Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01364
To: timper@pulsenet.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Gadagada@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:32:50 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Stiquito and BEAM
In a message dated 99-03-07 20:12:59 EST, you write:
<< I recently received a Stiquito kit and wanted some input. Before I start,
I
want to know if their is a way to control it using BEAM-type processing. I
want it to be autonomous, but battery power will be fine. Any suggestions
as to circuitry would be great. I thought I saw something on the web about
this, but I don't know where. Thank >>
Ah, this comes up a lot. SMAs and Beam, it's not the best combination. but it
is possible. It'll be hard to use solar cells, so let's start with batteries.
If I remember correctly, Stiquito uses a two step walking gate, as in there
are two actions in each step. So you'll be able to use a bicore. A light
seeking (or avoiding, since you're not using solar power, whatever suits your
fancy) suspended bicore will be lovely for this app.
Gary
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