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Message #08963



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Elmo andrewe@ilid.com.au
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:08:34 +1100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Alf & Dragonfly


Can someone fill me in on some more technical details of the coils you
guys have used in these projects.

What kind are they?
Where did you get them? (Ben..Does Dick Smtih sell them?)
Are you using magnets with the coils or something else?

....A photo of the coils would be nice :)


Elmo


Rob wrote:
>
> Ben,
>
> Actually I was going to let you know how well it imitated a butterfly. With the FLED
> and a 3 cell panel sometimes it makes many fine flutters (3/sec) and other times
> wider, slower movements such as a butterfly might make when drying its wings. The rate
> doesn't seem to be directly related to the intensity of the light or whether the FLED
> is covered or not.
> Rob
>
> Rob wrote:
>
> > Well it still works beautifully the rest of the time despite the FLED.
> >
> > Ben Hitchcock wrote:
> >
> > > > Ben,
> > > > Do you find your Dragonflies lock up occasionally whether the blinking LED is
> > > > covered or not?
> > > Well, since I don't use a blinking LED at all,
> > > http://wollongong.apana.org.au/~ben/dragon/schematic.html

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