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With all of the back and forth lately on the lack of Technic spares, I've found that Spectrum Educational Supplies in Aurora Ontario has many hard-to-get parts, including the little pneumatic pumps. Without keeping everyone in suspense... Specturm (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Erroded axles
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(...) but (...) the (...) you (...) Right, I came to the same conclusion. They're good enough (except for the null grip) if used on a smooth surface and with not too much tension. When for any reason the links are no more exactly aligned, the force (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: anyone got hardware specifications for the RCX?
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(URL) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Running Vision Command on XP
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Hi all, Will someone please email me the Vision Command Updater.exe from RIS 2.0? Thanks in advance Chris (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: New Book - Programming Lego Mindstorms with Java
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Dario, I thought your book was supposed to come out last year ,but then you said it was cancelled by the publisher. Why did they decide to cancel it and then renew it? (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: anyone got hardware specifications for the RCX?
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(...) Hi Jonathan, Kekoa Proudfoot has a very detailed page about the RCX internals here (URL) it's a large page - there's *lots* of info there! ROSCO (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | anyone got hardware specifications for the RCX?
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Since there are projects like legos (or whatever its called now) that replace the firmware of the RCX, there must be some hardware documentation out there. What processor does it use? What other hardware is in that box? Memory maps? (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Memory Limitation
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-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Next....F3B73B20" Content-Length: 2642 2. Content-Type: application/x-zip-compressed; name="Voya.zip" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Memory Limitation
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-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Next....3F3C6170" Content-Length: 1767 2. Content-Type: application/x-zip-compressed; name="Voya.zip" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A couple more helpful projects...
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I've posted a couple new pages with simple projects to help when working with electronics and an RCX. The links are: (URL) apologies to anyone that thinks they are rather simplistic or childlike, but that is their intent. My son's and I all like (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | dll Error
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Hi, I´m having a problem downloading a problem to the RCX, when a try to download the program, apeear a the messenge "error creating program". Do you any idea what could be causing this problem? Thank You (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Book - Core Lego Mindstorms
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(...) Sounds great! Can't wait to get it. Later, Gary (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NY aqueduct tunnel inspector bot
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I think you'll find most underwater ROV are on a tether....took difficult to control (and lose) without one. Fiber optic cable would suffice with IR. This cable can be had fairly cheaply. I get mine as leftover pieces from FO cable installers for (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Stair Climber 4x4
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We (LEGO Robotics Group of Ann Arbor) recently had our Stair Climbing event here in Ann Arbor. The 3 bots that competed all had very similar designs to the item you link to. We competed on a 5 step stair case that had a total rise and total run of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NY aqueduct tunnel inspector bot
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(URL) found this article talking about remote robotic submersible tunnel inspection very interesting. I recall a Mindstorm tunnel-roof inspector bot that was part of my inspiration to build my own remote sensing bots, such as the LIDARStation: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Erroded axles
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Why not try spray graphite ? It's dry so dust won't stick : ) Robert Seifert <seifrob@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gsuz9F.GDE@lugnet.com... (...) axle (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS not working with external relay switches
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quite possibly. I havn't hooked up a scope, but it seems to be as close to full power as possible....interesting "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net> wrote in message news:006401c1c9ec$bd...ibm.com... (...) power (...) otherwise (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Stair Climber 4x4
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Very nice, I really liked the speed you managed to achive with this guy. A nice touch with the video too. Got me very interested in building something similar. /roppert (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Stair Climber 4x4
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Cheers, It's actually a very easy design, the java simulation shows how it is all arranged. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Gravsjo [mailto:roppert@roppert.nu] Sent: 13 March 2002 18:41 To: Robert McGlade Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Erroded axles
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(...) The come apart when side-loaded, or when they snag on something (like carpet). They also can come apart when put into too much tension. (...) You can attach small 1xn plates to the links, but the connection isn't very good. You can't count on (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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