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| (...) Well, RCXs have been interconnected via input and output ports (or even input to input ports), so I think it's likely. But if we have Bluetooth (faster, more secure, doesn't require a physical connection, and address multiple objects), why not (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) I'm hoping these aren't using the same signal encoding as the Manas- they've already reused those on some IR cars as well. I'd really like to be able to control Mana-powered devices on a layout independently from the trains. And as long as the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: RCX - The NXT Generation
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| (...) That will depends on how they do their digital fire signal. Given that they are encourging 3rd sensor it's probably very open and not too complex. One serial IR transceiver hooked up to one NXT port should be able to communicate with all RCXs (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) That could have something to do with the fact that the x86 architecture is extremely low on registers, pretty much all of which have special functions (CX for counting, BX for addressing, AX:DX for multiplications, SI+DI for memory copying). (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) You mean like one of these? ;) (URL) (...) I've read the replies to this post, but I'll respond here. As far as the cable is concerned, the plug type is irrelevant; it's just a standard. The real determination of "master" and "slave" happens (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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| (...) Besides trying to hack the USB port to make it a host (which seems more unlikely the more I read), and besides trying to use Bluetooth to talk to my Gameboy Advance (and vice-versa), I'd also like to tackle something like the RCX.NET project. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) Don't worry, that has nothing to do with you being new to all this - we all are! Well, all but a luckey few... (...) I doubt it will be completely abandoned. After all, the first thing I want is to kludge a way to interface a NXT with and RCX, (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: Spybotic
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| (...) so much for Kevin's favorite parts... (...) You can program it with Mindscript (that's what you use, right?). But, you can't replace the firmware. The really cool thing about the Spybot, is its ability to communicate with other Spybots. Ok, so (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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spybot, rcx
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| | Bluetooth
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| I’ve just started a little project of building an interface between a RCX and a Bluetooth. For power supply I’m thinking of using one of the outputs on the RCX and for communication I’ll use the IR port(2400-baud), similar to Mindsensors´s RCX to (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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| (...) Agreed. My favorite statement is this: "The picture below shows an RCX brick along with a gaming device of Chinese make that incorporates components similar to the ones used in the RCX. The gaming device was purchased for approximately $1.83 (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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| | brickOS on Mac OS X
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| Hello, I'm trying to get a recent brickOS (0.9.0) working on Mac OS X 10.4.3. I have an RCX 2.0 with the USB tower. I have a cross-compiler (gcc 3.2.2) that apparently works, and using the firmware download program included with lejOS (specially (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: Pinball INFO - passed on from builder
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| Hi ALL, During LEGOWORLD 2005, we (Gerrit Bronsveld and Martijn Boogaarts) have shown a -real-live-size- Pinball machine. Unfortunately, were not all of you able to visit the Netherlands in order to see the machine, and play it. On (URL) an article (...) (19 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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rcx, communication
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rcx, communication
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| | Re: RCX expertise
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Oh I've blown up RCX's before--once when I (erronously) thought that the wall wart that comes with the LEGO 9v train controller was actually putting out 9 volts and plugged that into (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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rcx, communication
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| | Artoo beep sequences for RCX
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| Before I try (and probably fail) to re-invent the wheel - has anyone made any RCX/Spybot sound/beep sequences styled on R2-D2's beeping and warbling? I'm looking to add some sound to a NQC-based robot, and I think it would be nice to get away from (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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spybot, rcx
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.10
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| (...) Nearly all the dialogs in BricxCC now sport "What's This?" help. The "not entirely complete" part means that I haven't written the help text entries for every control on every dialog. Or, more accurately, I have written just a few of the help (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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rcx, communication
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| | BrickFest DC 2005 Technic/Mindstorms events
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| BrickFest is coming and the robots are getting restless! Competition robots that is. Yes, BrickFest is just two months away and its time to start tuning up your competition robots. There are four competitions this year, look at (URL) for more info. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !!
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spybot, rcx
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| | Re: Lego controller
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| (...) Reading all of this, I would imagine having a few more wired IO ports, as well as an I2C bus would go a great deal. For those who really want to go bluetooth (including myself) are there not I2C/bluetooth devices on the market? One problem I (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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spybot, rcx
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| | Re: Beeesh Art
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| (...) I am glad to hear that Jama is still around - I thought it had been disassembled. I might have some ideas for programming it too... I have not been send the Jama art work, but I would love to see it. Is there room in Jama, or an evoloution of (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics)
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