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Re: Steering Drive
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 25 Aug 2004 03:10:14 GMT
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Mr S <SZINN_THE1@nospamYAHOO.COM>
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--- Jon Gilchrist <robots@DEELEETEf3p.com> wrote:
> So my problem is, how do I tell which way I need to
> turn the motor to
> get the wheels back to straight?
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> If the sensor is touched, I know that it is going
> straight, but if the
> sensor is not touched I can't figure out any good
> way to tell which
> side of the switch the cam is on. At least, not
> without using another
> sensor port, which I don't have available. I can't
> double up on the
> light sensor, because I can't have the sensor value
> go to 100 just
> because I'm going straight.
Well, you can use a second touch sensor and a raised
portion on half the steering rack so that it is always
depressed when not in the center or the other half.
This second sensor can be multiplexed with a passive
sensor such as you would find at
http://www.mindsensors.com/passive_mux.htm
Hope that helps
Cheers
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| (...) If you want to do this but don't want to or can't use non-lego parts, Rob Stehlik found that you can create the same effect using lamps: (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| So I'm building this robot because my FLL kids told me it couldn't be done. It has to do a few things, line following, bumpers, nothing too special. I made it with a steering drive because it has to have wheels that turn to make it look right (I'll (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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