or space vehicle from the direction of the sun. Solar sensors are used in the orientation of astronomical instruments, in the solution of navigational problems in aviation and spaceflight, and as attitude sensors in some orientation systems. The design of a solar sensor depends on the requirements imposed on it with respect to, for example, accuracy, reliability, speed of response, and size of region viewed.
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Yep, with two tiny solar sensors on the cartridge, Boktai can feel when you're playing out in daylight, and as a result grants your character-enhanced powers to tackle his foes in this action-RPG romp.
play by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Yep, with two tiny solar sensors on the cartridge, Boktai can feel when you're playing out in daylight, and as a result grants your character enhanced powers to tackle his foes in this action-RPG romp.
Games: A sun stroke of pure gaming genius by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Byline: BEN BRIGHT A VAMPIRE video game which encourages kids to stay out in the blazing sun could expose them to sunburn and skin cancer, Midland experts have warned, Japanese action game Boktai, released on the hand-held Nintendo Gameboy Advance, uses a solar sensor as a gimmick to improve gameplay.
Anger at game that urges kids to sit in the sun by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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