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Subject: 
Barcode reader (Was: RE: legOS)
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:27:21 GMT
Original-From: 
Iain M Barker <IAINBARKER@BIGFOOT.COMnospam>
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It was also
interesting to see the RCX used for business use (the barcode reader
battery tester on MS club site - search for 'scanner').

Not quite the same thing, but has anyone tried to make a Lego barcode reader
using the light sensor? If so, how well did it work (or not)?

Iain M Barker

--
iainbarker@bigfoot.com
Drive defensively -- buy a tank.



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  Re: Barcode reader (Was: RE: legOS)
 
(...) The trick is to take advantage of having more than two colours to make it self-synchronising (said he from past experience, not having tried it on the RCX yet). stephen (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: legOS
 
In article <Pine.A41.3.96.98113...34.38352A- 100000@archa13.cc.uga.edu>, Bill Hollingsworth <billh@arches.uga.edu> writes (...) That is what I suspect too. If you count the MS that are bought by parents for 50/50 use then the figure could be higher. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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