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Lasers are very well, and make cool toys. My cat loves to chase the little red spot on the carpet! But if you're talking about scanning or diffusing the beam, aren't you defeating the purpose of using a laser. If you want a cone, use a super- bright (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Maybe the robot could use the laser to draw spiro-graph designs on the wall, I'm not sure if the motors could position the beam that fast though. Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Rangefinding can be done without much of this hassle. I developed an application a few years ago to "showcase" a product for the optoelectric company for which I worked. The product was a "position sensitive diode", aka a photodiode with two (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't think I was clear enough in my last post. The $35 price includes shipping, but only for orders inside the US. International orders need to pay shipping. Josh (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all! I recently got hold of a sharp GP2D12 ir range sensor (The analog version, not 8-bit serial) Upon connecting it to my handyboard (Vcc-5v, Gnd-Gnd, and Vo to analog port) I get between 249 and about 251 value from the analog port. Clearly no (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anyone know where to get good motors that work good with the handyboard. I need geared DC motors because we dont want our project to be a racing car. If anyone has any answers or suggestions please email me back. Thanks. TIM ===== (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Try Micro Mo, they have high quality motors and gearheads. They can be pricy if (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I remember sometime ago a discussion on wireless cameras. I just saw this one that can be battery operated. and is 900mhz. from the picture you really can't tell the size of the camera but I thought I'd pass it along. (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It says Camera Dimensions: 2" x 3.75" x 5.5" and that's probably not including the battery box or antenna. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I was actually working on something like this using one of those cheap little $8 laser pointers. The idea is to use a pair of mirrors that can be rotated to specific angular locations to build an X-Y Laser Plotter. One mirror rotates (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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no doubt Micro Mo motors are sweet, but if the project is on a hobby budget, also consider: All Electronics -An electronics surplus company with a decent selection of motors and lots of other neat gadgets for robot building. This will be among the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP Big rocks, too. :>) The problem is not so much the laser, as it is your scanning. Unless you are projecting against a phorescent screen, there is no "residual" trace, regardless of power. It is the speed at which the eye can't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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One of the early things I did with my laser pen was rubberband one of the 5 stud long "helicopter rotor" plates to the side of it. I never got it balanced *perfectly*, but it was close. I then stuck the axle from the older 9 volt technic motor (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi , I am a handyboard user and I am trying to build a tele-robot. I am using the transmitter and receiver from Glolab. I have fix up a pair of transceiver namely "A" and "B" (with TM1V and RM1V) as guided in "How Encoders and Decoders work" using (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Okay. The adress for that OpteK Technology is www.optekinc.com . They have other sensors too, for magnetic and infared needs. Intresting place to go for position sensors. The products have possibilities. Andy (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think the gratest strengths of LEGO robotics (and LEGO in general) is that it works with you, not against you. It's easy to make things fit 'cause you don't have to drill holes and insert skrews. LEGO helps you keep your mind on what you (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I agree with this. I think that LEGO is probably one of the best tools for trying out ideas too. It is fast build and easy to modify - nothing beats that. Jacob (26 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Chris Osborn) writes: <...snip> (...) This is the best use I've heard of yet for an AOL CD! (...) And if you use one of those nifty, high-powered, rock-vaporizing lasers, you won't even need to bring (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yah, did this in college long ago, before laser pens were common. We used the "big" lasers. :-) We also glued a small mirror onto a piece of aluminum foil wrapped around the end of an open tube, and placed it outside in the quad. Then we (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Tim, Check out www.acroname.com. They have motors there that are a little slow, but are geared DC and run with the HandyBoard 9.6 volts. Use larger wheels to get more speed, or...... If you want the motors to be faster, you can pull one of the L293D (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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