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Re: FIber-optic rotation sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:22:35 GMT
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Mario Ferrari wrote in message ...
> It was not me to discover it, but it's definitely doable. You can use the
> fiber-optic device as a rotation sensor and it works pretty well. As Dennis
> and Phil said, the only point is that you cannot detect the direction, but
> in many cases you already know it.
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> Mario
I'm wondering, what is the resultant "resolution" (ie, counts per rotation)
of the fibre-optic device? What sort of raw values does it return, as you
rotate the axle?
Iain
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| (...) Try this little experiment: Configure one of the RCX inputs as a light sensor type (to make it a powered input) and set the data mode to RAW. This lets you see the results on both the RCX LCD and the fiber-optic strands. Turn the axle until (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FIber-optic rotation sensor
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| It was not me to discover it, but it's definitely doable. You can use the fiber-optic device as a rotation sensor and it works pretty well. As Dennis and Phil said, the only point is that you cannot detect the direction, but in many cases you (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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