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Re: proud of myself (+ some questions)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:55:51 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <LMARTINS@MARKTEST.stopspammersPT>
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At 14:48 17-09-1999 Friday , Matthew Miller wrote:
> S. Crawshaw <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > If you can accept having "discrete" steering positions, then you can use a
> > touch sensor to mimic a rotation sensor. A line of 1-stud cylindrical
> > elements moving past a touch sensor will give "0" when the sensor is
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> Currently, I've settled for exactly three discrete positions -- left, right,
> and center. This seems to work well enough for most situations.
in the case you have a spare touch sensor can make a tachometer.
Since you always know the direction your steering is running, you can count the teeth and know exactly where it's positioned.
It's pretty easy to setup:
http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Lego-Robotics/Touch_sensor.htm
Laurentino Martins
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| (...) If you can accept having "discrete" steering positions, then you can use a touch sensor to mimic a rotation sensor. A line of 1-stud cylindrical elements moving past a touch sensor will give "0" when the sensor is exactly between two elements (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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