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Re: Multiplexing 4 touch sensors on an RCX input port
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:03:39 GMT
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"Steve Hassenplug" <Hassenplug@mail.com> wrote:
[snip]
The biggest problem will be that the standard touch sensors may not be 100% on
when you press it.  This means the sensor itself can provide some resistance,
depending on how hard you press it.

You can test this by hooking up a touch sensor (configured to display raw
values) and softly press it.  You'll notice, the harder you press it (to a
point) the more the number changes.  (I forget if they go up or down, using the
standard software/firmware).  Then, as you release the button (VERY slowly) you
see the numbers change, again.

This has always annoyed me about the Lego touch sensors. Has anyone
ever made or seen a contraption that uses the variable pressure
sensitivity of the Lego touch sensors?


Tim



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  Re: Multiplexing 4 touch sensors on an RCX input port
 
(...) I've made one. A wall follower. I set the sensor to raw mode and looked at three ranges. It tried to stay in the middle range, which for this 'bot meant lightly touching the wall. The wall follower had a bumper analogous to a highly curved (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  Re: Multiplexing 4 touch sensors on an RCX input port
 
(...) While in theory, this sounds very cool, in pratice, I doubt it will work quite that well. The biggest problem will be that the standard touch sensors may not be 100% on when you press it. This means the sensor itself can provide some (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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