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Re: Distance Sensor
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Sat, 31 Jul 1999 15:55:41 GMT
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This is a good plan. Linc Smith suggested a similar system to me only it was
linear. I used the touch sensor to count the studs on a technic beam. I was
traveling a short distance with a slider. Your plan sounds worth trying. Of
course, a rotation counter would be easier and smaller, but not much fun.
Keep up the new ideas. We need them all.
Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
The Shop
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
Greg Majewski <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:FFqqtA.4Gu@lugnet.com...
> Hello,
> Very sorry if this topic has already been brought up; I don't read this • group,
> and don't even have a Mindstorms kit.
> I was thinking about how to make a distance sensor the other day, and I • came up
> with a very simple idea, though I can not test it to see if it works:
> Create a large wheel out of hinge plates and have a touch sensor placed on • one
> of the sides of the "wheel," so that every time the wheel turns once, the • touch
> sensor is set off once. You could find out how much distance one rotation • of
> the wheel covers. So, you could measure things with the wheel, or program • it to
> go a specific distance. Say the wheel moved one foot every rotation, and • you
> wanted the vehicle the wheel was attatched to to move ten feet. The touch
> sensor could then be programmed to stop the vehicle from moving after it • had
> been triggered ten times. This could also work in another way: Have the • vehicle
> travel along a straight line, like up against a wall or something. When • the
> vehicle hit the end of the line, you could somehow see how many times the • touch
> sensor had been activated, then figure out the distance, not that it would • be
> terribly useful though :) I hope everyone got the point I'm trying to get
> across, and again, I'm very sorry if this topic has already been • discussed.
> Greg "I think the wallpaper's looking at me funny" Majewski
> citrusx__@yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
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