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Re: Mindstorm to control a train?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:13:11 GMT
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Jim Knepley wrote in message ...
> It's a problem of power. The RCX seems to have two useful speeds for the
> train, so-slow-it's-not-actually-moving-but-I-can-tell-it's-trying, and
> way-too-fast.
It may not be sooth enough for your application, but I use a
on-for-a-while/off-for-a-while loop to slow down the motion on my turtle
robots. It's a kind of extended PWM. If you program with visual basic
there is an example of the code I use @
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Michael_Gasperi/walter.htm . You
could probably create the same effect with RCX Code too.
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| I got myself a Mindstorm last christmas. My wife got herself a train last weekend. I can't resist the urge to control the train with the Mindstorm, but I've hit a snag. As I can't possibly be the first one to think of this, I'll ask y'all for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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