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Re: 3T
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 23:43:03 GMT
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John Brost wrote:

> In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> 
> > So, I have a program written for my Tic Tac Toe robot.  I haven't tested it, yet,
> > because I don't have a robot.  :)
> > 
> > The really odd part is that the program is about half the size of the line following
> > program I used last month at Chibots.  I still need to add some error checking &
> > correction, but I really doubt it will grow to the size of my LF program.
> > 
> > Steve
> 
> 
> Well that tells me that your line following programs are WAAAAAY too intricate!
> 
> Oh wait, no, probably not.
> 
> By the way, I did some more testing last night.  I'm finding it near impossible
> to use a light sensor and tell the difference between a black block and no block
> (black block aprox 1 brick away vs. green baseplate aprox. 5 bricks away).  I
> guess the shinyness of the black bricks are too reflective.  I tested with 2
> different light sensors.  I'm going to try masking off the red LED and use just
> ambient light to see if that will work.  Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to
> re-think my entire block sensing solution.
> 
> John


John,

Do me a quick favor, quickly mount a lego light right on top of your
light sensor and "aim" it at your blocks.  You might find that solves
your problem.

Chris



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(...) Yeah, that would probably make it work. Only a couple problems with it. (1) I don't have a lego light (big problem) (2) if I had a lego light, I'd have to get power out on the 35+ stud long arm that moves in and out over the playing board (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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(...) Well that tells me that your line following programs are WAAAAAY too intricate! Oh wait, no, probably not. By the way, I did some more testing last night. I'm finding it near impossible to use a light sensor and tell the difference between a (...) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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