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I'm NOT biased because I DIDN'T write the thing... Forth is a wonderful language that has a proven track record. I don't use it in my job simply because management has never heard about it. I don't mean to imply that languages are chosen by (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: latest legOS strangeness
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(...) is (...) Not really.. braking using the current generated by the motor (acting as a generator) once the power is removed from it. H-Bridge has what is called a break bit. The break bit simply shorts the two terminals on the motor together, (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: latest legOS strangeness
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(...) Maybe make this selectable with a build option? The bad thing about brake is that it actually draws current (=reduces battery life) ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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You can buy the micro motor from your local Lego Dacta distibutor. See a list here: (URL) can get the rotation sensor in the Ultimate Acessory Set (#3801), which has lots of other useful bits, including the remote control and a touch sensor. (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hmm... Well, you could try www.mindstorms.com (or whatever it is) and look fo the configuration. I remember looking around that side and seeing some diagrams and shematics. I have that set too, and I have no intentions of taking it apart (lucily) (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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(...) If you check eBay you will find them sometimes. Do a search on 'Lego Mindstorms'. In fact, one Micro Motor just went up for auction to-day. Look here: (URL) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, you can try www.bricklink.com . They are worldwide and are sort of like Ebay for LEGOs. Or maybe check E-Bay. They`ve got lots of LEGO's cheap. Car (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anybody know where I can order the Rotation Sensor (#9756) and MicroMotor (#5119) from Europe (I live in Belgium) ? I asked "Lego Direct Europe", but they claim these are not for sale separately. Many thanks ... (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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i got this error while trying to setup legOS 0.2.6 i'm running windows XP scott@FAMILYCOMPUTER /legos-0.2.6 $ make depend for i in util lib boot demo ; do make - --unix NODEPS=yes -C $i depend || exit 2 ; done make[1]: Entering directory (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: nqc question
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(...) I don't see how that could possibly work - where does this code turn the motor off? You need something like: task sensor_to_motor () { while ( 1 ) /* Do this forever... */ { Off ( motor ) ; /* Turn the motor off */ while ( sensor == 0 ) /* (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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