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Re: COLOR light sensor
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:45:47 GMT
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I toyed some time ago with the idea of colored leds to provide color
information to RCX - I didn't construct anything yet.

I intended to use R/V/B leds (the addition of an IR one is a good idea) with
an RCX controlled cycling mechanism to light the object under test, and a
Lego light sensor (with it's red led masked) to read the info.

Philo

www.philohome.com



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(...) Hi Philo and color light sensor interested people: I know that Mike Gasperi has designed an unexpensive super color-sensor based on an input-multiplexer which is driven by switching the RCX from passive to active sensor-mode all the time. The (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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(...) I can own up to having done some work in this area. It isn't "available" yet because I haven't found an easily producible way to mount the LEDs yet. The device works as follows; The heart of the thing is a small PIC microcontroller which (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)  

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