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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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