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Re: IR Port as night/day detector (Was: Re: IR Port as Proximity detector.)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:39:46 GMT
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Laurentino Martins wrote:
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> At 15:04 14-01-1999 Thursday , you wrote:
> > Pardon my newbieness. This is my first post here and I'm still saving
> > up to buy a MindStorms set. I was wondering if the IR port on the RCX
> > can be used to determine if it's night or day out without using the
> > light sensor. Are IR readings of "nothing" any higher or lower in the
> > dark than they are in the light?
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> I though the RCX had a internal clock.
> I don't have a RCX so I can not tell. The CyberMaster doesn't.
Sorry, maybe I didn't explain it very well. I don't necessarily
need a clock to tell the time. What I want to do is turn on a light
based on a reading from the IR port. Is this possible without using
the light sensor?
Thanks,
Daniel.
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