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tmassey@obscorp.com writes:
> Perfect. Right turns and left turns, and we stay in-spec. Beautiful.
There should also be an appendix to the spec pointing this out,
though. Something like this should go into the Building Notes:
Turning modules: You should always design your module as if it will be
used in a long straight line of modules. You can, however, easily
create a module which can also turn 90 degrees right or left. A
right-turning module needs to keep the area in front of the In basket
clear. This area needs to be the width of the In basket, or 10 studs.
The depth of this clear area should be without limit. A left-turning
module needs to keep the area behind the In basket clear. This area
is accurately described by four points: the Back Left corner, the Back
Right corner, the Back Left of the output, and the Back Left of the In
basket. This area will be exactly 22 studs deep and must be least 32
studs wide. Nothing prevents a module from being designed as both
left-turning and right-turning.
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In lugnet.robotics, Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> wrote:
> tmassey@obscorp.com writes:
> > Perfect. Right turns and left turns, and we stay in-spec. Beautiful.
Thank you Tim! You point out the strengths of the "loose spec" far better
than I have been. And based on that, I'll now have a module that will adhere to
the Type I spec, but allow left or right 90-deg turns (with 32x32 or smaller
neighboring modules, but I suspect there will be plenty of those), and with a
little more work that same (still in spec!) module can be quickly adjusted to
break spec and allow two left turns (turning the line 180-deg) and/or spliting.
The secret is 10xn modules. Beautiful!
> There should also be an appendix to the spec pointing this out,
> though.
Yes, I really need to update my list (like, make it a readable format) and
add a "tips & tricks" section. In my copious free time...
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Brian Davis
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> > > Perfect. Right turns and left turns, and we stay in-spec. Beautiful.
>
> Thank you Tim! You point out the strengths of the "loose spec" far better
> than I have been. And based on that, I'll now have a module that will adhere to
> the Type I spec, but allow left or right 90-deg turns (with 32x32 or smaller
> neighboring modules, but I suspect there will be plenty of those), • ...
> The secret is 10xn modules. Beautiful!
So, I'm at home with a sick boy, today, which has given me time to rebuild my
stepper module (already 10 studs wide) and it's now 32 studs long. It will turn the
stream right or left, go straight, it runs right at 1 bps (actually 4 balls/4sec),
and it holds a large number of balls. It works well, and it fits the spec.
Steve
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
<snip>
> Steve
As a tangent (and to give those of you more inspiration than needed...)
Here's some nifty mechanisms that just might help inspire noew and creative ways
of moving dem dar soccer balls around--
http://www.brockeng.com/mechanism/index.htm
-Muse, thy name is
Dave K
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