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| (...) Can anyone answer all that? I think the answer is "it depends". Unfortunately it depends on so many variables that you'll just have to implement one system at a time, checking each thoroughly and modifying as you go. Make sure to go back and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Bill, If you go to (URL) then follow the 'Tips and Tricks' link, the RCX2 beta SDK is under the 'Master Coders' section. A quick quote from the site: <quote> RCX 2.0 BETA SDK Since we made a few small changes and additions to the firmware after we (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello all, I've been playing with IR proximity sensors, and wonder if anyone can provide some suggestions. I hooked up an IR LED (Radio Shack 'high output IR LED') to the Handyboard's IR output with a 330ohm resistor in series (the smallest value (...) (27 years ago, 22-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Have you tried adding tan in places where you use more light grey than dark grey? See next to the red & yellow loco here: (URL) Tan has a similar brightness to light grey, so it can break up the monotony of the colour. My research into real (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I designed a high-current H-bridge to use with my Handyboard (the specs are at (URL) heat sinks on the MOSFETs the bridge can control 50A. (You can substitute fets to get more power). The known problems with this design so far are that the power to (...) (27 years ago, 8-Dec-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Thanks Eric, I have a progress report, boss.... ;^) I have completed two compressors. The first is basically a two large pump compressor driven by two RC racer's motors (very powerful). This compressor is implemented with one large piston and (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| Found Via the (URL) VLC Web Site>. Babies need building blocks, not TV, research finds Sarah Schmidt CanWest News Service Friday, November 10, 2006 Forget all the media products for babies on the market and go for the classic building blocks, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX)
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| (...) Erm...no...you have some trouble with your numbers! 1000us == 1ms so: 4.7us == 0.0047ms !! (...) Yikes! Nooo...ooo! 250ns == 0.25us == 0.00025ms Remember: ms is a millisecond which is 1/1000th second. us is a microsecond which is 1/1000000th (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Ahem. There is only one item in the Constitution of the United States that has any direct bearing on this as a religious matter, and that's the First Amemdment. To quote the appropriate section: "Congress shall make no law respecting an (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I have to admit I almost snorted milk out my nose reading this "deep programming" and "childhood trauma" bit. Too much! =) But, if I may say so, it is no more obnoxious to express derision or condescension for John's views than it is for him (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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| (...) Here are my 2c on the entire thread thus far, I'm still concerned that the 4 wide battery is too wide to conceal in the hood of a 6 wide mode of a typical American road switcher (i.e., just about every American locomotive built since 1968). I (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I've heard tales that the rechargeable NXT batteries don't deliver as much punch as alkaline cells, so I would expect similar with rechargeable train batteries. If so, 8 wide will be tough (heck, it is tough enough to pull 8-wide with track (...) (16 years ago, 14-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| Today I am releasing a new beta of NBC and its highly popular high-level sister Not eXactly C (NXC). It is available via the NBC website ((URL) sure to also download the latest BricxCC test release for updated NXT support for both NBC and NXC ((URL) (...) (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'm not sure what you mean by 'in the long run'... Just to clarify, adding a group called build.fiction would have the intent of attracting posters whose building may be inspired by: TRON, Blade Runner, Hello Kitty, Le Morte D'Arthur, Monty (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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