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Subject: 
!!! Gameboy controller for Lego
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Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:05:38 GMT
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For all the robot guys:
http://www.charmedlabs.com/xportfaqmain.htm

You HAVE to watch the demo videos. Note especially the "teach" and "haptic"
videos. I can't believe the level of control they are getting without encoders.
Its incredible. I'm not sure I want a gameboy on my robots, but the back-EMF
motor control is awesome.

Rob



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  Re: !!! Gameboy controller for Lego
 
(...) That's REALLY slick. The movement of the "Wander" demo is really smooth too. The gameboy's not a bad idea either. It's certainly cheaper than a custom board. Calum (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  RE: !!! Gameboy controller for Lego
 
(...) This has been around for a while, and they are really doing a pretty cool bit of engineering here. It's not for the faint of heart in terms of complexity, but we ARE talking about a really deeply embedded system here. :-) I'm not so much (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: !!! Gameboy controller for Lego
 
(...) The behaviour in the teach video (drive it around by hand and have it play back the motion) looks exactly what set 4095 Record and Play (URL) is supposed to do. Anyone know how it would compare, and whether the 4095 uses back-EMF or internal (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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