Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13512
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 16:37:34 -0600
Subject: Re: Walker competitions
At 12:00 PM 4/16/2000 , BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
>Hey Dave! I wanted to ask you how the rules for the walker competitions are
>coming! So, how are they comin?
Lousy. Had ton'o'stuff to get done for getting the LANL event in 2 weeks,
but now that is taken care of for the most part, I'll have a few days to
get this BEAM stuff finalized.
...We thank you for your patience.... !
Regards,
Dave
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com
13513 Sun, 16 Apr 2000 16:48:23 -0600 Re: You guys disappoint me beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Dave Hrynkiw At 12:16 PM 4/16/2000 , JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
>I guess I'm still a little sore over the water eater
>name that simply struck me as stonewalling.
Didn't fall on deaf ears. Although not fixed anywhere else yet, I'm
generically labelling the event "AquaRobotics". (Sorry, "icthybots" was a
bit cryptic!)
>The inaccuracy stands as normalcy, and that's just the way it is. The
>mistakes go on from there. The two motor design is a Chiu design, not a
>Tilden design. The popper block is a Chiu design, not a Beckingham design.
>You invented the popper, not Tilden.
Actually, yes, Mark DID invent the Photopopper. I just refined it. Not sure
where the misconception came from. (Although not the time/place for it) As
for the 2-motor walker.... I'm pretty sure that's a Mark design too,
although not documented online near as well as Chiu's. I suppose that's
where much of the misconceptions come from - it isn't being the first, but
being the best documented that gets the recognition. Nature of the beast, I
suppose...
>But, does correction really matter when Mr. T. can say that
>BEAM bots will be paving roads on the moon in 3 years and no one even blinks.
??! That's a lecture I must've missed. Regardless, I'll be the first to
urge caution when listening to any preditions of the future.
>Maybe I am just a grumpy old curmudgeon that has
>no real contribution to make outside of unimportant rants about accuracy and
>accountability. But, I don't think so. It does make it easier to discredit
>what I say though, doesn't it? And no brownie points for that.
I don't think anybody who has seen your stuff will agree with your first
sentence there. I just feel you're being too sensitive to the perceived
politics of BEAM. :-/
Regards,
Dave
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com
13514 Sun, 16 Apr 2000 19:01:29 EDT Re: PIR detectors beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com I was just flipping through the latest edition of 'electronic goldmind' and
they have PIR sensors, or what they think are PIR sensors...page 85..I
checked thru the online magazine, but didn't see it so check them out if
you've got the spring/summer 2000 of ELectronics Goldmine...they're each $1.
Dan
13515 Sun, 16 Apr 2000 17:25:47 -0600 Re: reverser Ian Hi Wilf
> The Beam Online reverser circuit cannot directly drive an h-bridge input,
> let alone a motor. Just use it to drive HC/AC inputs (ie HC/AC245 or
> HC/AC240 motor drivers) and all will be well.
? I've used it with the h-bridge many times with no problems. ?
Laterz
\^^^^^^^^/
(.)(.)
-------------------------.oooO-- (__) --Oooo.--------------------------
There is only one true "SyNeT"
BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
Home