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Hi everybody I have an application where I need to read 4 encoders, I am looking for an accurate encoder reading IO board which can be connected to an IBM PC. I am also looking for the rotary encoders for that. Please if you can help me find the IO (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: for loop stack overflow
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Owen, IC integers are signed 16-bit values ... - Nick - (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: for loop stack overflow
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owen, what's inside the loop. i don't see any probl with the for loop itself. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LEGO commercial on TV
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I saw a LEGO MindStorms commercial on TV. I think I saw it either on MTV. The commercial has the Intel inside feel to it. Kinda hip, with bouncy music, and a bunch of LEGO robots dancing around. I hope they continue spending some money on (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | minfest and pyroelectric sensor
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Hi, For those of you who are going to Mindfest this weekend, does anybody want to see the pyroelectric sensor interface I've made for the RCX? I haven't had the time to make a robot for the sensor, and probably won't before Mindfest is over. It is (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dr Dobbs Journal planning segment on RCX programming
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(...) A co-worker just lent me his new copy of Dr. Dobbs Journal (November 1999) which contains the article by Markus Noga called Designing the LegOS Multitasking Operating System. Haven't had the time to read it yet, but I thought I'd mention that (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dr Dobbs Journal planning segment on RCX programming
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Anyone have any idea when that'll be online? I'm not real familiar with DDJ's online policies, though I know they have an extensive online collection. -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dr Dobbs Journal planning segment on RCX programming
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(...) It doesn't seem to be up there yet, although I didn't have much patience with their web site. (It's (URL) in case you want to try for yourself.) I tried to search for "Lego" and it told me it didn't know what to do with the "L". I'll tell you (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS in Elem Eduction Florida
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i dont know much about florida geography, but there is a tampa bay home schooling group that uses the RCX. go to (URL) and click on Partners. There are also links from that site to K-5 teachers that have used LEGO. Terry Green from Lincoln, MA has (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robot lab
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Yes I would recommend it for young children. So far the youngest ROBOLAB programmer on record is 4 years old (or maybe 3). There are many things in the new ROBOLAB 2.0 (out soon) such as scientific data graphing and analysis [see the pictures in the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need Balls!
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Oh man... I'm coaching a team too. I didn't realize that we were going to have to find our own balls! :) -Ben (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: minfest and pyroelectric sensor
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(...) Henry, I'd love to see your pyroelectric sensor interface. See you there. Mario (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) You could get a battery adaptor, that is, a device for putting AAA batteries where AA batteries should go. They're available easily here in the UK - Maplins for example. The only irritation I see is that you'll need 6 of them; 5 of which will (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Serializing tasks
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Hi, I'm writing a Visual C++ program to control simultaneously 2 RCX (using Spirit.ocx). I'd need to know when a task is ended to start the download of a new task (I'd need a kind of TaskDone event). Is there a way to do this? Does anybody have (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) Ah, that explains those people talking about easily wiping the memory by pulling the AC adapter out - the old RCX lost everything immediately, right? The new one claims to (and seems to, but I haven't timed it) retain its memory for up to a (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO commercial on TV
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There is one on in Sydney now, with a lego robot, kinda like a bull-dozer, pushing all the dinner plates off a dinner table. Pretty funny.... I read about this stuff in New Scientist (a magazine) first. I was sold instantly :) It seems that they are (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: CyberMaster
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At 20:11 20-10-1999 Wednesday , Anders Isaksson wrote: [...] (...) Yes, that's why they are not called Rotation Sensors, they are called Tachometers and work like the counter in your car. They count *distance* and they are very in it, because it's (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | sony ir function
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I would like to know why the sony ir_data() only display 8 bit number instead of the 12 or 13 bit IR message? Does the number represent data only instead of the address or device? Does anybody knows how I could make the handyboard display the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) It beeps just before it runs out of juice - sadly my batteries keep running low when the RCX is in off mode. I'm right now working on making a set of dummy batteries/internal 9v AC connection. The bottom end of the RCX would easily allow a (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Expansion board - SPI
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Hi ... If I fit an expansion board will I lose access to the SPI port ? ... Richard Spooner (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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