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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 7 Jan 2006 02:21:11 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Timothy Carl Buchheim wrote:
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It would be cool to have an external unit with its own battery pack and motor
ports to supply extra motors. (It could be connected through the motor or
sensor ports, or through USB, or through bluetooth.. of course, for those
willing to spend a lot extra, you could probably use an extra NXT for this by
having a master NXT send commands to a slave NXT over bluetooth)
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I was just thinking .. the rumors about this year’s trains are that they’ll be
remote controlled battery-powered units (probably so LEGO can use cheaper track
without the metal conductors) .. those would fit the bill exactly. Bluetooth
controllable battery packs capable of driving motors. That would be the best
way to handle both trains (for compatibility with existing train motors .. just
attach it to the studs normally used for attaching light bricks) and old technic
motors.
This is just speculation, of course. And if LEGO hadn’t already thought of
that.. well, go ahead and steal my idea. Please. :-)
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Well, I am pretty sure the control for the trains is IR. That's what Jake said and that is what the little black bump is on the side of the trains. I am sure TLG will do their Manas type IR serial interface, with message packets at different (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| (...) My hope is that this is some sort of bus system which will allow someone (possible LEGO itself) to make a "hub" which you could use for this. There are three ways to do this: the hub could do the logic operations itself (perhaps with a switch (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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