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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:38:19 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote:
> The NDA is still firmly in place. And they know where we live ;)
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> But, I am very interested by your multiple motor question however. Why do you
> need to connect multiple motors?
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> JB
How would you create a rover-based robot with just three motors? I want to
design more complex rovers other than the two-wheeled plus caster designs.
Something like the shrimp for instance. The old rcx allows you to connect
multiple motors to the same port. Also, the motor port could be used for other
sensors and powering other things as well...
Ram
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Hope its possible to create an I2C port using the sensor ports. Its a shame they didnt create an I2C port for daisychaining sensors. Or is the sonar port a I2C port.... Ram (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) So you parallel motors on the same port to do different things? As opposed to using a single motor mechanically coupled to different things? Is this as a result of a single motor not being powerful enough? Or because the two paralleled motors (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) I agree with this part of your statement. I'd like to be able to connect other things besides motors to the outputs, and I've noticed that so far it appears as if you won't be able to daisy chain things like touch sensors on the inputs. That's (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) The NDA is still firmly in place. And they know where we live ;) But, I am very interested by your multiple motor question however. Why do you need to connect multiple motors? JB (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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