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Re: challenge: LEGO copier
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 4 Aug 2004 20:37:22 GMT
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Original-From:
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Shawn Menninga <SMQ@ihatespamDWARFRUNE.COM>
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At 03:41 PM 8/4/2004, Joe Strout wrote:
> Here I expose my complete cluelessness with regard to RCX. Its three
> outputs are what -- voltage levels? Usually used to drive a motor
> directly? If so, does this mean that a robot needs one RCX per every
> three degrees of freedom?
There are some clever tricks (diff & ratchet/clutch, muxes) to expand
it somewhat for some applications, but in general, yes, a single RCX can
drive only three independent pulse-width modulated polarity reversible 9V
outputs.
-SMQ Shawn Menninga smq@dwarfrune.com
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| (...) No, I meant stuck to each other. (...) That's what I had in mind too. (...) I was assuming the use of a camera, not the LEGO light sensor. But using the light sensor is a clever idea. (...) Here I expose my complete cluelessness with regard to (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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