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Message #07679
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Jason -" evenflow88@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:37:08 GMT
Subject: [alt-beam] POwer smart head rulez!
Hie all esspecially to my new power smart head group..I would like to say
that with wilf rigter/jim vernon/BotDoc guidance and help i made my first
version of power smart head using 1M trimpot for R1 and 500K trimpot for
R2...maybe later i would ask wilf why he choose such a big 5M trimpot when
he could use smaller ones...and better yet BotDoc and WIlf who help me to
debug my chip to see whther it is a defective one...how lucky i was to know
when the chip is working fine after all...my power smart head uses a servo ,
0.01 caps , LDR and two led to see the left right turning of the head and to
kno when it is locked on that is when both of them led is shut off...thats
the purpose of the power smart head after all right? i may post some
pictures to the yahoo club soon..thanks for all whom helped me...goodbye
jason
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7680 Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:42:04 GMT [alt-beam] Re: New Hackable toy on the market this x-mas beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Jason -"
>From: "Jim Taylor"
>Reply-To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>To:
>Subject: New Hackable toy on the market this x-mas
>Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 14:45:52 -0500
>
>Tyco has released a micro version of their Rebound. It used to be a
>popular
>robotics conversion subject. The new versions seem to be even better
>suited
>for conversions. The new micro rebound uses 3 AA batteries for power, and
>sports differental steering.
>If you haven't seen one of these, they are amazing. I dropped one down a
>flight of steps, and it kept going, imagine my response!
> I think I may modify the new ones for a Bot board, and perhaps make a
>BEAM
>version, wich is Bi-core driven. Just wanted to share this with the
>group.
>Seems to be a lowcost, easily hackable toy.
>
>
>
>James Taylor
>URL: http://fly.to/springmeadows
Hie James...do u have a link for me to see the picture of it or do u have a
website of tyco cars..i cant seem to find it...thanks
jason
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7681 Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:30:58 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: New Hackable toy on the market this x-mas beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Peter A. Low" The only problem I had with an earlier version of the Rebound was that it
ate batteries. . . hopefully they've fixed that too!
At 02:45 PM 11/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Tyco has released a micro version of their Rebound. It used to be a popular
>robotics conversion subject. The new versions seem to be even better suited
>for conversions. The new micro rebound uses 3 AA batteries for power, and
>sports differental steering.
>If you haven't seen one of these, they are amazing. I dropped one down a
>flight of steps, and it kept going, imagine my response!
> I think I may modify the new ones for a Bot board, and perhaps make a BEAM
>version, wich is Bi-core driven. Just wanted to share this with the group.
>Seems to be a lowcost, easily hackable toy.
>
>
>
>James Taylor
>URL: http://fly.to/springmeadows
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