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    Light sensor initialization time? —Martin Egholm Nielsen
   Hellow! Here a little fact: the first reading on the light sensor _just_ after you have activated it is too high. It seems like one has to wait a little after activating the sensor. The following program shows it rather nicely: ____START OF CODE____ (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
   
        Re: Light sensor initialization time? —John Barnes
   I suspect this is due to the fact that the first sample from the sensor is actually being obtained while the sensor's reservoir capacitor is still charging. Why don't you try a simple test, actually two tests; 1. Initialise as passive sensor Wait 1 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
   
        Re: Light sensor initialization time? —Martin Egholm Nielsen
   Hi, (...) Well, I considered that, but I wondered why the measurement is so high then? Regards, Martin E. Nielsen (...) ___CODE CUT AWAY___ (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
 

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