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Re: MOC - Small Pneumatic Biped Walker
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:31:43 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
In lugnet.technic, Paul Krieg wrote:

Hi Kevin,
What can I say?  Yet another amazing creation.  You have a pneumatic control
circuit in there somewhere, I think.  I know what you mean about the small
pneumatic cylinders needing such high pressure to move a switch.  The engine I
built following Eric Shrader's post over came this problem in the same way.
Instead of having 2 cylinders at 90 degrees and 2 switches, it has 2 cylinders
at 180 degrees and 1 switch.  I have yet to build my first walker but I enjoy
seeing all of them.  It seems obvious to me that cog shifters would be the more
challenging.  Nice work in doing it with pneumatics, my favorite flavor!

Hi Paul,
  I use a electronic schematic style when drawing out my pneumatic circuit
designs these days.  The combination of a piston that is linke to a pneumatic
switch is simply a box, with X and C on the left edge, representing the eXpand
and Contract ports of a piston, and X and C on the right edge representing the
output ports of the switch that are active when the piston is eXpanded or
Contracted.  See the bottom of the schematic for clarification of my notation
style.

Here is the schematic of Pedmatic (not pendmatic as the directory name indicates
:^(.  Let me know if this notation makes sense to you.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/pendmatic/schematic.jpg

Yes, I believe it does make sense as long as I remember the left side of the box
is always the piston and the right always the switch.  I have been using hand
drawings and my head.  Without a good method for creating drawings they can
become confusing.  I'm not used to reading this type of diagram nor do I have
any traing in electronics, engineering, etc., so, your notation must be clear if
I understand it.

Regards,
Paul



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: MOC - Small Pneumatic Biped Walker
 
(...) Hi Paul, I use a electronic schematic style when drawing out my pneumatic circuit designs these days. The combination of a piston that is linke to a pneumatic switch is simply a box, with X and C on the left edge, representing the eXpand and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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