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Subject: 
Re: Motorized control of the 5120 polarity switch
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:15:35 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Roy Nelson writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to control a polarity switch with a motor controlled by an RCX.
> The position of the switch is monitored by a rotational sensor.  The problem
> I am having is how far the switch moves on return to the middle 'off'
> position, it tends to move way too far.  I've tried slowing down how fast
> the switch moves by various gear/pully combinitions with little success.
> 
> Has any done any work on this?  Are there any istruction posted on motor
> control of the polarity switch?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Roy

Take a look at <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=214>.

I controlled it with something similar to Robert Munafo's design
<http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/lego/stepper.html>.

Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang



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  Motorized control of the 5120 polarity switch
 
Hi all, I'm trying to control a polarity switch with a motor controlled by an RCX. The position of the switch is monitored by a rotational sensor. The problem I am having is how far the switch moves on return to the middle 'off' position, it tends (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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