Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #09986
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 21:19:18 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Symet question
At 03:36 PM 2/9/00 , BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
>Do you know of any symet tutorials, this looks like an interest project,
>could anybody steer me in the right direction, i like the fact that it only
>uses on motor, cause i've had difficulty finding motors in the past. Thanks
>for any response!
Check out the PMK Trimet link under our "Tech/Downloadables" section on our
website.
Regards,
Dave
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9987 Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:23:07 EST [alt-beam] Re: RoachBot Photovore alt-beam@egroups.com TurtleTek@aol.com In a message dated 2/9/00 6:25:44 PM Central Standard Time,
beam_bot@yahoo.com writes:
> and which part # would that be?
That's CT9W104-ND.
-Brien the TurtleTek
9988 Wed, 09 Feb 2000 23:28:50 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Symet Question beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bob Shannon Take a look at LEM at:
http://www.the-nest.com/bshannon
BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
> So far from what i gather, the symet is a solar engine hooked to a cassette
> motor with three 1000mu caps to balance that just jumbles around like a top.
> am i correct in this description. is there any more of a way to make it more
> interesting, sensors? steering? I have the circuitry for it and have the
> general understanding, anybody ever build one before? any cool way of making
> it move differently. I have an idea of hooking sensors up to an reverser
> circut to make it spin the opposite way once it hits somthing, does anybody
> happen to have a good small minimal reversing circuit that they know that
> works well? i've got a tape motor n stuff, has anybody experimented with
> different wheel types. I know that by know i've gotten very annoyingly
> inquisitive, but any help is welcome, just wanna make the best darn symet
> anybody's ever seen. (what can i say, perfectionism is nuisance). Thx for the
> help so far! Keep on BEAMin'.
>
> -Spencer
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