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| I bought Mindstorms and downloaded nqcc to talk to the RCX, but I can't seem to get connected. I created a cable (actually its a bunch of cables strung together) and confirmed the wiring. I (ultimately) have the following: Mac IR (Male connector) 1 (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How can I build sensor to measure eeg
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| (...) First, normal EEG is between 0.1 and 20 uV, with some exceptions uptil 100 uV. With a special (low noise, high CMRR) instrumentation opamp this would be no problem. Second, the highest frequency is about 120 Hz, so you need to sample at least (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hardware mods to the RCX
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| (...) FDTI chips are very easy to use, look at (2 URLs) I'm thinking about using the power from the (...) Maybe there some usefull links at the next page under the block "Mindstorms Internals" (URL) the IR components by a serial connection won't be (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Scout & Messages.
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| Hi! This is my second day as owner of a Mindstorms set - and my first post to this list - so forgive me if this is a FAQ...I've read Lego web pages until my eyes gave out at about 3am last night! I've played a bit with NQC (great fun!) under Linux - (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Homing with the IR Tower
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| A while ago I was intrigued by the soda can retrieval challenge. Particularly because at that time I had built two different designs of grip-and-lift claws: The first is based on the bar-code truck claw. It uses the flex system and lifts things (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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| Hi Johnathan, Aside from some very minor changes in the parts and the RIS software, the only difference between kits is the RCX 1.0 has an AC jack, which comes in handy for stationary robots like robotic arms or sorting machines. I've heard that the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Scout brick and IR
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| Lego is releasing some details of the Scout OS at the Lego Mindstorms web site. www.legomindstorms.com The article makes reference a Scout SDK, but I couldn't find the link to it. The other stuff looks quite interesting -- fewer and dumber sensors, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NQC Development Environment
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| Hello, At the last SMART meeting I promised someone, Martin Daniels I believe, that I would post something about the NQC development environment that I use. I know this is a little late, but, better late then never, right? Anyway, first of all, you (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Powering trains w/ RCX
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| Hi All, I just got a Mindstorms 1.5 and the RCX does *NOT* have an AC jack! So if you plan to power the rails from a stationary location, plan on having a lot of batteries or a rechargable battery setup... I called LEGO Consumer Affairs and they are (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Palm and pbForth
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| Hi all, i'm interested in using a Sony Clie N770 (Palm OS 4.1) to program my RCX (RIS 1.5). I ran across pbForth in the book "The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms" by Jonathan B. Knudsen. I downloaded pbForth.srec (version 11/11/2001 22:08) from (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | learning RoboLab (long)
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| The following learning resources apply to Lego Dacta's RoboLab "Mindstorms for Schools" programming software, version 2.5 where indicated, otherwise, earlier versions: 1. Dacta RoboLab Teacher's Guides Printed paper books. Detailed instructions for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: Lego Team Challenge or RIS?
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| (...) I think you might be confusing Robolab with the older Control Lab product. Control Lab is (was?) an I/O box that connects to a computer via RS-232 and allows control of 8 motors, 4 passive sensors (touch/temperature) and 4 active sensors (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Communicating with CyberMaster
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| A number of people have reported having problems when trying to talk to a CyberMaster brick using the SPIRIT ActiveX control. I got my CyberMaster set a couple of days ago and was certainly experiencing the same problems (the radio tower answers (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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| Some shameless self-promotion... The 2nd edition of Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms has just been published. Most of the RCX Code programs have been updated to take advantage of 2.0 features, and there are some new RCX Code programs as well. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Searching for alternatives
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| (...) Right now you can use a spring board module that can is compatible with the Mindstorms IR. True it can only mimic what you can capture. But that's a start. I'm waiting on buying a hand held until one of them can use NQC and upload programs and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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