Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?

Kyle McDonald <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Steve Hassenplug wrote:

>When the switches are in the same position, the belt will not move.  When in
>opposite positions, it will run (some direction)
>
>Two problems:
>1) Half the time, the motor will run backwards (can be fixed using diodes)
>  
>
Since turning the 9V wire connectors 90 degrees reverse the polarity, 
can't you play with how the wires are connected to the switches to 
re-reverse the polarity on one wire?

>2) The "dead" zone where a crate can turn "off" switch 2, but not move it all the
>way to the "reverse" direction.
>
    -Kyle
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