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Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 17:43:50 GMT
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> 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:
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
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 | | Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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| (...) Yep, pretty cool. I can't take credit for figuring that out, does anyone recall who did? I'm sure this side-effect didn't happen by accident, there's no real reason to switch the LED when it's blocked if all you want is pretty flashing light (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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| On your page I also saw your scanner / plotter. Very cool, I've been thinking about building one of those for a while. How did you get the precision control by using touch sensors instead of rotation sensors? (...) -- Did you check the web site (...) (26 years ago, 5-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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