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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:02:24 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote:
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> > 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
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> 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...
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
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| (...) My conclusion that the bus is multipurpose stems from the evidence that there is a speed sensor (optoencoder of some sort?) on the motors. I presume that means that the motor ports have both output (motor control) and input (sensor feedback). (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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