Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
"Kevin L. Clague" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics |
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In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote: > So I've got an application where a forklift loads a crate onto a conveyor > belt. I could then start the conveyor belt up by having the forklift throw a > polarity switch. What I would *like* is that when the crate gets to the other > end, it somehow stops the conveyor motor again, (here's the tricky part), > leaving the system in a state where the next forklift delivery can re-trigger > the whole system from the "front end", as it were. > Oh, did I mention I wanted to do this with just polarity switches, no RCX or > other "intelligent" systems in the loop? > The picture I've got in my mind is something like a light with two wall > switches - change the state of either switch, it changes the state of the light. > I'm thinking I can do it with a looong string from the terminal end back to a > polarity switch at the head of the line, but it seems... clunky. Is there any > electrical solution? Can I reproduce my household wiring in LEGO (I promise I'll > keep the voltage... a *little* lower)? So.... what was the final solution for this? Kev