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Amtauer astronomy has recieved a boost over the years from robotic systems as much as Lego. Computerized robotic scopes, referred to as "GOTO scopes" by one manufacturer, that find stars in the sky and track thier movments can be had for as liitle (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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I could not get anywhere with this link. How do you get to the docs? 5.e. Invent & Investigate Database www.lego.com/dacta/I...tabase.asp Activities in the form of student challenges. The Teacher Notes sections show programming examples. 27 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: 6th grade students use Mindstorms at ISU
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"Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:Go33xn.8EA@lugnet.com... (...) containers, (...) Sounds like the latest FLL (First Lego League) competition - Arctic Impact: (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: FW: Using the Handyboard without the LCD display
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(...) Hi Look at the Handyboard-webpage under: (URL) you will find the code to use the hb without a lcd bye Martin (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | FW: Using the Handyboard without the LCD display
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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HI, Thanks for the responses. The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...maware.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F05 The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...are325.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F08 The last line of both (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: compensating battery level
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(...) Well, I don't know the actual answer to your question - but I do know that there is a tremendous variability from one motor to another *and* from one construction of a particular mechanism to another. (See my report here: (URL) that this (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Power transformer available.
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(...) number 273-1631) that can provide (switch-selectable) between 9 and 13 VAC at 800mA. At the 12VAC setting, this is virtually identical to the real LEGO wall-wart. Before this discovery, I had been using the transformer that comes with the 9V (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | compensating battery level
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hi list again :-) i got some more thoughts and questions... since one can read the battery level within a program with the 2.0 firmware, it is now possible to calculate appropriate values for motor actions depending on the current battery level to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout SDK missing from mindstorms.lego.com?
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I got hold of the SDK 2 for the normal RCX and it has support for the Scout as well as Pre RIS 2.0 RCX's. So maybe you should get that rather. Regards Q (...) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | translation nqc to legOS-0.2.5
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Hi!! anybod here can help me to translate the file "linebot1.nqc" (from the Dave Baum's book "Definitive guide to Lego Mindstorms") to legOS-0.2.5, i'm try but without succes!!, i'm a beginer with legOS! thanks Germán Rojas gerogo@007mundo.com (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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Hi, you can see the firmware version of the file just b_e_f_o_r_e you load it into the RCX. This would spend a lot of time because every firmware download needs more than 4 minutes with normal download speed. In the newer versions the firmware (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Power transformer available.
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There seems to be continuing confusion about using wall transformers with the RCX. To simplify the process, I am making a suitable transformer available. I have been using this transformer since Mindstorms first came out, with good results. If you (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Old TC LOGO hardware - how does speed control work?
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Hi, all - This may not be the right group; if not could you point me to the correct one? I have one of the old 4.5v Dacta control boxes, and I'm trying to figure out how to program them without the original software. I've figured out how to turn (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BRICKS - Building Robots, Creating Science
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Hello all, We are the Bricks group, at IIT Kanpur working on imparting science education in Indian scinerio using Lego Mindstrom kits. The ideology is to input a hands on building in the curiculum of scinece students in India, and excite them about (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Magnetic Levitator
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(...) The Phototransistor and diode are recessed deep inside the technic bricks, which make very effective lightshields. (...) The object is in the middle, but off of the axis formed by the phototransistor and the diode. the object only partially (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bummer!!!
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Other books have covered the varieties of firmwares and OSs for the RIS. The subject matter of my now-postponed LEGO Mindstorms book is in a different direction. pbForth gets all of one paragraph...not a comment on pbForth, just an editorial (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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(...) Miles, thanks for posting that long catalog of available reference material for ROBOLAB. I too have been through the frustrating experience of finding learning resources. ROBOLAB is good software because it is in the spirit of LEGO, where you (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | learning RoboLab (long)
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The following learning resources apply to Lego Dacta's RoboLab "Mindstorms for Schools" programming software, version 2.5 where indicated, otherwise, earlier versions: 1. Dacta RoboLab Teacher's Guides Printed paper books. Detailed instructions for (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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(...) Those sound like they might be firmware files. NQC expects the firmware to be in S-record format. Do all the lines begin with an upper case S and then have lots of hex digits? If so, they are probably firmware files. I'm not sure why there are (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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