Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06651
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Evan Dudzik evandude@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:49:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: more info (was: how exactly does a bicore work?)
hmm, that did nothing. PS i have them in parallel but
opposite facing ways like the photodiodes are, and i
tried flipping the things around thru all the combos
of anode/cathode, and the LEDS still stay on. i have
no idea what to do now. oh well, screw my crappy
bicore, until someone can tell me how to make it work.
--- JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/11/99 4:14:51 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> evandude@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > both LED's on and off
> > TOGETHER.. how can electricity flow both ways at
> once?
> > they were in opposite directions! (anode+cathode
> > reversed, etc.) i have no idea how this thing
> should
> > work, i took out a photodiode and it blinked
> slower,
> > but they were still both going at once. i am
> really
> > comfused. can anyone help me?
> Flip one of the LED's around. Anode to anode. The
> power is reversing
> directions via the inverters. It just looks like
> power is going both ways.
>
>
> See ya,
> Jim
>
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
>
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6652 Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:51:20 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Any BEAMers in South Florida? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter Cool! you're in Iowa! I'll have to look it up on the map!
I havn't even realy looked ahead on my TV listings, but I should REALY
get that done. I got cable, so I'll have to rig a UHF if IPTV or KSMN
don't have it. Shouldn't be dificult. I wired a 10 foot loop antenna
once so I could watch the Stephen King's: The Stand for the first time
on a 5 inch B&W! HAHAHA!!!
I've built Walkman Jr. (who's eye fell off and now he spases! It needs
eye surgery! HAHA! :) I've also built Bronco, which is my best walker to
date, and I have Floor Monkey, which always faces the darkest spot
avaliable, and occasionaly chatters if it's just perfect! :)
I also have a solarbotics Solar Speeder and a Photopopper. Both kits I
got for free at Mark Daltons BEAM meet north of Minneapolis & St Paul a
couple months back. I also have a now dead Solar Roller that was once my
top solar bot (relatives, robots, and gravity don't mix!), and an older
Solarbotics photo popper and a photovore that both are VERY sparatic, if
they even decide to run that day.
Current projects are Megavore, which is a giant photovore driven by a
unicore with photodiodes and feelers, and full reverse capability, a
2DOF sun seeking head I'm calling Sunbird (after my dearly departed car
:) I'm working on a hexapod malker with 3 legs, and can turn and
reverse. MECI IV M and Spyder both got a lot of work to do before they
run on their own. I need to get expirience building reverser circuits in
order to even attempt it.
It'd be pretty cool to have a robot build fest. Maybe we can figure
something out sometime!
Rik wrote:
>
> COOL -- you got a website with your bots posted?
>
> how long have you been into this?
>
> well as far as the age goes...i might be 31 .. but i look and act 18! hahah
> (not kidding)
> im totally new to this beam stuff ... and im also teaching myself
> electronics.....
>
> i live in deerfield ... if ya dont know where that is ... it's just after
> delray and boca..so im just south of you 1/2hour or so!
>
> Hey.. WXEL the palmbeach pbs is showing a robotics show tues. @ 8:00 and
> they are going to be talking to Mark Tilden ..and showing some BEAM stuff!!
> ... if you cant find it on your cable..you can go to ch.42 on the uhf.
>
> what bots have you built.....i wanna see some live ones!!!
>
> if i can get the other guys i been bothering to get into to this off their
> asses..maybe we can all get together!
>
> -Rik
--
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
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http://richfiles.calc.org
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6653 Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:10:46 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Any BEAMers in South Florida? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter Oh, man... I thought you were replying to me, not the list... Oops! Oh
well. My mistake. I guess I read to fast and was all excited bout
someone near here... Oh well! I was wrong! Sorry bout that! :)
While I'm at it... anyone here ACTUALY live around the Mid to south
Minnesotoa or the northern Iowa area???
My mistake! Hahaha! I need to read addresses and subjects more often!!! :)
Rik wrote:
>
> COOL -- you got a website with your bots posted?
>
> how long have you been into this?
>
> well as far as the age goes...i might be 31 .. but i look and act 18! hahah
> (not kidding)
> im totally new to this beam stuff ... and im also teaching myself
> electronics.....
>
> i live in deerfield ... if ya dont know where that is ... it's just after
> delray and boca..so im just south of you 1/2hour or so!
>
> Hey.. WXEL the palmbeach pbs is showing a robotics show tues. @ 8:00 and
> they are going to be talking to Mark Tilden ..and showing some BEAM stuff!!
> ... if you cant find it on your cable..you can go to ch.42 on the uhf.
>
> what bots have you built.....i wanna see some live ones!!!
>
> if i can get the other guys i been bothering to get into to this off their
> asses..maybe we can all get together!
>
> -Rik
--
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
http://richfiles.calc.org
For the BEAM Robotics list:
BEAM Robotics Tek FAQ
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
6654 Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:19:55 EDT [alt-beam] Re: Any BEAMers in South Florida? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Blumojo13@aol.com Well not S. Fla. ,how about South Daytona?
blumojo13
6655 Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:27:34 EDT [alt-beam] Re: Any BEAMers in South Florida? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Tedodo@aol.com how about the tampa/st. pete area of Fl.
Laurel
6656 Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:40:00 +0800 What do I need? Chris <123abc@chek.com>
>
> Ok, Here's my deal. Since I'm only 15 and do not have a job I want to get
the most bang for my buck. I need to know what I need to make a 2 motor
walker with 4 touch sensors, 2 photodiode eyes, that can go backwards,
right, left, forward, is nocturnal. By nocturnal I mean uses a solar cell
in daytime to charge its batteries when it bicore is off, then at night it
turns itself on. So I need to know what I need because I don't want to have
to pay shipping and handling twice (or more). And I need a site that tells
me how to hook these things up.
>
> I'm new to all of this BEAM stuff, but I pick things up fairly easily.
>
>
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