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Re: Team Update #6
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I'm willing to bet there's some kind of electrical solution that reverses the direction of the motors with the depressing of a limit switch that doesn't "unreverse" them once it's lost contact.
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There are household 4-way light switches which can do this. Because they are commonly mounted in a wall outlet box, and are available at home supply centers, they fit this requirement
I wonder what they would say if you said "I disassembled my 1 motor controller and used the electronics to build a flip-flop"
Edit: Beaten to it.
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Last edited by apalrd : 28-01-2011 at 21:35.
Reason: beaten to it
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