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(...) Why don't you post the info here? Seems like the best place for it! (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Don't know if this will help in any way. I happen to have a Pisco-Dacta catalog in front of me (gonna put in an order) and under Tools and Supplies, they have some sponge balls. The ones I see here are 3" lightweight foam balls. Color Vary. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I must have mailed my previous comment to the wrong return address. What the message said was that most craft stores carry a load of different sizes and materials of balls. I've used them for other robotics testing like pick and place. Try to ignore (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have a nerf gun that shoots a nice smooth nerf ball. I would surmise though i havent checked that they would be very lego friendly. b ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Tobias, I have some pages on pneumatics, perhaps you can find some usefull info there. CU Bert Lego robots and artificial intelligence (URL) bericht----- Van: Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> Aan: lego-robotics@crynwr.com (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms available in the Netherlands ?
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(...) Hi Jan, whether Mindstorms is available in the Netherlands I don't know, but it sure is available in Germany. It cost about 450 DM which is currently about 250 US$ or about 230 Euro. Franz (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Is their a searchable archive of the LEGO Robotics Mailing List? Don Myers (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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-----Original Message----- From: Jacob Schultz <dungeonmaster@get2net.dk> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:36 PM Subject: Re: Wot no RCX power connector? (...) is a (...) batteries (...) and (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: is there a searchable archive
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(...) Don, There is a searchable archive* of the lugnet.robotics newsgroup here: (URL) lego-robotics@crynwr.com mailing list is gatewayed with the lugnet.robotics newsgroup, so anything which appears on the mailing list also appears in the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Wow. I will never ever again feel that I have a large amount of Lego. (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I checked out the Nerf balls that are about the same size as the LEGO ones, but they are much denser and harder. I was surprised. They probably shoot much better than the super light foam ones, though. I got a wicked pile of Ping Pong balls that are (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need Balls!
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Todd Bertschi <Cptgldfsh@aol.com> wrote in message news:FK0Ms3.5pL@lugnet.com... (...) Supplies, (...) many (...) 1-800- (...) Too big, but thanks for the thought. --Jack Gregory (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Analog port shaft encoder
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Rob, Another suggestion for debuging your setup would be to write a program which; 1, anually counts the pulses from the encoder, and writes them to the lcd screen; or 2, Just writes the state of the encoder input to the screen (a 1 or 0). Then you (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I´ve seen that page before.I tried to build your pneumatic motor, it was really awesome to see it move! --Tobias (...) that? (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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just by the way, the Belville figures heads will fit on a technic figure, so that´s how to make a female technic figure. I have never tried it though, so I don´t know if the figures gets damaged. --Tobias (...) that? (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Spirit.ocx Download
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Hello, I am still waiting for my RIS 1.5 to arrive. I would like to try out some programs like NQC, but none of them work without spirit.ocx installed. Is there anywhere I can download Spirit.ocx (Legally) so that I can get started?. Regards, Garry (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | FW: IR remote using PIC16F84
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(...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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(...) The color doesn't match, though. :( (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spirit.ocx Download
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(...) Actually, NQC works without spirit.ocx (or any ocxes at all, for that matter). (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Mindfest
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Coming at you FROM the MINDFEST floor... Put it this way, Mindfest is a BLAST... More later. John Van Z will be demoing Lugnet and the CAD related stuff (LDraw format files, LDLite, L2P, running POVRay, Datsville and the Datsville explorer at 10 AM (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest
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(...) Hi Larry. Be there in a few minutes. :) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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snip (...) snip (...) Tobas, I can say that Bert's page is a treasure chest for ideas on how to use pneumatics with mindstorms. I've got a Coal Unloader that uses 5 pn. cylinders, and a motor, to unload coal. (it works, when the program is right...) (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Position Finding/Mapping Description
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Okay. The base is a lot like the last picture on the Synchro Drive page. STEERING Then there are the beams that hold the axles that hold the 8t gears that link the turntables together. One axle is just one of those half friction pin/half axle (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms available in the Netherlands ?
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Lego claims that it will be available in the Netherlands within two weeks time. Cost about f 550. Mark Overmars Jan Sikkink <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:380C7344.CF2196...roep.nl... (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms available in the Netherlands ?
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Hello all in Germany and the counties in the neigborhood, I got my RIS at ToysRUs and I ' payed 449.00 DM. They had a lot of packages in their store at Neuss. I think there would be the same situation at their other stores. Ralf (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms available in the Netherlands ?
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(...) Hello from your southern neighbour. (...) The set is in the stores in Austria if you believe the press. The other side is: Am I too stupid to see one? All the time I sneak into the Legodepartment of the big toystores all I see is the DDK (and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Position Finding/Mapping Description
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(...) I just dissasembled the 3 wheel configuration, and built a four wheel one with another turntable I found. It is now a four wheeler. Balance is solved, with no counterweight, and I think that it will steer a lot straighter too. The turntables (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Analog port shaft encoder
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Tried what you said Joshua, I went through all the analog ports and manually fed them with a TTL signal from a function generator at a relatively low frequency of 5Hz and wrote this little test code to test it. In this example, the sencdr3.icb has (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Anybody's French ?
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Hi all! As I plan to build a Handy Bord, and as I am a bit far away from USA, I just would like to know if there is anyone living in France (and maybe in/near Paris?)... Electronic components aren't really cheap here, so if I could share tips about (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mindfest Photos!
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Check out (URL) for some mindfest photos. Be warned that I haven't gotten time to do any sorting or naming or resizing-for-mass-consumption. They're 1600x1200 and about 400k each. Sometime soon I'll do some work and make a nice page out of this (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | H8 tools problems on Linux
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Hi all! The H8 tools on Linux won't work for me - it's Linux 5.2 and the C compiler complains about "null char when parsing input" for anything else than a comment... I tried with both the old and new tools form the legOS site.... any ideas? thanks (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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(...) I'll let someone else address the rest of your question, but: there is no "Linux 5.2". The latest stable version of Linux is 2.2.13, and the latest devel release is 2.3.22. Perhaps you mean Red Hat 5.2? In that case, I'd suggest upgrading -- (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | reading sensor input?
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I've got a strange problem that probably has an easy solution, but I've been trying to hard to figure it out and am afraid that now I'm missing the obvious. I brushed the dust off my Handy Board to build a robot for my middles school robotics (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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(...) Vlad- First off, I'd suggest building your own tools, instead of downloading the pre-built tools (which, like anything pre-built, tends to work only on systems very similar to the original builder's.) There are pretty clear directions (I (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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More pics up at <URL:(URL). Same disclaimers apply. Today's start at 1076. (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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Argh! And I JUST finished resizing and thumbnailing the first batch! (sorry, they were just so cool I couldn't wait!) <from my previous post on the mater> For those people that do not have fast connection or 21" monitors, I have resized and (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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(...) Uh oh, you're fueling my laziness. Now I have a lot less incentive to go through and clean them up myself. I've got ambitious (heh) plans for actually adding descriptive labels and stuff. *laugh* PS: i really _can_ make a decent web site when (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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PS: current batch is kinda fuzzy -- pretty low-light conditions in the gallery, unfortunately. Also, #1106 through #1111 are pictures of the NELUG logo done in lego, and not really interesting to the general population. :) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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(...) Uh oh, more fuel on the fire then! I just uploaded the updated pages with the new photos! Of course, they don't have descriptions, since I wasn't there and don't know what was going on! (URL) I have no idea how you are getting this stuff to be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Controlling two robots simultaneously
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Does someone know how to control two mindstorms or two cybermaster robots simultaneously? Of course, one can use either two PCs or one to drive the IR and/or RF sender. But: - in case of two mindstorms, the IR signals and the responses of the robots (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | IR remote using PIC16F84
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Hi I am new at the list with my first question. For background information. I have not yet done much with RCX so I may ask stupid questions. I am developing IR remote controller for RCX using cheap PIC16F84 processor. I have already written physical (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | is their a searchable archive
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Is their a searchable archive of the LEGO Robotics Mailing List? Don Myers (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need Balls!
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Magical supply stores. common item in slight of hand, all colors and sizes. Worth a try (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Photos Resized, Recompressed and Thumbnailed!
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(...) Thanks very much. There will be many more posts about the weekend soon. (...) Well this was not quite as hard as it may seem. As for scenery and models it was fairly easy to distinguish what each of us made. The only thing that really worried (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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First let me say that Mindfest was a booming success and we all had alot of fun. We learned alot about presenting in public, both good and bad. We had substantial interest in our table and everything went very well all things considered. This is (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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(...) Oh no! Seriously though, that's great. It'll probably take me a little while to get around to anyway. (And we all know what happens to projects that start with that sentence....) (...) Magic -- I put all of the groups I think it belongs in on (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: Controlling two robots simultaneously
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(...) Make signals 0-127 be for RCX A, and 128-255 be for RCX B. (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How do I connect 100 photocells to my handyboard?
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Hi, For a project I'm working on, I need to track the output of one hundred (100) photocells. I don't need great accuracy on any of them, but maybe a ten-step resolution at the most. Is there a relatively standard or well-known method to gather (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HC11 pink book
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Adam, Here are three books for your MCU: M68HC11RM/AD is the M68HC11 Reference Manual M68HC11A8/D is the M68HC11A8 Technical Data book M68HC11A8RG/AD is the M68HC11A8 Programming Reference Guide They are available at: (URL) this helps, - Nick - (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FK5sLo.Mu8@lugnet.com... (...) feel (...) I was there too. Michael Gasperi It was a great time that went by in a flash. The sensor building workshops I held were packed with over 30 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Hey, Just wondered if anyone had seen Microsoft's newest IntelliMouse and, if so, if they had the same thought I did about it: this thing cries out to be hacked. It uses a 'tiny CMOS digital camera' to see whatever surface is beneath it and measure (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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(...) Huh, interesting. That would be cool. I'm realllly skeptical though -- I've seen older optical mice, and it's not just the required special mouse pad that is annoying -- they just plain don't work very well. And according to the CNN article, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: is their a searchable archive
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(...) Check out <URL:(URL) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Sounds like we just need to rig up a ps/2 mouseport for RCX KL (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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I have an itellimouse explorer and I'm impressed enough to recomend it. I havent been able to get teh pointer to "freak-out" yet. b ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LegOS 0.2.0a multi-threading problem
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I have been attempting to us the thread API for a LegOS project. I have been following the examples I found on the LegOS How-To page with out much success. If I run some simple code inside the main function it works fine but if I try the same code (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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(...) so, (...) I've (...) A year ago I bought a mouse on sale (Gyropoint, if I remember correctly) which tracks your actual motion at any speed in the open air; no surface needed (I use it with a laptop for presentations). It has never had any (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Analog port shaft encoder
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Rob, I use these same encoders just as you do, and they work fine. However, the spacing of the encoders from thier targets is important for proper function. 1.5 to 2 mm works well for me. In addition, I have had to play with the encoder high (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | What can I do with a robot?
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A question for all of you fantastic robotics enthusiasts out there: I have to do a final year project next year, and I'm getting a head start on designing it. I've been told that I can do pretty much what I like with a robot, as long as it has a lot (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: What can I do with a robot?
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Adam, As far as interfacing to external devices, the inexpensive ones are wheel encoders, IR ranging, bumpers, sound sensors and visible light sensors. You can get much more involved by adding compasses, GPS, video vision and so on, but the cost (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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I've just got the IntelliMouse Explorer. I had problems at first on my Simpson's mouse mat, but then I tried it straight onto the desk top. It's very good and I have no problems with it at speed. I bought it to play Quake X with, but I haven't had (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | It works! iMac and RIS
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I've seen a lot of "it *should* work" or "it *might* work" type of postings, but nothing specific indicating that you really can use the Lego Mindstorms RIS on an iMac using Virtual PC. I got it to work, and I thought I ought to post the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) [amazing list snipped] (...) Not a scold, but three very important people to note: Kekoa Proudfoot Dave Baum Markus Noga (according to Wired News article at (URL)) I wish I had been there, just to see these three on the Extreme Mindstorms (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Compiler Errors keep my board from loading
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Help!! I don't know how to fix compiler errors! Specifically, I received the following error: "Compiler error! 47 extra bytes left on board stack. " and I don't know how to fix it. I do know that I cannot load programs on my board until I fix the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MOTOR DRIVERS
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Question? When using a motor which will exceed the driver chip max current, will that fry the chip or the handy board? Paul (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Homebrew Sensor Workshop Slides
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I converted the 42 Powerpoint slides to HTML and they are now on my page. There is a some loss in this conversion, but I'm just about at the limit of my web page memory and I can't afford to give the images more resolution. Most of the material is (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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Not bad for an international connection. I'd rate it as "tolerable." I've scanned 3 pages, but the images are crooked on two. I'm going to cut the binding on my Constructopedia, and re-do the scans, then 3-hole punch them (I've got a binder full of (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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Answer it'll fry the chip Question? Why would you even want to do that? (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) Yes -- I sat at the table with them at lunch once, and can verify that they appear to be mortal humans, despite evidence we've all seen to the contrary. :) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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(...) Hi Paul, I think it would take out the chip, but I am currently doing this by installing a oversize heatsink & fan to the controller chip and pulsing the motor instead of constant current. Exceeding the max current capacity but, limiting (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) (There were in fact _lots_ of important people who didn't make Eric's list. I don't think he was trying to be comprehensive and certainly didn't mean to leave anybody out. There were a lot of people there, and I doubt anyone had time to meet (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) Except me, I seem to be the invisible panelist in the Wired article. Hrmph. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Sample Chapter of Lego Mindstorms book online now
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Hi all, O'Reilly has just released a new book on Lego Mindstorms Robots, that provides tons of excellent tips and ideas on how to take your Lego Robots further. Check out the first two chapters in the serialization of "The Unofficial Guide to Lego (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Sample chapter of Jonathan's book online now
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Hi all, O'Reilly has just released a new book on Lego Mindstorms Robots, that provides tons of excellent tips and ideas on how to take your Lego Robots further. Check out the first two chapters in the serialization of "The Unofficial Guide to Lego (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) Yeah that's what you get for picking a weird old-fashioned obscure computer language. *grin* (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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It won't necessarily fry the chip. L293s (and the TI equivalent) have a thermal protection mode. If the chip gets too hot, it will turn itself off. Most of the time, this protects the chip against over-current. However, it is still possible to fry (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000101bf1f27$4d...@pro150... (...) Hrmph. Ralph, how do you think I feel. I was left out too and it was implied the panel was all software. At least Wired has a quote from the audience member in (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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(...) Hi Paul, I don't know how the handyboard is protected against overload but one thing is for sure : if you overload the driver chip ... this one will fry up.In worst case you'll fry the board as well. If a driver chip's maximum current is 1 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) Yes, well, you're a brick-mangling heretic, so.... :) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) I'd like to mention several other people (not on Eric's list) that I was very pleased to meet/meet again at MindFest: Dave Baum Ben Erwin Bob Frankston Michael Gaspieri Ralph Hempel Fred Martin Markus Noga Kekoa Proudfoot Mitchel Resnick I'm (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) And as if he hasn't suffered enough indignities in this thread, I spelled Michael Gasperi's name wrong. Memory OK, but verification of facts better! At least I was able to help him secure one of the coveted "MindFest Staff" tee- shirts. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) Here is a simple example where 32 bits isn't enough precision. Task: Given a robot with at least one motor, rotational velocity sensors [1] on each motor and a light sensor, implement a program to compile statistics on motor speed and light (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) I wasn't there for both days, but the times I was there, I had a total blast. The best part was meeting great friendly people and putting faces to names finally, and seeing LEGO designs like Jin Sato's MIBO and the NELUG Star Wars models "in (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) I don't think so. The trains are driven by a transformer after all. (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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(...) I've compiled LegOS under RedHat 5.2 without problems. I recently upgraded to 6.0 and I still have no problems. Have you downloaded some odd version of gcc or binutils? I've experienced problems when compiling gcc 2.95, but they can (easily) (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Homebrew Sensor Workshop Slides
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'SWonderful! Wonderful! OMG! I'm only up to Slide 3 and already a mystery has been revealed to me! (Actually it's obvious now, upon examination, to these almost (ha!) middle-aged eyes.) Fantastic presentation! I wanna be there next year! (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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Thanks for the plug, Jacob. I in fact have received a set of instructions for gcc 2.9.5, and began the work of integrating them into the HOWTO last night. However, I was interrupted and will not have time to finish the task tonight, so do expect gcc (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: It works! iMac and RIS
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(...) Speaking of RoboLab, Ben Erwin had a table at MindFest past this weekend with several demo-arrangements of RoboLab. I'd known from the screenshots that it was pretty nice, but being able to talk to Ben and ask questions and actually see the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Expansion Board and Smooth PWM
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I really need to know how to get all my files correct to run both the expansion board and the smooth PWM routines at the same time. I downloaded both zip files but am unsure which files to use. Did I miss something on the web page where it says how (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: It works! iMac and RIS
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] <Grump> I have Virtual PC 3.0 on my G4/400 (at this moment). It used freeze almost every time I put a CD in, currently it won't even boot. I have no faith whatsoever that it will work on MY machine. I'm getting my money (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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(...) I've had one for a fortnight now, no complaints apart form not having one on each computer. (...) They are nothing like the old optical mice which required a special mouse pad. I have even tried it on the cat & it still works fine. I dont (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Hmmm, I like this. Anyone know how much and where I can buy one of these (Best Buy maybe)? Has anyone figured out how close to the surface it has to be to "read" it? I am also wondering if the angle of incidence matters? It would definately be easy (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | fried memory
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I suspect that I fried my memory chip. The handyboard downloads Pcode perfectly, but when it tries to synchronize with interactive C, I get an error. While the board is off the 62256-12LP and the 74HC132 chips stay hot. is there a good diagnostic (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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(...) Hi! I got the precompiled tools from the LegOS page, tried with both the 'old' and the 'new' set... by the way, the Windows version works fine. Not 0.2.0, but that's not the tools' fault... thanks for all the help Vlad (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Controlling two robots simultaneously
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(...) In the CyberMaster, open one of them, find the place that controls the radio frequence and rotate it a bit. My knowledge of electronics is ZERO but should exist some kind of knob you can rotate with a screwdriver. Remember that you must also (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Windows 2000
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Anyone already done compatibility tests with the latest Windows 2000 ? I'm specially interested in Spirit.ocx, NQC and RCXCC. Thanks Laurentino Martins [ mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt ] [ (URL) ] Neither technology nor efficiency can acquire more time (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Windows 2000
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On my W2K Professional RC2 (Build 2128), Spirit.ocx, NQC and RCXCC (the latest versions I found) works perfectly. Ciao Carlo "Laurentino Martins" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:4.1.19991026115...test.pt... (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Windows 2000 (fwd)
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(...) I'm working on W2K compatibility, though for my day job. RC 2 has been dropped and RC 3 is not expected out until sometime in late Oct., more likely Mid. Nov. RC 3 is usualy the last release cadidate that goes out before the last beta. At this (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: fried memory
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it might not be permanently dead, but if it's not, it's not working. one (or more) of the outputs of these two chips is probably shorted to ground or shorted to +5v. the chips get hot when they try to drive this output to a state other than the one (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Eltec 442 Pyroelectric Sensor
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Hi, I purchased an Eltec 442-3 Pyroelectric Sensor from acroname. I know pin 1 is V+ 5V but I don't know how I should connect pin 2,3,4 to my handy bord/expansion board. I want to use the sensor for detecting people and/or candles. How do I connect (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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