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Re: Expansion Sets
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:11:32 GMT
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Dennis Clark wrote:
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> In lugnet.robotics, MeTzBoi3104@aol.com writes:
> > What do the expansion sets include?
> > Specifically, Are there any sensors?
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> None of the current two expansion sets have any (official) sensors. They are
> both kinda lame. At least Robosports has another motor. Extreme Creatures
> has an interesting optical element, which many people have gotten to work
> as a crude rotation sensor.
I've used it as a rotation sensor with great success. The only
difficulty is, that you have to implement your own counter routine,
which knows the direction, the axle is turning. Therefor you can use
this device only in a driven axle.
--
"All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
all the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason.
By all means, do not use a hammer."
-IBM maintenance manual, 1925
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| (...) None of the current two expansion sets have any (official) sensors. They are both kinda lame. At least Robosports has another motor. Extreme Creatures has an interesting optical element, which many people have gotten to work as a crude (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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