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| Hi everyone. Well I decided to go with a Quad Hall Effect encoder. I mounted 4 very small magnets on my 1" plastic drive gears and used the Hall Effect switch that Fred recommended. Here's the code I have and the results! For a 180 degree turn I get (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Encoders, what are you using?
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| Hi, My homebrew quad hall effect encoder works, I'm learning from it. I get @ 1/4" resolution so there's plenty of slop. I can have the robot pace back and forth on a straight track for 6 passes or so then I start to veer off track. So I guess it's (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: New creation
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| WOW! I love it! I really like all the variants and the scenes are to die for! Great stuff Fred! (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Relative height of cars and cabooses
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| (...) This answer is for american practice, rather than european (where cabooses per se were not at all common, although brakevans *were* used)... note that early canadian writings may refer to a caboose as a brakevan. The answer is, of course: "it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Soccer Truck
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| Hey it's been awful quiet around here lately. I didn't see much spoken before the soccer truck display at Spartan Stadium. But I did go. It was quite excellent. My kids had a blast and of course, me too! Saw Russell, Tom and Paul there. Paul and Tom (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Unadvertised sale at Fred Meyer
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| I was just at the local Fred Meyer, and they have a couple of Star Wars sets on an unadvertised sale. (Until Aug 15th, I think) I don't know if this is just local, but I thought I'd advertise it for them! <set:7121>, Naboo Swam is $1 off <set:7151>, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Download from Notebook on Windows 2000
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| Fred, I used dl in full screen mode as you suggested and successfully downloaded the pcode interpreter. I haven't actually tried to load an IC program yet, but at least I'm heading in the right direction. (I forgot your advice about throwing away (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Just a question
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| (...) By "here" do you mean the .robotics.handyboard group/list or do you mean _here_ (the .market.buy-sell-trade group)? Questions about the Handy Board list are probably best addressed to Fred Martin -- (URL) fredm@media.mit.edu --Todd (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | NMRA update (Sat. pm)
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| Not wanting to leave folks names out; Friday, Fred Yokel visited, and Tom McDonald helped me with the booth duty all day (Big Help!), while Tom Stangle showed up in the afternoon to bring in his freight warehouse. Saturday, Mike came in early with (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Booth monitors (look and feel)
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| Tom McDonald reminds me of another point; When you are in the middle of a layout, folks presume that you are in charge...but when you are on the outside, it is easy for visitors to think other club members are 'just visitors' when we're all dressed (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Talking Points
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| These comments were heard from comments from adult train enthusiasts who visited our display, and might make for good talking point, or maybe be incorporated into another handout flyer... There has got to be some more whimsey in this hobby. (We (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Public Thank You for our NMRA show supporters
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| I know I can't name everyone, but I'm going to shoot for 80%, and count on others to chip in with the rest of the names. Module Builders (OK, so we didn't get to use them this time, but a bunch of folks tried to help make it happen, and that's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Harry Potter Lego Line
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| They'd have to redesign the minifig torso for Fred if they do!! It'd need an extra half a stud's width on either side!! Would need to be thicker in the middle too. ;-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Julie Krenz <dkrenz@mc.net> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Hmmm...Warner Brothers is involved...Warner Brothers has Flintstones rights...maybe someday we'll see Fred, Wilma & all...yabba dabba do :-) (...) myself, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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