02902 [alt-beam] Re: Easter egg hunt suggestions

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Message #02902

To: "'Steven Bolt'" sbolt@xs4all.nl, Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:20:16 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Easter egg hunt suggestions

Hello Steven,

there may be some difference in interference from 50H and 60Hz fluorescent
(TL) lighting for the beacon sensor as well as other photodetectors so
perhaps DC halogen lamps or equal should be used for ambient lighting to
eliminate that (possible) problem.

Also I would like to suggest a name for the behaviour of this class of
robots : Ovatropism
and that would make these: Ovatropic robots.

enjoy

Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
fax: (604)590-3411

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Bolt [SMTP:sbolt@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 10:58 PM
> To: Chiu-Yuan Fang
> Cc: beam@corp.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: Easter egg hunt suggestions
>
> On Sat, 1 May 1999, Chiu-Yuan Fang wrote:
>
> > I thought the plan was to use batteries? The Sharp modules work
> > fine on battery powered platforms.
>
> To get a stabilized 5V, you end up with a 9V battery as the
> smallest source. I'd like to run my Egg Hunter on 3 or at most 4
> rechargeable cells, and I don't want to use a step-up converter.
> But the Egg Hunt as now defined makes use of the Sharp modules
> quite possible. Problem solved?
>
> Best,
>
> Steve
>
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> # sbolt@xs4all.nl # Steven Bolt # popular science monthly KIJK #
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