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Re: IR Port as night/day detector (Was: Re: IR Port as Proximity detector.)
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:39:46 GMT
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Laurentino Martins wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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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  Re: IR Port as night/day detector (Was: Re: IR Port as Proximity detector.)
 
(...) I though the RCX had a internal clock. I don't have a RCX so I can not tell. The CyberMaster doesn't. Laurentino Martins *<||:-) [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt] [(URL) you check the web site first?: (URL) (28 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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