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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Brian Davis wrote:
> How "big" is LDCC? I'm *not* a coder, but it seems to me some enterprizing
> soul could make a LDCC add-on for BrickOS, for instance, or the Swan firmware.
> that way you could have LDCC as an "output format" on an RCX that otherwise is
> just running "normal" RCX programs. Fully programmable, autonomous LDCC.
No need to write it, it already exists! Find it here:
http://home.surewest.net/markril/lego/dcc/dcc.tar.gz
I never got around to actually posting this code in a public place as I've just
emailed it directly to interested individuals. Anyways, there's a patch to
BrickOS, the DCC routines themselves and a small demo program in C for
controlling a locomotive to illustrate usage of the routines.
Cheers,
Mark
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Mark Riley wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Brian Davis wrote:
>
> > How "big" is LDCC? I'm *not* a coder, but it seems to me some enterprizing
> > soul could make a LDCC add-on for BrickOS, for instance, or the Swan firmware.
> > that way you could have LDCC as an "output format" on an RCX that otherwise is
> > just running "normal" RCX programs. Fully programmable, autonomous LDCC.
>
> No need to write it, it already exists! Find it here:
>
> http://home.surewest.net/markril/lego/dcc/dcc.tar.gz
>
> I never got around to actually posting this code in a public place as I've just
> emailed it directly to interested individuals. Anyways, there's a patch to
> BrickOS, the DCC routines themselves and a small demo program in C for
> controlling a locomotive to illustrate usage of the routines.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
Hey Mark,
I've been using LDCC for a while now--very happy with it, btw...
Anyway, you say you have thins thing for BrickOS-I've never used that--I only
program in NQC
Is this routine adaptable to NQC so I can have NQC and LDCC running on the same
RCX or do I have to use the IR transmission as outlined in LDCC 1.05?
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> I've been using LDCC for a while now--very happy with it, btw...
>
> Anyway, you say you have thins thing for BrickOS-I've never used that--I only
> program in NQC
>
> Is this routine adaptable to NQC so I can have NQC and LDCC running on the same
> RCX or do I have to use the IR transmission as outlined in LDCC 1.05?
Well, you couldn't translate the DCC routines to NQC (if that's what you're
asking) because the byte code interpreter used by NQC is simply too slow to
generate the correct waveform (by a factor of about 1000!) The DCC routines
were written in H8 assembly code at the firmware level. BTW, the assembly
source code for the routines is provided in the tarball I linked to upthread if
anyone is willing to take a crack at adding DCC to any of the other firmware
options out there.
But, yeah, at present if you want to write code in NQC you'll have to use a
second RCX and send IR packets to the RCX running LDCC.
Mark
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