 | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) How about a new, smaller, style for input/output ports, perhaps a 3.5mm plug? This would allow more ports in less space on the RCX. But it would also require a port-to-LEGO conversion wire, so all the existing electric stuff can be hooked up. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) I like it. (...) Yes. Absolutely. Over one half of the current RCX is batteries, and another quarter or so is IO ports. I can see a very small mini-RCX being possible, especially if you make the display smaller or remove it altogether. What (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) Yes -- the miniRCX should have a few LEDs to indicate status, but no LCD panel. (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote: [snipped great ideas about powering mini-RCX's with external battery boxes] (...) I agree! Small, modular robotic bits would be better than one big RCX bit. With the way robotic LEGO creations chew through (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| Wellnow, whose fault is THAT? TLC's, of course - they should have included the AC adapter. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) Y'think? I'm not saying I've tried it, but I seem to remember posts from some of the electronics experts saying they thought there was circuitry to deal with a wide range of inputs.... (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) IIRC, almost anything commonly found in a household short of 110V~ or 220V~or 380V~ should be OK (documented is working up til 24V, IIRC, and after that it blows a replaceable fuse). Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) Hmm. Could have been a customer-service problem. Little Timmy's mom calls LEGO Consumer Affairs, reports that little Timmy's RCX doesn't work anymore. Consumer Affairs sends a new one, with a return shipping label so mom can ship back the bad (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
|
| (...) I wouldn't be surprised. When _I_ did power supply experiments as above, I used a 4.5V light brick (and hoo-boy, does 220V AC through a 4.5V light make a nice bright flash). An RCX is just so much a different cookie in terms of replacement (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| |
