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Re: using polarity switch as a rotation counter
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:19:53 GMT
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in article FvGo0v.961@lugnet.com, mike fusion at tltpj@uwm.edu wrote on
5/31/00 10:46 PM:
> I don't know if anyone has used this yet but I found that I can use the
> polarity as a raw rotation counter with four positions, 2 off and two on.
I had the idea a while back but haven't done anything with it yet. Let us
know how it works out.
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> if geared down with a worm gear you can get 8 rotations per turn and more,
> well you get the idea.
They're sort of hard to turn. Gearing them up to get more resolution might
sap quite a bit of power from your motors.
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> just working on a bot for taking virtual composites of some of my
> sculptures.
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> m.
That sounds pretty cool - please keep us posted on this.
--
Doug Weathers, http://www.rdrop.com/~dougw
Portland, Oregon, USA
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| I don't know if anyone has used this yet but I found that I can use the polarity as a raw rotation counter with four positions, 2 off and two on. if geared down with a worm gear you can get 8 rotations per turn and more, well you get the idea. just (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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