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Message #12664



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:24:33 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] RC walker! (was : Feelers or Sensors)


In a message dated 3/28/00 3:15:30 PM Central Standard Time,
andrew@best.net.nz writes:

<< would it not be possible to use in the RC arangement in the
bicore circut?. >>

Don't ask me how this made me think of this, but wouldn't that be cool to
stick in some remotely variable resistors and make an RC walker! that be
cool, cause you could stop it on command, reverse it, turn it, and even use
it to pass the salt across the table (we've all done that haven't we, until
it steps in the gravy bowl and somebody gets pissed!). Anyway just a though!

-Spencer

<http://www.botic.com/users/beamstop>

not a robot scientist
not a college major
not a grad student
not a professor
not a very organized person
just Spencer (isn't that impressive enough?)



12665 Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:19:25 EST [alt-beam] Re: Allmost complete walker. still not working beam@sgiblab.sgi.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com in all my work with IC's ive put them in backwards, put too much voltage
through them and i've never ever fried a single chip, but maybe that's just
dumb luck!

-Spencer

<http://www.botic.com/users/beamstop>

not a robot scientist
not a college major
not a grad student
not a professor
not a very organized person
just Spencer (isn't that impressive enough?)



12666 Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:18:03 EST [alt-beam] Re: Allmost complete walker. still not working beam@sgiblab.sgi.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com I've always had difficulty syncing the occilations to the speed of the
motors, Nimbus uses big 5 RPM motors that would barely move under a normal
bicore, so i used big ol makeshift 3.33 uF caps to slow it down!

-Spencer

<http://www.botic.com/users/beamstop>

not a robot scientist
not a college major
not a grad student
not a professor
not a very organized person
just Spencer (isn't that impressive enough?)



12667 Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:39:44 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Allmost complete walker. still not working (Correction) "Jim Taylor" man I was way off,

green = resistors for reverser
red = coupling resistors
blue = oscillation controlling resistor

You want to be changing the red and possibly the blue resistor. Try messing
with the coupling resistors first.




> green are coupling resistors
> red would be set oscillations, higher value the longer the osc.
> It appears blue has something to do with the reverse section of the
circuit,
> and I wouldn't bother with it.
> So, increase red, keep green where it is, and see what happens


> James Taylor
"Edgar The Hate Bug"
URL: http://fly.to/springmeadows
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