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Re: Motor Sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:56:55 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <LMARTINS@MARKTEST.PTantispam>
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At 16:46 08-06-1999 Tuesday , you wrote:
> Would it not be possible to use a
> motor as a rotation sensor? I think my example would be more suitable
> as a speed sensor though.
> Lets say you have a drive shaft, you feed a motor
> off that shaft. The motor would then act as a generator. You then take
> the generator and hook it to an input port on the RCX.
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I'm not sure but I remember something I read in this group that the inputs on the RCX can only read resistance. Someone correct me if I'm wrong...
Laurentino Martins
[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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| (...) the RCX can only read resistance. Someone correct me if I'm wrong... (...) Pretty close. Really it reads current, resistors are a good way to select this current, but its really the current that is sensed. His idea of using a motor as a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Greetings, I was thinking this weekend and would like to pass and idea/question on to the group. Would it not be possible to use a motor as a rotation sensor? I think my example would be more suitable as a speed sensor though. Lets say you have a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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