pic: Game hint

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by jerry w

now this is one of the best posts so far! it focuses on what we have in hand instead of wishing that the board would do fantastic things.

i have already posted 4 clues.
anyone who is serious about solving this puzzle needs to examine the board.
CLUE# 5
the programmers might best like this clue. on the robot controller the digital inputs are the most used connections for feedback devices. we often come close to using all these inputs. so why would first design a board with 4 ouputs?
only a single remote can be detected at any time. thus only a single output line will pulse. this provides 4 pieces of information. it takes only 2 bits to hold 4 different values. the board should have 2 signal lines if the robot controller is to use this IR detector.

therefore, this will not be on the robot. we should try to determine what field-device could be activated by the 100 ms pulse from this board. there must be 4 gates, or 4 containers, or 4 of something.

jerry w

I do believe you are missing something here.

While it is true that the reciever board we got can only read 1 signal at a time, and that there 4 different types of signals that can be read, there are 5 possible conditions coming out of the reciever.

And they are: Out0=on,Out1=on,Out2=on,Out3=on, and no signal recieved. Therefore 2 bits will not cover all of the possible outputs from the board.