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RE: Uses for tacho wheel?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:48:52 GMT
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Original-From:
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Rob Limbaugh <RLimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.&spamcake&com>
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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?
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> Attempt #2 at this post...
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> I recently aquired (via the "grab bags" at LEGO stores -
> wonderful idea, second only to PaB for me) two of the "tacho wheels":
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> http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/x480
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> 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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