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Vision Command can see IR!?
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lugnet.robotics.vc
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Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:05:45 GMT
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Greetings,
FYI -- While playing with my new Vision Command, the robo-cam swung by me
while I had the Mindstorm's remote control in hand; and I observed a point of
blue light eminating from the remote's IR head. A few quick and very
unscientific tests later, it appeared that the Vision Command camera can see
into the infrared spectrum -- can anyone else confirm this?
(Also, prior to getting the VC cam up and running, the Win98 software
wanted to install RCX v2.0 into my v.10 RCX brick -- that surprised me...)
Cheers,
Carl Jagt
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Vision Command can see IR!?
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| Yes, the camera can "see" the IR signals sent by the IR tower or RCX bricks. If you look at the IR tower you'll notice that the signal flashes much lower then the "window" in the mold. It would appear as though LEGO changed the board around after (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
| | | Re: Vision Command can see IR!?
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| (...) All Cameras can see IR. They have a little filter in them to avoid the entire range of IR being seen. If you removed the filter you could see 'halos' on many lights and items that emit IR. It can be very fun. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
| | | Re: Vision Command can see IR!?
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| Yep, that's right--I found a page sowewhere where someone used the remaining USB power offered by the computer to power 6 IR LEDs mounted on the front of the cam--night vision! (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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