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Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:39:45 GMT
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Are the SMARTies going to be showing anything off at NWBrickCon?
In lugnet.org.us.smart, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.smart, Mark Kenworthy wrote:
> > We also tend to use a ball sorter and combiner in our bigger contraptions, which
> > adds to the complication, as those modules have 2 incoming or outgoing crates
> > (ball chutes, lines, or tracks), and 1 complementary outgoing or incoming crates
> > (ball chutes, lines, or tracks).
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> Things like this would fit in fine, if you require each sorter to include a
> combiner. Then, there is still only 1 input, and 1 output.
Alternatively, if you restrict the depth of a module somewhat, you COULD devise
a standard way for a sorter to branch, and a combiner to merge (sorter has two
outputs that are located X apart and a combiner has 2 inputs also X apart...)
then you can have two lines of standard movement modules of arbitrary (but
equal) length connecting the sorter and combiner.
> I know this takes away from the coolness of the whole thing, because you won't
> see sorted balls for very long, but I hope people can see the advantages of
> having such a standard.
For V1 yes, but don't paint yourself into a corner for V2...
> Beyond the standard input/output location, I think the only thing that will be
> required is a minimum throughput. Like: Each module must process balls at a
> rate of 1/sec, or about 2 crates/minute.
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> How's that sound?
Too fast I think.
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| I have been pondering on the subject of a modular "thing" for next year's BrickFest Mindstorms room. I have been working on an idea similar to the moonbase idea where a module can have four ports. West and North are ins, East and South are outs. My (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) I suspect it will be somewhere between very difficult and impossible to define and interface that is truly flexable enough to do everything you (we) will be interested in doing. However, the goal is to define an interface, so anyone can build (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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