Figure 9.1Pentagon of Power

The past couple of chapters explored controls that used limit switches for position feedback and manual adjustment of speed. There is a limit (pun intended) to the usefulness of such systems. Once you need more than a handful positions, easily adjustable positions, precise timing, or precise speed, your needs have outgrown simple controls. As we contemplate the Control point of the Pentagon of Power, the next step forward is a system that can take cue information and execute the cue automatically. A system that thinks in speed, acceleration, and distance. A system ...

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