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Re: The NXT bit of information...
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:12:43 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Justin Fisher wrote:
> I was surprised at something in the article though - it says that both the
> existing touch sensors and the NXT ones are either full on or full off, when I
> remember the existing ones as analogue, allowing you to detect the amount of
> depression (pressure), not just whether some mechanical switching threshold has
> been reached. Am I mis-remembering?
Yes. The existing touch sensors are just switches--they give you on and off.
Peter
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| (...) Not exactly. You can get a range of values out of a single RIS touch sensor by varying how hard you press on it... but it's a really small rnage of pressures over which it varies. Hook a touch sensor up to a port configured for a raw value, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Yes, the article indicates the battery will be sold seperately (so it should be safe to get a retail set the moment they hit the shelves :) I was surprised at something in the article though - it says that both the existing touch sensors and (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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