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Re: Are these Robolab parts?
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lugnet.robotics.edu
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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:53:42 GMT
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Dan LaFountain wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.edu, Jan-Albert van Ree writes:
> >
> > 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!
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> 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)
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 :)
--
Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://artsen.vanree.net
VanReeDotNet IT Solutions | http://www.vanree.net
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| (...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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