Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01533
To: TurtleTek@aol.com
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:23:10 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Photo-phobic photovore...
Swap the sides that the photodiodes are mounted on.
Chiu
TurtleTek@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greeting List,
>
> I've recently finished yet another photovore. It uses the "photopopper
> circuit" and has touch switches. This is the first one of mine that hasn't
> worked (except that photopopper that I mucked up on the soldering). At first
> it wouldn't work very well at all, only one motor would fire, the 1381 (I
> think) would buz and it would just sit there. After some tinkering I got it to
> work. However, there is one problem... It's photophobic. Instead of going
> towards light, it goes away from light. Why's that? I've checked the schem and
> everything looks right. The only thing I think could be wrong is the
> photodiodes, I might''ve put them in wrong, but I can't tell.
>
> -TurtleTek
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Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
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