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Message #09143
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: arno.jansen@superconsult.nl (Arno Jansen)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:48:35 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Trying again
Hello there!
Trying again to get off this list for now.
I tried a mail to get off, but didn't work.
Anyone, please help me!
Best,
Arno
9144 Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:20:03 -0500 [alt-beam] Back to the Hextiles, Formerally BEAM LEGO "Dennison Bertram" You know, this is all a really really good idea, but I think if we think
about it, life would really just be simplified by general purpose Hextiles,
like Mark T's well designed, and late generation models. His allow for
extensive experimentation. So, lego blocks is a nice idea, but might get
bulkier than nessesary. A really well designed hextile would probably serve
our purposes just fine.
dennison
What about BEAM LEGO?
For example, put the Nv complete with trimpot and LED into a suitable block
with GND,V+, INPUT, OUTPUT, BIAS POINT contacts in such a way that the
blocks can be put side by side and interconnections made with a SOLARCELL,
NiCAD, SUPERCAP, PD SENSOR, DRIVER and MOTOR block. The default contact
arrangement should allow standard uCore walker to be assembled in BEAM
PLUG'nPLAY fashion. A JUMPER and PROTOTYPE block can be used to configure
experimental BEAM LEGO Bots. In this way standard BICORE, PHOTOVORE and
other BEAM bots can be bundled into standard kits.
So what do you all think?
wilf
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Robinson [SMTP:Bruce_Robinson@telus.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:46 PM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: microcore experimentation kit
>
> > David Perry wrote:
> >
> > What if (as someone suggested) i reate a small circuit board complete
> > with a single schmitt inverter and either a plug to put in your own
> > resistor or an adjustable pot built in.
>
> So, what exactly are you gaining, David? Just MORE stuff to plug in.
>
> Why not include the pot (make sure it isn't one of those 50-turn-life
> things) AND the capacitor. Provide 4 connection points:
> - capacitor input (Nv input).
> - pot input (Nu input).
> - inverter input (so you can inject or kill pulses.
> - inverter output (obviously).
> And power & ground, of course. That's a six-pin board.
>
> You may want two or three versions with different size capacitors.
>
> But if you're going to do that, why not use a hex surface mount and
> supply six circuits similar to the above? That gives you 26 pins.
> Perhaps you could size the board to plug into a 28 pin socket.
>
> Hmm ... Is this really getting any easier? :)
>
> Bruce
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