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New creation: Lego Clock
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 09:11:57 GMT
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Ben Williamson <(benw@)stopspam(pobox.com)>
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Hi folks,
I've just put up a page describing my latest creation, an analog clock.
It's quite compact, has coaxial minute and hour hands, and uses a
fiber-optic rotation sensor to stay in sync with the RCX's internal clock.
Photos, NQC source and building instructions are at:
http://www.pobox.com/~benw/lego/clock/
Please don't all try to download the building instructions at once - my
poor little DSL line is still recovering from being /.ed last week. :)
Enjoy,
- Ben.
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Ben Williamson benw@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~benw/
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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| (...) One comment. You can get a 60:1 ratio using lego gears using a drive train like this: 8:40 driving 8:24 driving 8:16 driving 8:16. (that is 5x3x2x2 = 60) Using legOS you could build a full featured alarm clock that used the buttons on top as (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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| (...) I take it that the fiber-optic "distributor"'s LED-switching can be sensed by the RCX? Now that is an astounding multi-use of a specialized element. -gbr (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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