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Re: Droid Developer Kit is here
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 01:46:46 GMT
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Ben Williamson <benw@pobox.%avoidspam%com>
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Hao-yang Wang wrote:
> Maybe I am comparing apples to oranges, but I feel the 5 built-in programs of
> RCX are more useful than the 7 built-in programs of Micro Scout. (Challenge:
> with only one light sensor and one motor, can you come up with a RCX
> application that is more interesting or useful than the 7 built-in programs
> mentioned above?)
For what it's worth, the Clock on my web page uses one output and one
input. I guess it's the most "useful" of my creations. :)
TLG could have added an alarm clock mode to the Micro Scout in which a
black/white disk rotating near the light sensor generates a fixed
length pulse to the motor each minute, to move analog clock hands.
Are you TLG folks out there listening? ;)
- Ben.
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| (...) What you're actually trying to say, is that the light sensor would generate a pulse each revolution, not each minute. The RCX has to measure the minutes internally, the light sensor would measure the revolutions. You could also have the light (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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