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Subject: 
RE: Uses for tacho wheel?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:48:52 GMT
Original-From: 
Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.com^Spamcake^>
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If you point a light sensor at them, you can use them as a rotation
sensor.

They are also available in one of the NBA basketball sets.  If memory
serves, they used it as a gear that was part of a ratchet mechanism to
keep the wind-up motor from running.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com] On Behalf Of Brian Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:34 AM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Uses for tacho wheel?
> 
> Attempt #2 at this post...
> 
>    I recently aquired (via the "grab bags" at LEGO stores -
> wonderful idea, second only to PaB for me) two of the "tacho wheels":
> 
> http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x480
> 
> I've played with them only a little, but how do you *use*
> these things? I'd download the barcode truck instructions to
> see what LEGO did, but an 88 Mb PDF file over my dialup is,
> um... it could take a while. Can these be used to activate a
> touch sensor? Other gears?
>    There's got to be *some* (non-decorative) use for them -
> heck, Pitsco even sells spare parts packs with 'em.
> 
> --
> Brian Davis
> 
> 
> 



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