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Re: Pneumatic pump and switch version 2
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:40:29 GMT
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Bert van Dam <bvandam@(StopSpammers)zonnet.nl>
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I have some pneumatic examples (including a pressure switch) on my website.
Once you're there select menu 2.
Have fun,
Bert
Artificial intelligence and machine learning http://home.concepts.nl/bvandam
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: John Barnes <barnes@sensors.com>
Aan: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Datum: woensdag 28 november 2001 19:04
Onderwerp: Re: Pneumatic pump and switch version 2
> That is a really nice way to drive the pneumatics
> system from a motor! Excellent!! It opens the door
> to RCX controlled pneumatic "effectors" rather neatly.
> You can hide the motor and pump assembly in the "guts"
> of the beast while placing the cylinder where the
> action is required - without the weight penalty of
> using the motor itself at the end of arms or other
> appendages.
>
> I see no reason why multiple pump/switch combinations
> of this type shouldn't share a common blue tank.
>
> Your comments about not running the thing continuously
> are well taken - waste of electrical (battery?) power
> and needless wear and tear on the pump and gears.
>
> So does this mean an RCX compatible pressure sensor might
> become more than just a one of a kind curiosity? Should
> I set to work?
>
> JB
>
> In lugnet.announce, Edmund Nussbaum writes:
> > Hi there,
> > here is the 2nd version of a pneumatic pump and
> > switch using a single motor. Whenever the motor
> > runs, the pump produces pressure. Depending on the
> > direction the motor turns, the valve will switch
> > into the one or the other direction.
> >
> > http://home.t-online.de/home/sibylle.eddy/pneswit2.html
> >
> > If you like it, just give me a note.
> >
> > Edmund Nussbaum
> > mailto:en@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
> > http://home.t-online.de/home/sibylle.eddy/lego.html
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