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Re: Tilt Sensors
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:41:37 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes:
> Unfortunately, rotation sensors are quite coarse in
> resolution - and I had to gear up the mechanism in order to get
> the sensitivity up high enough.
Also, as I mentioned in another post, legOS had a bug where it would gain or
lose total counts sometimes. I don't know if the default fw is susceptable
to this but I'm sure I tested it and mentioned it if you search the legOS
archives from about a year ago.
> Moving the RCX left and right and using all
> that battery weight to balance with might have worked - but I'd
> given up in disgust by the time I thought of that!
Yeah, that's part of my plan, too. But I never got a good tilt sensor going.
> Part of the constructional difficulties I got myself into was
> in trying not to have the steering column be vertical.
You're right. The steering column has to be tilted if you want to use
steering to change the balance. Try it vertial and tilted and watch the
geometry of the bike as you steer.
--Ben
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| (...) Yes - exactly - that was my plan - keep the pendulum in the center - even when intentionally turning. I think that actually makes the software quite a bit simpler. I started off with a pendulum which was black on one half and white and the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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