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Re: Use RCX motor output to switch devices
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:35:33 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Remko Roodselaar writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Dean Husby writes:
> >
> > "Da Byte" <dabyte@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H1I03v.n9@lugnet.com...
> >
> > > > Do you mean something like the following?
> > > > http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_ms2.html
> > > >
> > > > Dean
> > >
> > > I have seen that site before, yes, but it doesn't exactly describe what I
> > > want (although I also could implement relays).
> > >
> > > I'd like help on the circuit I have built, please. But thanks anyway.
> >
> > I'm far from any expert but it appears that what you are trying to do is
> > make a solid-state switch.
> >
> > There are two other ways to do this.
> > 1. Use the RCX it's self as the switch. The RCX motor port in OFF mode would
> > be the switch closed and the motor port in FLOAT mode is the switch in open.
> >
> > But I don't know if this is the best idea depending on what your planning to
> > run on it.
> >
> > The safest method would be to use an optoisolator (I think it's called) It's
> > a package with a LED and a Phototransistor in one little package. You'd use
> > the RCX to 'light' it and it would do the same as your schematic but would
> > be electronically isolated. This also allows using two of them with reversed
> > polarity and you can have two switches on one port.
> >
> > Your other option is a relay as that link I supplied showed.
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> > Hope that's a little bit of help.
> >
> > Dean
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> Thanks a lot, Dean!
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> Total electrical isolation is a good idea to achieve what I'm planning to
> do. I am trying to switch circuits of various Voltages (a 12V circuit at the
> moment in the form of an IR beamer).
> Do you have any information on both creating and buying (parts of) these
> optoisolators? Could one use parts of old (computer) mice?
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> Thanks again!
>
> Remko
In my "LEGO Mindstorms Interfacing" book published by McGraw-Hill I devote
whole chapter (Chapter 4) on Electronic Switching techniques. I describe
both input/output switching techiques using npn and Power MOSFET transistors
to control RCX and Scout based robots. The book will be on the bookshelves
next month. Here is a link from Amazon.com about the book. Enjoy!!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071402055/qid%3D1030573125/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-8245441-6243259
Don Wilcher
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