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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Ben Jackson wrote:
>
> > I could probably part with the MicroScout too, if someone really wanted it.
> > It's very simplistic.
>
> It IS programmable via IR if you have an IR from an RIS. that seems to
> increase the versatility a fair bit, akthough I haven't tried it yet.
Actually it's programmable via visible light from a Scout (RDS). It speaks VLL
(see pages 66..68 of the Scout SDK). Even so, it only has a light sensor and
one builtin motor. Its builtin seek-light program (reverse until you see,
light, then go forward) is about as sophisticated a program as you can make.
In fact, that's an entire VLL opcode. You can just use a fiber cable to drive
the motor from the scout (so the scout gets a third output) but it's only a 3v
motor, and a really bulky one at that. If VLL is anything like IR, there will
be a 0.5s latency for motor commands anyway.
When my S&H order arrives with my fiber optic cables I'll see how useful it
really is. So far I've built the canonical microscout bot (anything that goes
forward in a straight line and turns in reverse), tried the builtin programs
(seek light is briefly amusing). I did set a Scout to 'Forward' and hit run
while the MicroScout was in P mode. If you practially press them together the
MicroScout beeps a bit but doesn't actually start the motor.
I was thinking about using it to control a train switch... Assuming a switch
engine is built on the scout it could transmit to the microscout at close range
and activate the switch...
FUT lugnet.robotics.microscout
--Ben
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