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Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 15:08:28 GMT
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alex wetmore <ALEX@antispamPHRED.ORG>
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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Ben Williamson wrote:
> 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:
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> http://www.pobox.com/~benw/lego/clock/
Cool project.
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 user input :)
alex
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| i'd love to take a look at this (and the alarm clock sounds like a fun project idea:) but when trying to resolve Ben's page, I get a problem resolving staticip.cx. Do you have an actual IP we can reach your page at, ben? Or should I just keep (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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| (...) This one works for me: (URL) you are the man. I'm going to try to build the FetchBot some time this week. Jonathan -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New creation: Lego Clock
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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