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(...) I have no idea how that would come to be blinking, but normally it's the datalog icon. It means something is in the datalog, usually (I say that because I don't know why it would blink after a battery swipe). I don't know how you would erase (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | new icon in RCX LCD readout
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Yesterday I took the batteries out of my RCX to replace them with some rechargeables. After doing this I noticed a new icon on the LCD readout. On the right hand side, about midway down there is now is a pie shaped one quarter of a circle (two (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I recently bought a second RIS 2.0 and was wondering if anyone had a serial tower that they would be willing to trade for a usb tower. If anyone is interested please contact me. rcx2man@hotmail.com Thank You Scott (23 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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(...) No acceleration along the sensed axis, yes. (...) At this point, we need to know the type of sensor you're using (is it a pendulum type sensor, or a linear compression sensor, or gyroscopic precession sensor, or something even stranger?), and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | RE: Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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(...) Steve, The accelerometer is actually a micromachined beam. Think of a miniature version of your arm holding a 5 lb brick. Your measurement axis is rotation about the shoulder joint. Whether or not you or the brick are moving, the brick is (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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