Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #13604
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:03:08 EDT
Subject: Re: REVERSER, Again!
In a message dated 4/17/00 7:41:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca writes:
<< Aha! the reverser can't drive a 74ALS245 input when in the non-inverting
mode (through the 47K resistor). Try changing the 47K resistor to between a
resistor between 1K and 5K, but use the highest possible value.
wilf
>>
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!GALL DARN IT! I knew it turn out to be something really dumb
that I looked over, thanks Wilf your a big help! Could have been worse! I'll
try to lower those values and see what happens, I can't stand the work
involved with H-bridges so i always stick with the chip. Makes a lot of sense
now, thanks!
-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?)
13605 Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:11:06 -0700 Re: Disappointment, not critics beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Laura Malinowski Laura/Rob Malinowski
sebastiaan van Vliet wrote:
> I didn't mean to insult people who don't have the shills for building bots
> yet, but I just think we should try to keep things our beloved BEAM-way. The
> last months I see an increased number of variations on beam wich are called
> "proudly" BEAM, but don't have the initial thoughts and ideas beam was meant
> to.
This is called "evolution".
>
>
> About the systemizing of bots I didn't mean to give the bot a tag, but it's
> achievement. I don't want an air around the community like :"My bot is
> qualified better than yours", but sometrhing to indicate what the bots goals
> are, what it was built to do and if it achieved to do what it was built for
> and so creating a way for other people to learn about mistakes other people
> made by using the wrong design for a goal.
It is happening.
>
>
> I like you all, and don't want to make enemies, but I just wanted your
> attention on this subject: be careful what to call a bot or what to call
> BEAM. BEAM is sacred to me, I even wonder if my 240 walker is beam enough,
> because it has so little response on its environment.
It is.
>
>
> Have a think on this, and don't be angry with me
I am not.
Rob M.
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