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Re: A neat idea for touch sensors
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Wed, 4 Oct 2000 05:13:15 GMT
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That is a neat idea!

In lugnet.robotics, Rob Stehlik writes:
> Hi everyone,
> I was trying to figure out a way to distinguish between two touch sensors on
> the same port. I have seen a lot of examples on the Web of sensor multiplexers
> using resistors. Being somewhat of a purist, I wanted to do the same thing
> with just Lego. Hmmm, as far as I know, lego doesn't make resistors. But, I
> realized that lights are really just fancy resistors. So I hooked up a couple
> of Lego lights to a touch sensor, and voila, the two touch sensors give
> different readings when pressed. I thought some of you might find this useful
> or just plain interesting. I tried to include a small DAT file to show exactly
> how they are hooked up, but the server said that the robotics newsgroup does
> not accept DAT files. So in words, with the touch sensor facing forwards,
> stick two lego lamps on top (where the electric contacts are of course!) with
> the lights facing out either side of the touch sensor. Then stick the wire on
> top of the two lights, with the wire facing back. I hope this makes sense. I
> always like pictures better. Anyway, keep on inventing,
> Rob



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  A neat idea for touch sensors
 
Hi everyone, I was trying to figure out a way to distinguish between two touch sensors on the same port. I have seen a lot of examples on the Web of sensor multiplexers using resistors. Being somewhat of a purist, I wanted to do the same thing with (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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