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Subject: 
RE: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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Date: 
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 19:21:31 GMT
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Carl G. Schaefer, Jr. <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote
> Uhh --- that was a stupid comment, wasn't it?  How do the Lego guys guard
> (or shield) against the possibility of the motor magnets disrupting the
> electronics or memory onboard the RCX?

By making sure the magnets are not strong enough to do those things.

Which isn't hard - it takes a very strong magnet to interfere with solid
state electronics. It's only magnetic media (floppy/hard disks) that are
vulnerable, and even those are not as vulnerable as is often thought.

Moz



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  RE: moving in a straight line with two motors?
 
Uhh --- that was a stupid comment, wasn't it? How do the Lego guys guard (or shield) against the possibility of the motor magnets disrupting the electronics or memory onboard the RCX? Carl (with a very red, I-can't -believe-I'm-an-engineer, face) (...) (28 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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