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Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 21:13:06 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Ben Williamson) writes:
> On Tue, 4 May 1999, G. Benedikt Rochow wrote:
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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.
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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 pipes. Those Lego guys never cease to amaze me.
> I want to become a master builder so I can quit this software engineering
> thing. :)
Ben,
I still don't know really what you are talking about, this is the first
that I have heard of using that FO thingee as an angle sensor/counter. How
does it work in NQC?
thanks,
DLC
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| From: Dennis Clark <dlc@verinet.com> (...) How (...) Treat the FO device as a light sensor. As you turn it you can see it switch between two values (a high value and a low value). Count those values and you have a rotation sensor. Its probably (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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