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Subject: 
Control lego motors and rotation sensors
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Date: 
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:59:53 GMT
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1) Can you have diferent tension levels aplied to a lego motor, for speed
control purposes ? Or, one can only make it turn at a constant speed.

2) Are there more precise rotation sensors than the ones that came with lego
mindstorms (only 16 ticks per revolution) ?

Thank you



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  Re: Control lego motors and rotation sensors
 
(...) You can set a power level, but it doesn't seem very effective at controlling speed. (...) Usually you just gear it up so that it spins faster. If you're gearing down a motor to drive a wheel or an arm, arrange to put the rotation sensor (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Control lego motors and rotation sensors
 
(...) There are commands for the RCX to use different 'power levels' - which will translate into a change in speed if there is sufficient load. (...) lego (...) No - but you can use a gear train to make the rotation sensor spin more than once for (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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