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Hi all. I only recently discovered the Netduino platform 3 days ago, and am very happy that I did! Please excuse any part of this post that reeks of ignorance. I am trying to come up with a "different" way of timing a pinewood car race. For those not intimately familiar with it, a set of hand-carved wood cars roll down a track, and the one that gravity and aerodynamics treats the best wins. In contrast to the awesome++ work done my Jarrod Sinclair, I am interested in doing something like this (there are 4 lanes on the track): 4 sensors at the top of the track, each registering datetime when a car rolled over them, saving it at "start time" for lanes 1/2/3/4. 4 sensors at the bottom of the track, each registering the datetime when car rolls over the track, saving "finish time". The Netduino Plus 2 would be set at the bottom of the track with a monitor to display the TimeSpan difference for each lane. So...... Do (flat low profile?) sensors exist that register simple touch impact? Can 8 be wired to a Netduino 2 (plus?)? Is this a crazy idea? I am just now reading over some "getting started" text to get familiar with the platform. I appreciate ideas and input on this. Thanks!