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Re: New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:34:39 GMT
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very good application-idea Philippe,
and nicely implemented !
Looking at your idea, brings me on another idea.
Shouldn't it be possible to build another wire-follower, consisting of
just 1 wire, fed by a DC source and a measured with a Hall-sensor?
best regards,
Stef Mientki
Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> Inspired by vehicles moving precisely along the roads in Miniland, I have
> created this homebrew sensor, which allows a RCX robot to follow a wire track.
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> Since distance between sensor and wire can exceed 1 cm, the wire may even be
> hidden below carpet...
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> See it at http://www.philohome.com/sensors/filoguide.htm
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> Plug in your sordering irons!!!
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> Philo
> www.philohome.com
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| Hello Stef, (...) Thanks ;o) (...) That might work, but getting a high enough field to be detected and be immune to external sources (including earth magnetic field!) would require a LARGE current, not very practical... Philo www.philohome.com (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Inspired by vehicles moving precisely along the roads in Miniland, I have created this homebrew sensor, which allows a RCX robot to follow a wire track. Since distance between sensor and wire can exceed 1 cm, the wire may even be hidden below (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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