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Subject:	Re: The Great Ball Contraption (was Re: Rolling ball clock revisited)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:43:52 GMT
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> This announcement isn't quite ready, but while we're on the subject of rolling > [soccer] balls, I figured I'd leak out a bit of info. > > We're working on a standard (currently in testing) for modules for "The Great Ball > Contraption." Looks fun ;o) One of my goals when building Bob's clock was to get my feet wet in ball moving... One foreseeable issue: if an upstream unit has more throughput than a downstream one, we shall get ball overflows! Philo

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		Re: The Great Ball Contraption (was Re: Rolling ball clock revisited)
(...) There will be a minimum throuhgput to solve that. Right now, we're testing with 1 ball/second. So, the very first module will be regulated to run somewhere just below that speed. As long as everyone else can meet the minimum, there will be no (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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		The Great Ball Contraption (was Re: Rolling ball clock revisited)
(...) This announcement isn't quite ready, but while we're on the subject of rolling [soccer] balls, I figured I'd leak out a bit of info. We're working on a standard (currently in testing) for modules for "The Great Ball Contraption." Think Rube (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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