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| (...) I hope you didn't took the "too good to be true" as a criticism - it was only an amazement mark!. BTW, is the 10x version a slow down of 100x one, or is it an older, less optimized version? (once again, I'm not criticizing, I fairly well (...) (20 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Firmware file version?
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| (...) Way back when, I think I remember Dave Baum posting a note to the effect that the firmware checksum calculation stops around 0xCC00, which is where the firmware variables live. The old firmware was smaller than this, but the new firmware image (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Replacement Firmware
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| (...) This sounds fantastic! This may be the answer for people that need the speed but don't have the time, patience and understanding to get BrickOS up and running. Will there be a collaboration between yourself and John H. to sort out NQC support (...) (20 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Replacement Firmware
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| Hi Dick, Congratulations on your fabulous effort! I'm always pleased to find out about people who can get down and dirty at the hardware/software interface. Had you thought about the community developing a test plan for verifying LEGO firmware? (...) (20 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Replacement Firmware
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| (...) Hello Dick, That sounds great, almost too good to be true (especially for the 100x version!) Would you have also a modified NQC version to enable new features? Philo (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | electronic (mindstorms) die - possible to make?
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| Hi all, here (URL) can see an idea to make a modular LUDO for 2+ players. I managed to build it (URL) for up to 12 players - orange 2x2 tile (NEW) is very hard to get.) I managed to get 13 different 2x2 tiles and 2x2x2 cones in same colors (light (...) (16 years ago, 8-Feb-09, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: electronic (mindstorms) die - possible to make?
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| (...) I'm sure it is possible to make an electronic die out of either the RCX or NXT, but a much simpler solution is to go low-tech and simply buy some of (URL) these>. There are a couple other standard six-sided dice (red with white dotes, white (...) (16 years ago, 9-Feb-09, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of lego firmware?!
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| (...) That's right. I simply didn't expect any problems with NQC + Lepomux because I assumed that any RCX-OS has the ability to directly control the motor output. If I had used NQC a little bit more, I surely would've noticed that strange output (...) (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: electronic (mindstorms) die - possible to make?
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| (...) Thank you for your reply. I have standard die, of course (you can see it in the photos). I also have an electronic die (Conrad item number 195111 (www.conrad.de)). The main reasons why I would like to have an electronic version out of LEGO (...) (16 years ago, 9-Feb-09, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Books fo Mindstorms
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| Hi, in Germany you can get the new book "Extreme Mindstorms - An advanced guide to Lego Mindstorms" from Dave Baum, Michael Gasperi, Ralph Hempel and Luis Villa. It 's great!! If you are interested in some deeper hardware informations, RCX 2.0 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of lego firmware?!
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| (...) I suspect part of this delay is inherant to the firmware, and won't be "patchable" In any case, if you want your extender to be something you can market to most users, it should work with the standard firmware, without modification. Just my (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Galvanic Skin Response Sensor
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| Over the nearly 10 years that I've had a MINDSTORMS related website I've noticed that my most popular homebrew sensor is the one for Galvanic Skin Response. This type sensor is used in lie detectors and biofeedback devices. I recently updated the (...) (16 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | MINDSTORMS SDK2.5
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| (URL) The LEGO Company does no longer offer technical support to advanced users on the historical MINDSTORMS range, specifically those using the SDK 2.5 (RCX™ and Scout™), and Spybotics™ range. Related tools and documentation were removed from (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | My first year with my own FLL team
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| After helping my son’s school with their FLL team last year I got the wild idea to start my own FLL team this past year. I had no idea what I was in for but I knew that I wanted to put together a team that was dedicated to learning about FLL and (...) (16 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | bad motor output because of bad lego firmware?!
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| Hi there, I've spent the last two days trying to write a function in NQC that transfers data to the Lepomux I/O-extender. The data transfer is normally done by connecting the Lepomux to one of the motor ports. Each transition from one motor state to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: MINDSTORMS SDK2.5
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| (...) Philo, Thanks for providing a source for these tools! I will also soon have these tools available to download from my BricxCC page. (URL) Hansen (16 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: SetUserDisplay?
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| (...) Thanks Dave. I didn't notice the RCX2 option in Bricxcc, works great now! Just to clarify, the only difference between RCX 1 & 2 (from the compile target POV) is the firmware it's running? ROSCO (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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