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(...) I'll second Ed's comment. This is a fantastic book. The sort of details Mario and Giulio include in the early chapters about the Mechanical Engineering aspects of building robots is great. I love it! Of the Mindstorm books I have so far (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) To have a pressure sensor would be very nice. You could have multiple of the pumps & switches (using a single air tank). Depending on the pressure the RCX can control the time that is needed to recover pressure. And whenever you need some (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Although I don't have any understanding of chemistry, it looks wonderfull !! I like physics more, what about optics: (URL) Mientki (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, The question I have (no offence to the authors), but is this book worth it? I currently have: Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms Extreme Mindstorms Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Here in (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"John Carrasquillo" <joev@frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:Gnqw5F.263@lugnet.com... (...) can (...) Not yet. If you're in the UK you can order it now from Computer Manuals at (URL) and it'll ship the first day it's available in the UK, plus if (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi John, you can buy it directly from Syngress. Just follow this link: (URL) book is available at $19.95 plus shipping, and you'll also be able to download an electronic version of the book itself. Ciao Giulio (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, add up the voltage of fresh alkalines in the RCX and it is almost 9.6V anyway. (...) You'd want some diode isolation, anode from each pack, cathodes together and tied to the power input of the RCX so that the packs won't try to drive each (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I was able to get NQC working with the USB tower under Mac OS X pretty easily. IMHO, support for an application to directly access USB devices is pretty good. If anyone is trying this, feel free to grab the OSX/USB code I wrote for NQC (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) John - Syngress.com will take your $24.95 USD and ship it out to you right away. Pretter price than Amazon, and I haven't put mine down yet (we'll, maybe just to type this)! Ed (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello Everyone: Does any one know if this book "Building robots with Lego Mindstorms" By Mario Ferrari and Giulio Ferrari is out yet? If so, where can I get it? Amazon.com states 12/15. Thanks JohnC (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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