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RE: New creation: Lego Clock
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 May 1999 22:42:38 GMT
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Ben Williamson <benw@pobox/SayNoToSpam/.com>
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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Tilman Sporkert wrote:
> Has anybody looked inside on of those fiber-optic light "distributors"?
> Maybe it's a set of LEDs in a circle, with a contact wiper mounted on the
> axle that turns them on one by one as the axle rotates?
No, there's only one LED and it moves. I haven't opened one up, but if
you turn it slowly and look down the holes you can watch the LED get
brighter and then dimmer as it goes past. Weird design if you just want a
light chaser, but cool if you want a rotation sensor. :)
- Ben.
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) Has anybody looked inside on of those fiber-optic light "distributors"? Maybe it's a set of LEDs in a circle, with a contact wiper mounted on the axle that turns them on one by one as the axle rotates? Tilman -- Did you check the web site (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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