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To: Denis Coffey, Re: Ultrasonic Ranger
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Sep 1999 21:45:58 GMT
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Hi Denis!

I use the brick with Mindstorms. It is 100% RCX compatible. I built it into
the small
sized battery box that comes with one of the motor kits. I believe the box
is
available seperately from shop at home, but I don't know the number yet.

It acts like the light sensor, but returns 0 - 100 as half inch increments
instead.
It has a range from about 6" - 50". I abandoned the tried and tested
Polaroid
transducers in favor of smaller piezo ones. The result was a design that fit
in the
battery box with a total power consumption of less that 4mA! You simply
can't
meet those size or power specs any other way!

I will publish the schematics soon. If there is enough interest, I'll
probably make
a circuit board for it. Then, anyone will be able to make one. I had a job
doing
it on prototype board!

Regards,

JB


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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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