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8th Nov 2020, 7:40 pm | #21 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
From my memory XEE used the FCHxx series of logic IC's not the 7400 series. These were difficult to obtain and eventually cost my father a lot.
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5th Apr 2021, 11:01 pm | #22 | ||
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
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I am pretty sure the reference book you refer to is "Physics Projects" by A D Bulman 1972. Page 22 has "An electronic mouse" designed by sixth former Roger Forshaw an early version of which was exhibited at Cambridge Science Fair in 1965 It describes exactly as you have above. There are two versions of the circuit, MkIII and MK IV, the MKIII uses current control of the motors and the MK IV uses voltage control in bridge driver configuration, the latter being able to reverse individual motors. It has the wire whiskers and the photocells in the ears as described. All germanium transistors OC series GET series PXA, V32/20 I have the book and I could scan the article if anyone is interested. Cheers Chris |
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6th Apr 2021, 12:21 am | #23 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
That would be great thanks, I am sure Al would also be interested.
I wonder if that same book also had the twin solenoid electric reciprocating motor design in it too ? I did manage to build a version of the latter with the help of some Meccano and tried using reed switches and magnets for timing, I ended up using optical switching in the end.
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6th Apr 2021, 3:21 am | #24 | |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
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Hi, Just checked and yes the book I mentioned does have "A twin-solenoid induction motor" Article 5 page 19 I will scan when I get a minute Best Regards Chris |
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7th Apr 2021, 5:39 pm | #25 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
Scans of the circuit and assembly layout
From "Physics Projects" by AD Bulman 1972 This is a school library book that I forgot to return in 1975 Fortunately for me, due to a clerical inadequacy on the part of the school, the loan date stampings do not have the year included. The last date stamped was 10th October, so perhaps I could wait until mid October 2021 and return it. Last edited by unitelex; 7th Apr 2021 at 5:41 pm. Reason: adding missing scans |
9th Apr 2021, 9:07 am | #26 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
I remember we built one at school. It was very simple, just a basic 3-wheel bogie with a steerable front wheel. It's normal mode would have it going round in tight circles until it detected a light source, when it would snap into 'straight ahead' mode and head for the light. If it lost sight of the light it would go into spin mode again until it found it. I think a similar design appeared in PE around 1968.
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9th Apr 2021, 8:04 pm | #27 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
Hi.
I doubt this is the article that Al is looking for but there was an interesting robot project with transistor circuitry in Radio and Electronics Constructor magazine which ran from July to December 1972. All issues can be acessed on World Radio History website:https://worldradiohistory.com/Radio_...r_Magazine.htm Regards, Symon |
9th Apr 2021, 9:44 pm | #28 |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
Also a robot dog was described in one of the Philips tech library books, it used D*** series B7G valves
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10th Apr 2021, 10:10 pm | #29 | |
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Re: Does anyone remember the 'electronic mouse' circa 1978?
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Thanks for posting! That's the circuit I remember. I hope folk enjoying taking a look. Cheers
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