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Re: Compass/directional sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:51:17 GMT
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I remember seeing that someone had used a compass and
the light sensor to be able to detect weather they were moving
north or south. But I don't think they could tell between the two.
I might be mistaken but I think there was a picture in the members
section of the mindstorms sight.
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Don Forth ( Klaatu )
email: dforth@caro.net
Home Page: http://www.caro.net/~donfor
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Janet and Carl McIver wrote in message
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Schroeder & Jenise Uehara <msju@pobox.com>
> To: 'lego-robotics@crynwr.com' <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 11:34 AM
> Subject: Compass/directional sensor
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> Has any seen or made one of these? I figure this would make a mapping • robot
> more versatile than just relying on just rotational information.
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> Spent a good bit of time looking at these for awhile, so here is my • list
> of links:
> http://idt.net/~aosi/
> http://www.precisionnavigation.com/index.html
> http://www.xbow.com/
> http://dinsmoregroup.com/dico/ check out the 1490, might be simplest for
> the RIS.
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| You could mount a printed disk on a comapss needle and use some sort of encoding via the light sensor to determine your direction. By changing the shade from white to black you'd probably be able to get a decent angle reading. The only tricky bit is (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Compass/directional sensor
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| -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schroeder & Jenise Uehara <msju@pobox.com> To: 'lego-robotics@crynwr.com' <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 11:34 AM Subject: Compass/directional sensor Has any seen or made one of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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