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Re: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:17:09 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Iain Hendry writes:
The program ran successfully for about 20 seconds before I noticed motor 1
had shifted out of phase by 22.5 degrees - it had slipped/skipped a count.
"What!" I screamed. I regarded it simply as a fluke... but running more
tests I did discover that the sensors are horribly unpredictable and loose
about 2 counts per minute when rotating continuously... to me, this is
dreadfully unacceptable. I guess now I have to gear them down - less
accuracy if I want to keep my robots quick.

If you get legOS and the patch I recently posted you won't see this problem
unless you go over about 1000RPM.

--Ben



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  Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
 
Hi, Last Friday I recieved in the mail the two Rotation Sensors I had ordered from Shop at Home 8 days earlier from the US (talk about fast delivery! I'm in Ontario). After hearing everyone tell me how wonderful they are and that they do not loose (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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