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Re: Scout Can use 6 touch sensors?
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lugnet.robotics.scout
Date: 
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:34:08 GMT
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Hao-yang Wang wrote:

> In lugnet.robotics.scout, Dean Husby writes:
> > Forgive me if I've missed this here before,
> > 
> > I've recently acquired a Scout system and have been reading the SDK PDF
> > and found the following:
> > 
> > "The Scout has two external input ports to which touch sensors can be
> > attached. The special colour-coded ID touch sensors can also be used –
> > they will automatically be detected by the Scout operating system."
> > 
> > From what I've read the CyberMaster (and Code Pilot?) use special colour
> > coded touch sensors that have resisters in them.  From what I can gather
> > the Scout can tell these apart? Does this mean you can up to 3 on each
> > port?
> 
> The color coded sensors are used in CyberMaster. Code Pilot uses the normal
> sensor.
> 
> > Has anyone opened up one of the colour coded touch sensors to see what's
> > inside? Is it just a simple resistance? If so, what are the values so we
> > might clone them.
> 
> Yes, it is a resister, connected in parallel with the switch, so you can read
> the resistance value when the switch is not pressed. See
> <http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=6568> for more details.


Why go though all that trouble if it's useless?
I find that hard to believe...


> 
> Also, see <http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=6591> for one experimental result
> of connecting three color-coded touch sensors in series to the same RCX input
> port.

Yes, I've made a resistor pad myself for the RCX.
http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_resistor.html

Dean



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(...) The color coded sensors are used in CyberMaster. Code Pilot uses the normal sensor. (...) Yes, it is a resister, connected in parallel with the switch, so you can read the resistance value when the switch is not pressed. See (URL) for more (...) (27 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)

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