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The scout has some pre-programmed routines that are activated by receiving a message from the RCX or the IR tower. I listed them in a post to this group, I think the thread was something like "RCX VS the Scout". What I found was that the scout will (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Found. Thanks. Carlo Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01BF1619.77F6CE...thmill1... (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Absolutely not. There is no way that this list is accurate. From what I hear, Lego is not doing any more Episode 1 sets at all. So you can cross off the AAT, MTT and the Two Kaadus right away. Also, multiple mindstorm sets? No possible way. To (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Well, there's the Mindstorms RIS + 2 expansions, + Cybermaster + Droid Developer Kit + Robotics Discovery Set. (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: LEGO Reverse DNS?
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(...) Ahhh. Last year...is this when you were starting to publish the internals - I think so. At that point I think they might have been casting around looking to see if anyone was actually hacking the RCX. Once they found out what was going on, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Right, these are the two official expansions for Lego Mindstorms with the Mars Expedition on the way. That makes 3 total in 2 years. + Cybermaster This is a stand alone system, not Mindstorms. The rumored sets clearly say, "Mindstorm (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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Another day, a different rumor ... www.theForce.net has this poll up: "What vehicle would you most like to see be made into a Lego set? (Not Mindstorms or Technic, remember Falcon, Slave-I, Skiff, A-Wing, AAT, MTT, and B-Wing are coming)." Ah, the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, I'm putting together a mazebot for Mindfest, and ran into a bit of a funny with the rotation sensor. I THINK it has to do with the sample speed, but I'm not positive. I'm using pbFORTH and sampling the rotation sensor in a tight loop. The (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think there are some C to FORTH translators at www.forth.org, but the problem is you need to configure them to run on your CPU and then to output FORTH compatible with your target. Not an easy task. Why not just learn FORTH? I learned about (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph, I don't know about the specific issues with pbForth, but this summer I was working on a large gear train (for a problem that we have recently "proven" is computationally intractable for the RCX) and dropped about 20 counts out of every 1,000 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I'd need to vibrate things while looking at raw values, which is possible, I guess. I could run the gantry, smaple as long as possible and then store the value in an array... Something like: CREATE BUFFER 5000 CELLS ALLOT ( makes room (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I thought the problem was that it vibrated itself? (...) <snip forth code, which looks cool :)> (...) Take a look at the code that Markus sent out a while ago with the new firmdl he cooked up, particularly the code in keepalive.c and the code (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Alvin Yap <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:19991013204452....ail.com... (...) I have a few pages of sensor information: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It depends... One solution is to let the motor float. Another and (I think) obvious solution is to gradually decrease the motor speed by calling SetMotorSpeed (or whatever you call that function) repeatedly with a decreasing speed value. Søren (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Sure. But the person who got the leaked info might not know that. Early rumors for the R2D2 set called it a Mindstorms R2D2. Same thing, yeah? I'm not saying the rumor is accurate, just that where it says "Mindstorms", it might be fair to read (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I NEED TO KNOW THE EXACT STEPS TO CONNECT A NEW MOTOR POWER SUPPLY TO THE HANDYBOARD WHILE IS HAS THE EXTENSION BOARD CONNECTED TO IT. IT'S TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EXTENSION BOARD SHARES THE SAME SLOT AS THE NEW MOTOR POWER SUPPLY, IS THE ANY (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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This was explained a week or two ago here on the list server. Check back and you'll find out what traces to cut, etc. However, I have found another way that is very simple, and does not require you to make difficult-to-fix cuts on your boards. Just (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Great solution Gary! How about just pulling the L293D/SN754410 from the U11 socket, bending pin-8 out and soldering the REALLY BIG battery positive lead to it, then soldering the negative lead to pin-1 without bending it out, and then reinstalling (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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That is the same thing, except much easier. Plus we save donut money. However, we'd have to look at the effect of 7 volts reverse bias on the motor LED's. Plus, we'd have to make real sure not to short the bent pin 8 to the socket underneath it. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) That sounds like what you would get if you gave two tin cans and a piece of string to the Defense Department and asked them to develop a field radio. - Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13 (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NEW POWER SUPPLY
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What about this idea? Cut the motor trace as per on Fred's website....than desolder the motor power header (the one that plug into the Handy board) on the expansion board and flip the header upward and resolder it to the expansion board. Then reuse (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RDS Q:
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(...) Here is the message to which Jeffrey is referring: (URL) here is the actual information (imagine that!) 0...stop momentarily 1...spin 450d ccw, back to 0d, resume path 2...spin, resume at about 30d ccw of original path 3...crazy dance, resume (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think you win the prize for the best solution Giang! - Nick - (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Start_process problem
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Hi When I try to start a process , the code downloads fine , it runs on the board with no errors but it only excutes the first proceess once and none of the others. void main() { start_process(fwrd()); start_process(checkir()); (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Thanks to Kevin the 8485 Control Center II scans are available and I can finally build the T-Rex. I assumed no-one would want to part with these cables, so I found a way to make my own length of flex cables with 0.065 string trimmer line, making the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
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(...) i wonder if these highly paid paranoids ever heard of ... encryption? like, just encrypt stuff whenever it leaves a computer? duh. nik ___...___ nikolaus heger nik@stagecast.com PGP fingerprint: 650.354.0735 970A 0D39 41BD A660 AACB 674B 747A (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | questions about legOS??
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I got the latest version of legOS, and now I am lost. What else do I need to start programming? I know that the files I have aren't a program, but you download them to your RCX with your RCX program instead. Can anyone help me out? thanx (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Data acquisition through analog input
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-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Length: 297 2. Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Length: 1408 (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: questions about legOS??
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Thoroughly read the HOWTO at arthurdent.dorm.duke...HOWTO.html and then come back :) More seriously, you still need a lot- a compiler and a working knowledge of C, to start with. Details on the compiler are in the HOWTO, but if you don't know C, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: c++
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That would not make the motion any smoother. Granted (yes it is obvious) that it would make the shuting down of the motors smoother it still does not have the desired effect. The solution I believe is somehow coding it so that as long as the button (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | re: start_process problem
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My suggestion is to double check that you double check the simple things withing the code (your code should be executing an infinite loop) while(1) { code .... } If the code is more complex and involves external assembly modules, check that they (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Start_process problem
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alex, each of your processes must be an indefinite loop. otherwise starting them up via start_process just runs through once. so, e.g.: void checkir() { while (1) { if (digital(4)) { /* go backward for some time */ /* turn a little */ /* go forward (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | stuff
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Hi everybody... I was wondering if anybody has investigated attaching more powerful motors to the RCX. Can anybody tell me (before I bother finding out myself) how to rig up a more powerful motor by getting the RCX output to control some sort of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Mindstorms on Macs! MacDaily plans review(?)
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Hi Folks, I was browsing Mac Gamers hoping to find info on the new mactell voodoo3 cards and instead discovered this... (URL) appears the next week ( Tuesday) they plan on covering Mindstorms on Macs troubleshooting. I thought someone here might (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Powered Crossaxles Through a Large Technic Turntable
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In tinkering with my new robot thingy, I've come up with a design someone might find useful. I realize that it may be a bit on the obvious side to many of you advanced LEGO roboticists; however, I've seen a few people requesting more basic (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Powered Crossaxles Through a Large Technic Turntable
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(...) (URL) is cool. I just wanted to mention that MLCad is a really decent program. I hope Michael will develop it further for the Mac, but then again, have a look at Dave baum's site for info on his graphics for his new book: (URL) One tip, you (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Can someone post a side by side comparison of Type I and II connectors?? I have the 5118, 8485, 8412, 8437, and they all have the same connector ends. I'm trying to figure out the difference. Phil: I'll try to get you the mm dimensions for the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Welcome to Boston!!! (...) The easiest (and cheapest) way in my opinion is to take the Subway (We call it the "T" ). It is very safe and easy to use as long as you don't have a problem or fear of Subway's (Some, like my father do so I just thought (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Thanks Rob, The type I and II connectors can be seen at: (URL) flex cables are also shown with the "pssible" lengths for the 8485. When I scaled the cable on page 110, I came up with 17.2cm (and it came-up short when I built that assembly), but the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More powerful motor (was: stuff)
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Maybe the RCX could be rigged up to control a speed controller from an RC car. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Michael: If you're going to be traveling around Boston by "T," you'll want to get a day pass. (A one-day, unlimited use pass is $5.50--a very good deal. 3-day passes are also available.) You can grab these usually at any subway station, although (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A java tool for real-time talking with people reading the same webpage.
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Hi, There is a java software called Wander at (URL) simply dragging and dropping a URL address or a Link to Wander window, you can see and talk to all the people who reading the same webpage right now. It is a good tool for on-line talking, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) I have my doubts; tokens are cheap. You have to take seven rides/day for that to make sense. And that's a lot of riding on the T. (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I should have written, "... a pretty good deal." The pass is not advantageous if one is just going to one place and returning from it once in a day. However, Michael wrote: "Things don't start at MindFest until 4pm Friday night, so I plan to tour (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More powerful motor (was: stuff)
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You need to be careful if you use more powerfull motors with lego construction. The plastic parts are very strong but you can easyly break teeth off of the gears or twist the rods with the current motors and a little bit of gearing. On the other (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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<snipped Eric's description of how to get around> Eric, this kind of information is great! I'm going to be at Mindfest and my NLSO architect will be lollygagging around the downtown Boston area. Now it looks like I'll have all the info we need to do (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Help me, too.
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Hi, I'm going to Mindfest. But I need help about transportation in Boston. Airport Longan to Amerisuites Hotel in Medford (116 Riverside Ave) Hotel to Tufts University Hotel to MIT Thanks a lot of and see you in Mindfest, Hazel Diaz San Jose, Costa (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More powerful motors
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I am curious to know why you think you would need to amplify the RCX motor outputs? The Lego motors are very efficient under no load. But the bridge drivers in the RCX seem to cope with the stalled state (about 250mA). Unless you are going to use (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I would like to see an RCX control a really fast RC car. It would be cool to see it pilot it flawlessly around a circle track. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Wait... For those of us staying at the Marriot, ther should be a free shuttle from the airport, right? I'll check up on this and let you know... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: interfacing the GP2D12
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Thats great Gary, This was the same conclusion that I'd come to myself, however I've now run into another problem with the otherwise brilliant 'D12 sensor. I'm currently using the Digitalker speech system from Jameco, and when the 'D12 is plugged in (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: stuff
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I've always assumed the material is polystyrene, probably a modified resin for impact resistance. You could basically eat this stuff, it's used for plastic forks, etc, but I wouldn't smoke it ;>) As to motors, several folks including myself, have (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego Rotation Sensor
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Hi there, I'm just back from a sneak view on the brand new Lego site. I noticed that it's now possible to order the rotation sensor as a spare part. My question is: can someone explain me how the sensor is build-up internally ? (did anyone open such (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Phil Watt <wattsup1@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:38073CB0.716941...ink.net... (...) I know all of the listed sets use the Type II. I believe the 5118 is Type II as well, I'll verify tonight along with the 8485 cable lengths. -Rob. (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me, too.
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(...) I am not real sure where the Amerisuites in Medford is but I will check a map if I get time. There are a few "T" stops (Red Line) in Medford so there is probably a good chance that you can use the "T". (...) I believe Tufts is in Medford so (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Rotation Sensor
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ludo soete <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> wrote in message news:FJnqLo.87@lugnet.com... (...) part. (...) internally ? (...) I have not cut one open yet, but I'm pretty sure it is an optical encoder. I tried to detect magnetic fields from outside it (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: stuff
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(...) I've heard that LEGO bricks are made from ABS. later, greg (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Just by way of clarification, ABS is a terpolymer (alloyed, if you will) of polystyrene: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. Jeff jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net (...) I've heard that LEGO bricks are made from ABS. (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) <snipped out more gory transit details...> (...) Hmmm, Larry does not live in Boston, and yet he is intimately familiar with the transit system. Coincidence, I think not. The more likely explanation is that he is obsessed with trains, and (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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The Green Line runs real, honest-to-goodness trolleys. They are quiet and fun. One of the sad developments of the last few years has been the disuse of the trolleys in the favor of buses. (For that matter, I now drive a daily 20-minute commute from (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) Well, I WILL admit I had a mockup of a green line car partially completed but I just could not get a center pivot that looked good from the outside, worked, and would at least allow a minifig (turned sideways so he was only 1 stud wide) to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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(...) Happened to be carrying out a parts inventory of my #8485 CC (*not* CCII) which recently arrived from DYA France. Here are the actual measurements of the flex cables - overall lengths followed by the lengths between the notches, in (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJnF0x.rn@lugnet.com... (...) Many thanks Eric. You can bet I will have a folded up copy of those instructions in my pocket Thursday night. Mike G. (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots
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I'm pleased to announce that my book has been printed and is now in stock in our warehouse. It should be showing up in your favorite bookstores soon. The entire book will be serialized online. Currently the Preface and chapters 1 and 2 are online (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots
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An Oreilly book for Mindstorms??! Cool! Hey, who decides what animal goes on the cover? The author(s)? The publisher? KL (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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C S Soh wrote in message <3807D69E.34C3F7E3@s...com.sg>... (...) followed by (...) from the (...) I concur! -Rob. (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | UK Suppliers
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Can anyone help me? I'm looking for a UK supplier for the Handyboard, either as a kit or complete. I would also like some advice about how I could integrate the Handyboard into a A-Level physic department. I'm interesting in introducing robotics (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Data acquisition through analog input
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Mr. Han, I think you can try to transmit the data through radio frequency transmitter to the receiver which is connected to the PC. I have tried this but it is digital data and not analog. Thanks, Wil. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chul Hun,Han (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: BrainStorm version 1.0 available
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Forwarding to lugnet.robotics.logo from lugnet.robotics.rcx... --Todd (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
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| | Re : stuff (Big motor control)
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The following circuit should provide directional control of a DC motor using two SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) relays and four diodes, but may not act quick enough for a PWM drive. .--------O---...---. | | | | | O---...---. | | | | | \----/ \----/ (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re:Solved?? rotation sensor problem
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On Sep.10,I posted the message regarding rotation-sensor problem. I realized that the first threshold value '0x6fc0' in CURRENT_STATE is too small. Some sensors give raw values around 0x7000. #define CURRENT_STATE (raw<0x6fc0?STATE_0:...STATE_3))) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Control your Lego Mindstorms RCX across the internet using Microsoft NetMeeting
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The WebRemote Device Controller allows you to control devices across a NetMeeting connection... If you have devices to control then you simply run the device controller, add the drivers for your devices and connect to NetMeeting to make the devices (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | AI
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Can we make these things learn? I'm no expert on AI or nothing, but perhaps by making, for example, program 1 write program 2, write to program 3 etc, and use a some kind of a genetic algorithm to determine best output. Or would all this be (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Interfacing 2 Ultrasonic Modules onto one HB?
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I am trying to interface two Polaroid 6500 ultrasonic ranging modules onto one HB to simplify my project. I know this has been done and it is probably very easy but I am not an electrical engineering expert and cannot figure it out. I have two (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Okay. Here is an update. I decided on a platform like the one on this page. Synchro Drive I have bought and finally recieved all the parts nessesary. It is going to use 2 rotation sensors to measure distance, and the angle of the wheels relative to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Interfacing 2 Ultrasonic Modules onto one HB?
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Hello, I also would like to see a example of the sonars and expansion board hook-up. I also have a vector 2x compass module that was connected and working before the expansion board was added. Is it possible to connect the sonar and compass to the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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Are you talking about *real* lasers that can cut things? Or just one of those LED pointers? --Tobias (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FJr4ut.Ez8@lugnet.com... (...) considering that a cutting laser starts around $290,000, and requires much more room than 2 Lego bricks, I would venture to guess that it is a laser (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) But the R2-D2 set (9748 Droid Development Kit) -is- a MindStorms set. It's just not an RCX-based MindStorms set. (LEGO MINDSTORMS is a whole division of TLG and a whole product line. The RCX is just one brick in a series.) MINDSTORMS != RCX (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Documentation
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Hi all, Can anybody out there tell me some URL to / information that can be helpful to make an Operating system for MindStorms RCX? Plz reply to me personally on my email.I prefer to receive messages here rather at Newsgroup! Thankx Imad (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Yeah, actually, that was kinda my point; I just picked a bad example. (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RIS 1.5 Upgrade in Canada?
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Anyone seen the RIS 1.5 upgrade lit for sale in Canada yet? Will it be available by retail or will I only be able to get it at www.legoworldshop.com (not available there until Oct 22) Thx... (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FW: Documentation
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(...) No, I've never heard of anyone doing something so amazing. You might want to check your local bookstore, I hear there's an O'Reilly book on Mindstorms, but it's a secret and I'm not suupposed to tell anyone. There might even be a fire (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX Firmware and SP
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Hi All, After a very frustrating weekend of fiddling with pbFORTH, I caved and asked Kekoa to help with a problem I was having with read_sensor() and pbFORTH. The problem we (mostly he) unearthed has to do with the SP and RCX firmware routines, so I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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*Real* lasers don't even look impressive. It is pracitaclly impossible to get a laser in the visable wavelengths to cut stuff. Usually UV lasers are used for this purpose. But anyway... in Oz, proper laser pointers are about $60. You can get really (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | legOS 0.2.0 released
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Hello, legOS 0.2.0 is out. If you like to program your Mindstorms in C, or if you would like to try, it has become better than ever. Dynamic linking and program loading are fully supported now, as well as unreliable LNP datagram networking. Lots of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS 0.2.0 released
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Well, this is a bad week to say the least, but I hope to have rudimentary HOWTO stuff for 0.2.0 within two weeks. Thanks for everything, Markus! Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) really (...) the (...) they (...) I bought 2 for $10 at Osco 2 years ago and they are still working on their 2nd set of batts. (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Thanks for your patience. Just received 4 of the lil' compressor pumps and have built and tested John Morgan's new double-acting (*correct terminology*) compressor. Unfortunately, the design does not seem to work out in practice. After just a (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: AI
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Tony- AI is a huge field, encompassing a variety of algorithms and techniques. Some of them will work OK on the RCX, others take just too much computation, especially when floating point is required. Also, when you talk about functions and all that, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: UK Suppliers
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(...) If you're prepared to mail order, you can get all the Handyboard stuff from the Robot Store, Hong Kong,www.robotstorehk.com I've found Patrick Hui to be most helpful and dependable. -- C S Soh (URL) where air is power (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | need a text editor
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What text editors do you guys use to write your IC code? I am on a Windows98 machine and having a real hard time finding one that doesn't add all of the extra formatting. Or is there an option that I am missing that I can turn the formatting off? (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | AI and even more exiciting stuff
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----- Original Message ----- From: Luis Villa <liv@duke.edu> To: ts <ts@zylotech.com.au> Cc: <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> Sent: Monday, 18 October 1999 13:09 Subject: Re: AI (...) I am using NQC at the moment. I have just found, and I am downloading (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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For a more reasonable copy of the picture (read: downloadable in minutes, not hours) try (URL) note that I actually have access to 7, not just the 5 pictured. -Luis "still looking for interesting suggestions" Villa ###...### Profanity is the one (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) Good luck. You'll find links to my HOWTO in various places- feel free to ask if you have problems. (...) Forth is a language for embedded systems, and since it is designed for embedded systems, (i.e., very low level) resembles assembly in some (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Robot navigation
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I have noticed a lot of effort being put into the most ingenius robot platforms designed to increase the accuracy and repeatability of navigation. While many of these designs are a credit to the designer concerned, I can't help but wonder if they (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Star Wars Technic Sets--Correction and More Info
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Just passing this along. This includes a scan of the cover from the Destroyer Droid (Droideka) set. :) (From www.theouterrim.com) US NEWS - Lego update BY: Greg Edwards Pictures have popped up on the Net At this site ((URL) of Technic Battle Droid, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) ACK! Don't they teach fixed point any more? I encourage anyone to post an application where the dynamic range of signed 32 bit values is outside the range of numbers which would be useful to an RCX application! I'm not flaming, I'm just trying (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) Yes, and no. It is an interpreter, that you can type (or upload) ASCII text to. It then compiles it into an efficient bytecode (really 16 bits) that lets you execute later. It allows for LOTS of variables and best of all, you don't need to be (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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