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Re: Talking point: beacon light on or off while robot in motion
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:28:42 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
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> > > Besides adding rules where no rules are needed or warranted, you're makoing me
> > > use up a very valuable motor port! I can see me doing this competition with 1
> > > RCX--2 motor outputs for movement and one output for the block moving.
> > >
> > > Adding this rule makes it 4 outputs. But that's just me.
> >
> > Erm, why would you need another output port for the light? I'm no robot builder
> > but I think I see how to do a light without using another output port. (even if
> > you use a 2 motor or differential drive)
> >
> > I might be missing something of course.
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> http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/events/lego/lego-rtl20/
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> "The light will be powered only when the robot is stopped."
Not saying it won't take more motors or that it won't be highly inefficient
compared to direct motor control, just that it's doable.
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