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| Thanks Dave. I hadn't downloaded the firmware yet. Originally, I was simply hoping to use the remote control and the rcx to drive my trains. So I didn't bother to install the software. Now I know. Again, Thank you. Ben In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Dave (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: legOS make newbe question
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| (...) No argument from me here. Forth is not very popular anymore with the advent of really good C compilers for embedded processors (my specialty). BUT if you want a way to interactively control your LEGO bots, and have alook at the insides of the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | MindStorms FAQ 4.1 What is inside the brick?]
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| Subject: 4.1 What is inside the brick? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic levels <p>Kekoa Proudfoot took his RCX apart and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [MindStorms FAQ 2.5 Are there other sensors available?]
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| Subject: 2.5 Are there other sensors available? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic levels <p>There is a temperature sensor (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Help with 9738 LEGO Mindstorms Remote Control
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| I just got one myself and it seems to work fine. The A, B, and C buttons turn on the motors (in either direction) as long as they are held. You can even hold multiple buttons down to turn more than one motor at the same time. The Message buttons (1, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | [MindStorms FAQ 3.7 Can I use C++?]
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| Subject: 3.7 Can I use C++? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-14 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic levels <p>The C++ language is available if you program the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [MindStorms FAQ 3.7 Can I use C++?]
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| Subject: 3.7 Can I use C++? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-14 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic levels <p>The C++ language is available if you program the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [MindStorms FAQ 2.5 Are there other sensors available?]
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| This update just adds the values for the range of the temperature sensor Subject: 2.5 Are there other sensors available? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-14 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Necessary components in Mindstorms software?
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| In order to use NQC (the compiler used by RCX Command Center) you will need the official Lego firmware. Robolab will download this to the RCX for you, so you won't need to get the Mindstorms RIS software if you want to use NQC as a stand-alone tool. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, 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 version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) OK, that's what I thought. But from that, doesn't it follow that this statment would be true?-- It is possible to write replacement firmware which, when downloaded and executed, still allows new application code but prevents the downloading of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) <snip! snip!! snip!!!> (...) They already do this. Doesn't part of the process of downloading new firmware involve sending a five byte sequence of the word LEGO followed by a registered trademark symbol? Technically, they could probably sue (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) I would be surprised, too. If I were doing RIS 1.5, I'd fix a few holes in the firmware (arrays and pointers, a subroutine return addr stack instead of one subroutine call per task, &c) and add some power to RCX Code without compromising its (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) It has to be reversible from the RCX brick's point of view, since there is no hardware on the RCX to forcibly reprogram its ROM. Perhaps on the PC side it is not reversible, but there is always the uninstall new, reinstall old process, which I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) Well, let me put in my nickle's worth as a grizzled veteran of embedded systems. I'm 37 years old and have hacked the following... 1. A Commodore PET (my first FORTH) at age 20 or so 2. An HP48 calculator. The PPC ROM and synthetic programming (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Distance Sensor
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| (...) By far the easiest solution is to buy one or more rotation ("angle"?) sensors from Lego. I overpaid for mine, but I've heard that you can get these for about $17 US from Lego Shop at Home. (Sorry, I don't have the URL handy...) These sensors (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| If anyone isn't unsure, I concede that I goofed with respect to the word "fluid". I still stand staunchly by the distinction between "hydraulic" and "pneumatic". Apologies and all that to whom they are appropriate. ---...--- A small introduction: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Handy Board software
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| (...) They're both really decent 8bit micros. Similar IO capabilities, and I think the HC11 has better timers, but only 8 bit A/D. I've worked a LOT with the HC11 and it's really a good part. (...) Beleive it or not, there is a FORTH for the HC11 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: r/c servos and firmware
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| (...) Whew! I'm glad I got that much right :-) (...) We could check OC1B and if it's "close" just turn off the motor...as far as the long timer goes, OC1A should always force the output off...on the other hand, the OC1B could be set NO GREATER than (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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