Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #10216



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: StickG@aol.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 20:09:21 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Ian's reverser circuit...Variable resistor stuff?


I'm still in the planning stage for my walker (two motor bicore) and I
have a question I hope someone out there can help me with.
On Ian's Beam-online site, there is a reverser circuit for a bicore, but
it is just labelled with inputs and outputs, no specifics. How does this
connect to the bicore?
Also, is there a way to make the touch sensors behave like variable
resistors, so that the walker will turn when it hits something and not just
back up? maybe that's a dumb question. (as i've said before, please use "see
spot run language" , so that I and all the other slow witted people can
understand)
thanks
stick



10217 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:26:02 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: On making a better RJP... alt-beam@egroups.com Ben A Micklin Hey,

Does anybody know of any way to build a cheap photovore for under 15$?
Or a walker for under 25$?

~ben~





On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:54:23 -0800 "Feser, Jason" writes:
> >>One last thing about the guy who wanted to have a beam
> >>bot drive a lamp. Why don't you use some timers?
>
> Cause it's just not anywhere near as cool as a BEAM SUN (tm)
>
> ;)
>
> The cool thing about it is that I've got a weird lamp that shoots
> light
> behind the bulb as well as forward (just not as much), so the beam
> motor
> that moves the lamp could be right above it. The same power that
> feeds the
> bots would move the sun - just a bit at a time (more like the sun
> than lamps
> turning on and off).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Inggal [mailto:tacoman101@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 3:28 PM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: On making a better RJP...
>
>
> I made my RJP for around $10. all it is a 3'X 2' of
> formica partical board with some 6" high walls around
> it to help prevent the bots from escaping. It sits by
> my window and I usually see the most activite around
> 12-3pm after that they are usually dormit.
>
> Plus getting to the point of the color of teh walls in
> mine they're just teh color of wood. But from the
> pics I've seen of Mark Tildens RJP it seems he uses
> all different colors. If you chck out teh pics of
> them at SB you can see all of the different color
> boxes in it.
>
> One last thing about the guy who wanted to have a beam
> bot drive a lamp. Why don't you use some timers? you
> get 4 or so lamps and have one or two turn on every
> few hours. This would be cool to watch the bots in
> timelaps film run back and forth to the light.
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10218 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 20:23:36 EST [alt-beam] complete walker beam@corp.sgi.com Bumper314@aol.com Can Ians complete walker circuit not work with a 74HC245 driver or something?
Mine isnt working and its really pissing me off

steve



10219 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 20:28:06 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Mark Tilden's BOOK "Dennison Bertram" Eh, not to sound mean or angry, or bitter or anything. But your not going to
see anything soon either. It was supposed to be out in the spring, many
springs ago. It's ok though. I kinda understand. He can either experiment,
or write a book. Right now the whole tech is in such infancy that there's no
time to not experiment.

dennison



I was wondering if anyone knows the status of the book that Mark Tilden was

supposed to be writing? It got a lot of coverage here a while back, but I

havn't seen anything Lately


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