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Re: Another DIY sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:38:47 GMT
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John Barnes <barnes@sensors.comANTISPAM>
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Umm.
> Did you consider buying a $5 computer mouse and gutting it?
No I didn't! My laptop has a glide point thingy so I don't have box
full of dead mice! . But I should investigate! Thanks for the idea.
> What would be really cool would be to find a way to get the
> RCX to read RS-232 - then you could just duct-tape the whole
> mouse underneath your robot!
That reminds me. A while ago now, someone here suggested trying
out the guts of one of those ball-less optical mice as the basis for
a sensor to watch the floor go by under the robot. Did that get
anywhere? Does anyone even know how those things work? Are
they still $50?
JB
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 | | Re: Another DIY sensor
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| The optical mice are still $50. I bought one and ended up taking it back, didn't work so well. But it definitely looked cool. Would probably make a good sensor though I don't know what kind of values it sends out... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Another DIY sensor
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| (...) Those cameras have a small, low-resolution CCD in them, and they take snapshots of the mousing surface and compare them to detect the quantity of motion. If you were going to use one of those mice your best bet would be to put together a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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