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| I've heard people talking about this before, and I've done it with LDCC but this is what I need some expertise on with standard RCX firmware So you have a motor output--lets just say Motor A if you take a LEGO wire, add 2 LEGO lights (as resistors) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) If you can do it with LDCC, you can do it with the standard firmware. I have no idea what the readings would be. Try it. Steve disclamer here: It's your RCX. (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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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| (...) Just like with LDCC, polarity DOES matter. One thing I played around with before C$ was connecting two sensor ports together, and switching them between active & passive modes. That means to send messages back and forth, you only use two (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) IT WAS ME!!!! i did it for my Project X it worked fantasticly as a way for my 3 RCX's to communicate. all i did was pulse the on/float thing and count the pulses. its a FANTASTIC way to do things. Chris (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) It's turning out to be a fantastic way for me as well (hopefully) So here's the results-- Using the 2 lights connected in series to create a cable connecting motor A to Sensor 1 and Sensor (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) After running the layout all evening, and having the motor output wired thru lights to sensor 1, the program ran flawlessly. Now I will state that if you try this on your own RCX and blow (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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