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It's pretty nice to program my Spybot with BricxCC. It's just like working with an RCX. But I'm having a problem getting a reliable reading from the light sensor. I'm trying to make the spybot follow a line, but unless I have very good lighting, I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I've got to try BrickCC as well. I'm not surprised at the light detector performance. The light pipe is good, but not that good. It depends on light entering the tube pretty much perpendicular to the end. You would need to have a LOT of light (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I had a thought about this... Why not attach an external power source, and use it to power a lamp mounted right next to the "pipe"? Or, get another pipe, and mount one end of that next to the current pipe, and put the lamp on the other end? Or, if (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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"Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3D6CEF73.10707@...ers.com... (...) You have access to a powerful light right now. The 'laser'! Why not redirect it's light down to where you need it? Dean (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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