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Re: More Output ports!
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 05:28:36 GMT
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Dana Dansereau <DANSEREA@HOMEspamless.COM>
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I actually use my RCX to control relays in my large interactive art projects
(blasphemy). But I imagine that it would be easy to convert my ideas into a
simple way of switching motors. By putting a small relay 5 volt relay
(preferably one that locks in position to save battery power) into a block
you could do this quite easily.
with a multi-pole-relay that can hold its position you can just apply a full
power burst of electricity to it in order to change direction, thereby
switching from one set of motors to the other. I'll scan the pictures I
have of my project and put it up on my website later.
Has anyone else been using there RCX for blasphemous non-lego applications??
-----Original Message-----
From: Cyberia <cyberia@erols.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: More Output ports!
> I would be interested in seeing what you have done.
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> How do you control the switch, with the third RCX output ?
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> --
> SeeYa !
> ------------
> Jim
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- • -
> Hello... Is this thing on ?
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>
> John Brubaker wrote in message <36e2aace.12707929@lugnet.com>...
> > Hi All - I posed a question a couple of weeks back about using small
> > relays to switch control of outputs in order to use more motors.
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> > My robot uses 2 powered treads for forward, reverse, and turn. The
> > gripping arm uses a motor to raise and lower, then another motor
> > controls a pneumatic switch to open or close the claw using a small
> > air cylinder. It all works quite well. If anyone's interested in the
> > switching device, I'll post some pictures of it this week. It fits
> > into a Lego brick 2 pegs x 6 pegs x 6 thick. Regards --- John.
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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