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When I was younger, my grandmother worked for a newspaper and would bring home leftover rolls of paper. Usually, the rolls were several feet wide and had 10-20 feet of paper left on them and they were free. Look up plotter paper suppliers and (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi - I posted a letter just before and I don't know If it went thru. I take it again there - Is there some hardware modifications to Mindstorm so it can have more IO ports - like more Motor control ports and more sensor ports? - And a second thougt (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: optical mouse chips as vision sensors?
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Since the optical mouse is a miniature camera, the same type of principal could be applied using the Lego Camera, maybe even with a custom template in VC. This would at least be an "all lego" solution (for the purists out there). The focal point (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: optical mouse chips as vision sensors?
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This whole thread just caused an interesting thought to pop into my head, although I suspect it would only apply to cases where LegOS were being used. If the mouse serial port output (transmit line) were to be connected to a LMC555 (running at (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: optical mouse chips as vision sensors?
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One other interesting thing about this idea-- If it works, not only will you get the optical sensor, but you can probably get up to 5 touch sensors and a rotation sensor at the same time. I'm not sure how the signal is sent, but will the RCX be able (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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