 | | Re: Controlling pneumatics II [fischertechnik valves] —Soh Chio Siong
| | | | (...) Hi, Mike, Seems your posting got sort of cut off. I'm sure you have more to say. As it takes up 2 RCX output ports to control one cylinder, you will run out of output ports for a mobile robot. So that's a point down for the Fischer technik (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Controlling pneumatics II [fischertechnik valves] —James Powell
| | | | | (...) How about using a diode in each wire, (assuming single acting solenoid), then connecting both to one output. One opens when power is one direction, the other one opens on the other direction (reversed polarity). James P (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Controlling pneumatics II [fischertechnik valves] —Soh Chio Siong
| | | | | (...) Aha, yes, that should do it. Essentially a reversing switch just like the Lego pneumatic valve. -- C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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