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Subject: 
Re: lego light sensor's capability of distinguishing colors
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
Date: 
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:01:24 GMT
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On Tue, June 28, 2005 6:50 am, Brian Davis said:
Another option that
might work (read: I've not tested this at all) is using more than one color of
light to illuminate the surface the light sensor is reading: take one reading
with no additional lightsource, then one with a bright green light illuminating
the surface, etc.

That sounds like a really smart idea.  At least, that's what I thought when Philo
did it:
http://philohome.com/sensors/colorsensor.htm

like he just said...
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=2676

:)

Steve



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  Re: lego light sensor's capability of distinguishing colors
 
(...) Dang. I just do not have enough on-line hours to discover how many times I can reinvent the wheel ;-). Thanks for the pointer, Steve, and Philo that is a nice piece of work! (19 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)

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  Re: lego light sensor's capability of distinguishing colors
 
(...) How about one sensor with a color wheel the RCX can drive (this is how just about all NASA spacecraft take those beautiful pictures)? Another option that might work (read: I've not tested this at all) is using more than one color of light to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)

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