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Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:07:13 GMT
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I bought two shuttles in response to a posting that I saw on the Massachusetts
local forum. K B Toy was selling them for about $130 apiece when you could
still find them. (There were still a few left in Kingston, MA when I left the
store, but that was weeks ago.)
This is a great set. It's got over 1300 pieces, including the ones mentioned
previously. My personal favorite item in this set are the two polarity
switches which can be used to switch both forward and reverse voltages,
depending on whether you push the lever forward or back. (These are
reportedly available separately as well.)
I recently made a wired remote for testing my robotic platforms using three
polarity switches, a battery box, and a few long and short wiring leads. The
battery box feeds into one side of each polarity switch, and the other end of
each switch is connected to one of the motors in the robot. I laid the three
switches out so that I have a Left and Right tank-style steering control pair,
and the third lever raises or lowers my robot arm. I can easily test physical
modifications to my platform without having to write/download any code.
I made it so that I can easily disconnect the motor leads from my RCX and plug
them directly into an RCX pin-compatible connector to switch over to manual
control. I did this by mounting the three motor leads from the wired remote
on top of a 2x6 plate so that they are in the same position and orientation as
the motor outputs from the RCX. Another 2x6 plate across the top of my RCX-to-
motor wires makes it easy to move the three connections as a unit from RCX to
remote and back again.
Overall, it would probably have been easier (and cheaper?) to just get the IR
remote, but I liked my approach because I had the parts on hand, and it
doesn't drain my RCX batteries when I'm playing with (er, I mean _testing_)
the robot. Also I like having real levers instead of pushing those little
rubber buttons.
In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Berger, Kurtis (I)) writes:
> Clearly very well worth it. Too bad it's the old-style motor, though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Moffat [mailto:smoffat@hcitech.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:05 AM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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> Let me elaborate....it includes a fiber optic unit, a
> battery box, a micro motor, an old style 9V motor, 2 electric switches,
> 4 wires ( 2 long, 2 short), and a bunch of beams, and gears, and pegs oh
> my! Well worth it ( in my mind).
> <<...>>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berger, Kurtis (I)
> [SMTP:Kurtis.Berger@adidasus.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:48 PM
> To: Steve Moffat; lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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> Do you have the Lego kit# for this set?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Moffat [mailto:smoffat@hcitech.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:33 AM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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> Greetings,
> It's a bit expensive but lego still has a few of
> the space shuttle kits for sale. It has a load of parts. I just got mine
> yesterday so I can't tell you all the parts but it had a load of gears
> and a micro motor.
> <<...>>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham, Nelson (Nick) [SMTP:Nick.Graham@usi.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 12:42 PM
> To: Lego-Robotics (E-mail)
> Subject: Gears & Mico Motor
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> Any suggestions for kits that provide both mico motors and a nice array
> of
> gear elements?
>
> Nick
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) <SNIP!!!> Oops. I think I meant Toys-R-Us in Kingston, MA. (I just saw Robert Munafo's recent post about having been there last night, and I'm amazed that he had the restraint not to buy every shuttle he could grab!) I'm very sorry if anyone (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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| Chris Phillips wrote in message (...) three (...) <snip> (...) Here is a 3 axis joystick that I think would work in your testing set up. (URL) could break down the LDraw file into easier to follow instructions if there is interest. Twisting the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Clearly very well worth it. Too bad it's the old-style motor, though. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:smoffat@hcitech.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:05 AM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: RE: Gears & Mico Motor (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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