 | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Richard Sutherland
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| | | (...) My initial thought was "Why?", but of course the next couple of posts displayed the creative energy of this group and contained several good answers to my question. For range finding using the laser wouldn't monitoring the intensity of the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Richard Earley
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| | | | | (...) Pulsing the laser would be implemented with the "motor speed control". (...) How about just using it with mirror(s) and the light sensor as a tripwire? (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Naji Norder
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| | | | | (...) Rangefinding can be done without much of this hassle. I developed an application a few years ago to "showcase" a product for the optoelectric company for which I worked. The product was a "position sensitive diode", aka a photodiode with two (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Tobias Möller
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| | | | (...) of a (...) Well, some of the cheaper laser pointers do this automatic. The produce a big spot of light when held not too far away from a wall. --Tobias (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Kevin Loch
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| | | | You can also take the "lens" out of the front of a good laser pointer and it does the same thing. KL (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Christopher Lannan
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| | | | (...) Why spend money on a laser, that should have a focused beam, when all you're going to do basically, is turn it into a flashlight? (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!! —Tobias Möller
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| | | | (...) you're (...) A flashlight is too big and heavy. A laser pointer is smaller and you´ll get a more compact design. --Tobias (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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