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Re: Another DIY sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:03:52 GMT
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James Stanton <jbs@parsonsIHATESPAM.edu>
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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...
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, John Barnes wrote:
> Umm.
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> > Did you consider buying a $5 computer mouse and gutting it?
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> 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.
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> > 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!
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> 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?
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> JB
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>
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| Umm. (...) 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. (...) That reminds me. A while ago now, someone here suggested trying out the guts of one of those (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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