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Re: Electromagnets with RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:16:22 GMT
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John, this is a really interesting idea.
> In other areas of engineering, they use magnets to attach things like
> measurement
> devices to machine tools and rather than use electromagnets which consume
> power continuously, they used permanent magnets. The "trick" is they use more
> than one, and the arrangment is set up so that a lever is used to move one
> magnet
> close to another to nullify its effect temporarily. Normally, these devices
> are in
> fact manually operated, relying on a small lever sticking out one side to
> move one
> of the magnets. An interesting project for the RCX would be to build a
> motorized
> "magnetic switch" of this general design, so that the RCX would only use
> battery
> power switching between states rather than all the while the magnet is on.
>
> JB
I think I understand, but do you possibly have a picture(s) that you could
show. How about a diagram?
Off Topic- John, thanks again for the Znap. They are overwhelming. I think I'm
going to have to build a shed with them to store my legos.
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| John Van writes; (...) Well, that is a thoroughly good reason to want to investigate something! In other areas of engineering, they use magnets to attach things like measurement devices to machine tools and rather than use electromagnets which (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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