Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04578



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Zulu35" zulu35@singnet.com.sg
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:23:22 +0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: VERY rare motor up for grabs!


hmm... i have 4 of those too :) ripped them out from some old motorola
pagers that were produced 4 yrs ago... :)

heh heh... that makes me worth.... erm... $120? haha

erm.. one question now...
the herbie line follower... how does it operate? since it is given a power
source (battery), wouldnt the motors simply spin on and on and on and
on.......?

if thats the case, then the phototropic capabilities of the bot would be
erm... quite bad right?

pls pls correct me if i am wrong :)


rdgs
zulu
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> From: Dave Hrynkiw
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Cc: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: VERY rare motor up for grabs!
> Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 12:12 PM
>
> At 08:54 PM 6/16/1999 , Darrell Johnson wrote:
> >Ok... I have one question and an observation...
> >
> >Question:
> >three pennies stacked on top of eachother is the motor's length or
> >diameter?? If it's the diameter, Dave's TPMs are about that big..
>
> They're a pretty little motor. Fully encapsulated, VIBRATING motor, about

> the size and shape of 3 stacked dimes. They have a pair of gold contacts
on
> the top to attach power to, and shake like the dickens! If you pull the
top
> off (it's a safe operation), you see a strange rotor assembly of 3 coils
> (arranged in the position of 3 of 4 pie-slices) which can drop right out.

> I've only ever seen 3, and I'm keeping my two for a rainy day.
>
> Too bad they weren't available in a balanced version.
>
> -Dave
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> "Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
> that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
> 2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
> http://www.solarbotics.com

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