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Re: Mindstorm/CyberMaster Swap
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:53:31 GMT
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Original-From:
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@marktest.SPAMLESSpt>
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At 15:33 15-12-1998 Tuesday , you wrote:
> "Andy Bower" <bower@object-arts.com> writes:
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> > The third motor output (and only this one) has the the ability to report
> > motor current (in mA approx) which makes it possible to do stall detection.
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> You can do stall detection this way? How can this be done using NQC,
> say?
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> I've brought up this issue in this discussion group earlier, but noone
> knew how to do stall detection, or so it seemed to me.
Any of you have confirmed this?
Some time ago in a few test I've made the only I could read with MotorCurrent() was if the motor was running...(?)
Laurentino Martins
[lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Mindstorm/CyberMaster Swap
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| (...) report (...) detection. (...) MotorCurrent() was if the motor was running...(?) Okay, I've just made some measurements on the motor current when driving the grabber tool on the CyberTruck model from the CM set. When off the current is (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorm/CyberMaster Swap
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| (...) It is but the Cybermaster does have some useful additions that I wish had made it into the Mindstorms RCX. The Cybermaster motors have built-in tachometers that can be used to report trip distance and rotational speed. The third motor output (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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