All-Analog DIY Segway Project 141
An anonymous reader writes "One of the zany hacker-makers here at MIT just finished this DIY Segway project (video). Difference from the others: it's all analog. The controller is built without a microprocessor or even digital logic. It does use a gyroscope like the real Segway. The functionality looks fairly basic, but the fact that the controller works at all is amazing. The guy has a ton of other projects on his site too. Definitely worth a read for people who enjoy building things."
Controllers were analog before they were digital. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:My thoughts exactly (Score:5, Informative)
Kids these days couldn't imagine trying to implement a PID controller without a microprocessor. It does make it easy to watch what is going on.
Watching large governors [wikipedia.org] work is pretty cool. No electronics to speak of. Just a properly tuned set of weights and some geometry.
Re:The Land Before CPUs (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I would like to join the chorus (Score:4, Informative)