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Re: New creation: Lego Clock
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Date: 
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:

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.

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 (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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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)

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