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Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 03:31:59 GMT
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Patrick Gardella <patrick@freebsd.org> wrote:

Jennifer Clark wrote:

Geoffrey Hyde wrote:

One thing I would wish for is to see a pneumatic control add-on module for
the Mindstorms system.

I'll second this! While I've yet to get the Mindstorms set, electrically
controlled pneumatic switches would open up so many possibilities. While
it is possible at the moment with various mechanisms, the motor overhead
(and size) makes it impractical for a lot of situations.

This is something I'm just now getting into.  There are quite a few
things I found.

<URLs snipped>

Here's another switch design:

http://homepage.mac.com/reid_hoff/Kevin/LEGO/Motorized%20Pneumatic%20Swi
tch/index.html


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  Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
 
(...) This is something I'm just now getting into. There are quite a few things I found. Pneumatic switch and pump: (2 URLs) r/c servos with the RCX (Remote switch): (URL) limiting switch: (URL) acting compressor: (URL) pneumatics reference: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)

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