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Re: Are these Robolab parts?
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lugnet.robotics.edu
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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 02:31:29 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.edu, Jan-Albert van Ree writes:
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> The URL below is a picture in which some kind of sensor is displayed...
> The brick is 2*3 studs, and 1 1/3 brick high. The big hole in the side is
> big enough for a Technic axle to go through. The small hole seems to be a
> sensor opening, on top the holes are made for a 4.5v connector.
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> The disk is 3 studs wide, one side has 4 dark area's, the other side 8.
> It appears to be a rotation sensor, but none of the regular Technic boxes
> ever had these sensors. Can anybody point me to a source for more info on
> these bricks? Thanks a lot in advance!
Jan
This comes from the original LEGO TC Logo materials (1980s) and was used as
a counting wheel. You could use it as a rotation sensor by counting the
number of seperations between black and white. It could also be used as an
angle sensor. You could also program your device to count the number of
rotations over time to determine speed. It was used in conjunction with the
original interface boxes which were at that time tethered to the computer
through ribbon cables and slot cards.
It works on the old 4.5v system and probably cannot be used with anything
Mindstorms.
Dan LaFountain
Pitsco LEGO Dacta
(and former teacher of LEGO TC Logo materials)
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| (...) Thanks a lot! Now I at least know WHAT I have... too bad I can't use it. I have 2 sets, if anybody's interested, drop me a line at javanree@vanree.net and I'm sure we can work something out :) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| Hope this is the correct newsgroup... The URL below is a picture in which some kind of sensor is displayed... The brick is 2*3 studs, and 1 1/3 brick high. The big hole in the side is big enough for a Technic axle to go through. The small hole seems (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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