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Request for comments: I moved the visualization code for the man_stand / man_run out of the task_scheduler and put it in the tm_idle_task. Performance is enhanced at the expense of the display not updating when the processor load is at or near 100%. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS newbie needs help
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I have all the tools (fast connection and CD burner). I need to check the licensing to see if there would be a problem with sending it to you on CD... but other than that, contact me off list and maybe we can get you SP5. -Joe NOTE: Remove (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Proposal: int program_running()
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I know it is fairly trivial, but it is a start. I am working on some other things... hopefully to be included either in patch form or in 0.2.6 (if/when it comes about). I like the idea of the inline function best, but will leave that up for debate. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Motion Tracking Robot Using an RCX, Visual Basic, and a 3Com Webcam
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"nullgel" <nullgel@cox.net> wrote in message news:GtAJI3.JK3@lugnet.com... (...) Nate, This is absolutely amazing! Thanks for taking the time to write this up and post the images, it's great! I really enjoyed reading it. Iain (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spectrum as source of Technic Spares
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According to their customer service, they are not allowed to sell Lego in the USA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fusion" <mikefusion@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.technic@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.robotics.rcx...ugnet.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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The 2.0 firmware is available separately from LEGO as part of the 2.0 SDK. You can use this firmware with a 1.5 set (or even a 1.0 set). If you are not planning on using the Lego software then the only difference between 2.0 and 1.5 is that 2.0 has (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Proposal: int program_running()
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(...) I've thought about this before but never did anything 8?( I think I'd prefer a macro, thus removing the need for #ifdef. Although you wouldn't want the #ifdef anyway, as you need to call it in the kernel, and #ifdefing it out would be rather (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Motion Tracking Robot Using an RCX, Visual Basic, and a 3Com Webcam
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Please check out the report on my site. I'd love to hear some feedback or questions. (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LEGO RCX and I2C
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Hi, the Elektor - Magazine for Electronics and Computer - comes with a very interesting project. They have a pcb and software in NQC. Have a look to the homepages (URL) I2C Interface for Lego RCX 'Brick' (...) The magazine comes tomorrow. I 'll test (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: LegOS newbie needs help
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If you know someone with a faster connection, then perhaps they could d/l it and burn it to a CD for you. BTW, I tried this out with VS6 w/ no SP and reproed the problem. Then I installed SP5 and tried again. So at least you now know that getting (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LegOS newbie needs help
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Thanks for you’re help, but downloading 129 MB whit my connection is not a good idea, so that’s now option for me. I also can’t order it on CD because this is only available for subscribers in North America. I’m not a subscriber and I don’t live in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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A more important consideration is whether USB or Serial is more convenient on your notebook. 1.5 comes with a COM port interface, and the 2.0 comes with a USB interface. USB is a lot better, if you have it. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Sony's New Biped 'Bot
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I saw a quick segment on the News last night, I was amazed at the speed and fluidity of the movements, once I get over how well it moves, I'm gonna go look into the other aspects and funtions of the design. The Future is here Folks. Legomaster (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LegOS newbie needs help
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Have you installed the Visual Studio service packs? You stated that you had reinstalled Visual Studio... so I am guessing that it is currently 6.0 (with no service packs). I can't guarentee that this will solve THIS problem, but I know from (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Proposal: int program_running()
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I have noticed several places in the kernel where nb_tasks is used to see if a program is running. Currently, nb_tasks > 3 means that a program is running and <= 3 means that just the kernel processes are running. I would like to propose that the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RIS 2.0 or 1.5 (minimum requirements)
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I am going to buy the RIS 2.0, but I am not quite sure if I should better buy the RIS 1.5. That is, because my notebook (366 Mhz PII, 64 MB RAM, but only 2.5 MB Video RAM) does not fully meet the minimum requirements as stated by LEGO (what is (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: motors are stuck...
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Here are some prehaps useful links (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LegOS newbie needs help
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Hi, I’ve LegOS up and running under Win2000 whit Cycwin and this works fine, but I missed the possibility of networking under LegOS. After reading some manuals I discovered WinLNP. So I downloaded this program And followed the install-instructions, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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Miguel, The smallest design for an adder-subtracter I have seen online is by Denis Cousineau. You can find it at (URL) . However, you should know that his design, and one that he links to have inspired myself, and a few of my robotics friends to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NY aqueduct tunnel inspector bot
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Chris, Actually it has been done! The University of Rhode Island Oceanography Undergraduate/Graduate Program entry to the 2000 International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competion (AUVISI - (URL) won the competition with a submersible whos engine (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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(...) Thanks a lot, Rosco. I think I'm going to go with Stefano Prosseda's variation, which you also mention on your webpage (URL) clearly didn't quite understand the concept and now see how my design had way too many gears only to accomplish (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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(...) snip (...) Here's yet another shrunken dual differential design. It uses worm gears to drive both differential housings as a space saving measure. This also the adds the feature (?) of a bit more gear reduction. There's a few pics of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Sony's New Biped 'Bot
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Straight from the top of Sony Tower in Tokyo comes this press release on a newly developed "entertainment robot" - the SDR-4X: (URL) SDR-4X is without any doubt a prototype successor to the widely successful AIBO bot series. As always Sony haven't (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Interesting but slightly off topic
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(...) For ~US$32k I'm guessing that some slight enhancements could be expected. The section referring to its ability to sing was amusing - just give it the music and lyrics (ie - program it) and it will sing on demand. Yeah, I had an Amiga once, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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(...) Excellent color coding in your pics. Regrettably, I have no practical advice. When I built the differential drive in Dave Baum's book, I was dumbfounded by the principle. I look forward to to seeing what is clearly a demanding project. - Kyle (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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(...) Well, I think several people have delved into this, but here's my contribution (URL) It doesn't solve the "dual speed" problem, but it's fairly small, and can be reduced further. ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | How much can you shrink a dual differential drive?
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Hi all, I've got an intriguing little MOC coming up that hopefully will interest both the technicheads and the robogeeks. It is a tracked vehicle with a twist, but you'll have to wait to learn all the details ;-) In the meantime, here is something I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.4.4
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I've released BricxCC version 3.3.4.4. It fixes a timeout problem when trying to find the Cybermaster brick (although not all users experienced this problem). It also fixes some problems on the Color tab of the Preferences dialog. It fixes the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Interesting but slightly off topic
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Sorry if this isn't the right forum, but ... (URL) like fun to me. Now if only we could find a way to pack that sort of CPU horsepower into a Lego brick ... hmmmmm. JB (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX as a PGP engine
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(...) Definitely post it! Better than that, how about sending me the code and I'll add it to our robots section as a unique demonstration. (...) Shouldn't be a problem. Most of the source code in the official Sun package is easy to port to leJOS. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: H8 assembler
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(...) I'm not entirely sure why either, other than that it is extremely easy to add new language support to the editor component in BricxCC and I thought it would be cool if a user of BricxCC who also writes H8 assembler would be able to edit all (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: H8 assembler
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(...) No rest for the wicked, John. (...) I always specify the size. Some assemblers can infer the size from the operand, but it's usually better practice to specify it. The L suffix is not supported on the H8/300 variant used by the RCX. (...) I'm (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RoboTank a platform for triangulation
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Some days ago, i stared to build a tank like robot for my triangulation tests. Some pictures can be found at: (URL) Carsten (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX as a PGP engine
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(...) I just 'ported' (euphemism for minor modifications) some code lingering on the web for fun and voila: MD5 on RCX is up and running (lejos). If anyone's interested, I can post the code. It allows for authentication (PC sends random challenge, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: motors are stuck...
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(...) This applies to the red 2x2 micromotor, not to the mini or power motor found in the RIS. I vaguely remember (try searching in LUGNET news) that the way to save a power motor, if at all possible, is to apply power in the right way, and not to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | H8 assembler
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I'm working on a syntax highlighter for H8 assembler for BricxCC. I downloaded a couple PDFs from Hitachi's website. I have the H8/300 Programming Manual (e602025_h8300.pdf) and THE INTRODUCTION OF HITACHI H8 MICROCOMPUTERS (introduction_h8.pdf). (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: motors are stuck...
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According to a book by Ferrari brothers ("Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms") here's what you can try: --- How to release a Jammed Micromotor A micromotor jams so easily, you should know what to do when it occurs. The following list should help: (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Cleaning the RCX
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Hi Chris, Thanks for the input. This is the kind of information I need. I have always relied on alcohol as a cleaner for contacts and I did not think of the effect it might have on the rubber contact. I thought the button might be a carbon contact. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Book - Core Lego Mindstorms
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You have to wonder how the SDK could possibly do that. The only opportunity I can see for it doing this is with the binary files javac and java, but I doubt they have auto-update features. Maybe the applet JVM has this? p.s. Kudos for reading the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cleaning the RCX
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(...) Bob: Great page. :) I have one point of interest. When I have used Isopropyl Alcohol (at 99%) to clean the button contacts of tv remote controls, I have found that the black "rubber" button can degrade and erode. Maybe someone with more (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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