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(...) That's a reasonable idea... Bruce (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Rob Hendrix" <rhendrix.removebefo...g@cei.net> wrote: [snip] (...) If it's aimed at the Lego community they're likely to have some bricks already. I don't think it's ever been pitched as being "in lieu" of and RIS. It's a programmable brick which (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Vision command has to be the worst piece of crap ever made by Lego. Even with the Vision Command updater, it wouldn't even run on my PC with my RIS 2.0 no matter what config I tried. There was an unfixable conflict with my USB tower. I tried (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Webcams, especially ones with tiny lenses like the Lego cam, don't like incandescent light (regular filament bulbs). They're a bit better (less orange) with striplights or energy saving bulbs. They're much better with sunlight. The speckles (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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So Bruce, How much is a JIS (JCX Invention System) going to cost? Here is my definition of a JIS: It would include the JCX, cable to download firmware/programs, software and documentation, 2 motors, 3 sensors, enough parts to suffiently build a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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A Mail I've received ... (...) engineering. (...) rcx, legOS (...) oz). (...) but we need (...) in our (...) thesis (...) we'll (...) my answer try to search a driver under google. I think there is some driver installation instruction !! I don't (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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So Bruce, will the Lego community get better discounts on your products than the general public? Rob "Bruce Boyes" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:5.2.0.9.2.20030...ion.com... (...) (at (...) realized (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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The very first production units of JCX ((URL) will be displayed and demonstrated next week in Aarhus, Denmark, at this conference: (URL) so if any of you are in the area it would be fun to meet. We will be showing the JCX sensor and motor boards, (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) PAINT!!!!! EGADS!!!!!!!! Never paint your Lego!!! Wait, that sounds odd coming from a man who enjoys the smell of melted ABS... "Ob" (inside joke) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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You can then get a much cleaner cut on the plastic if you remove the electric strips first and use a razor saw to cut the plastic. (I've used a 2x4 bricks as a makeshift jig). It's much easier to cut the strips this way. As long as the electrical (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Another thought; I could just take 2x4 electric plates and cut them in half and boom there I go, no slotting required...hmm....now I need 7 2x4 electric plates, preferrably in black ;) (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Alright then how many of those can I get for $3 ;) I was thinking about that but I didn't really feel like cutting slots in a brick but just now I remembered that I have a dremel tool out in the garage >:-D (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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So take a 1x2 electric brick and a little ingenuity and you can make your own! They aren't exactly like the 2x2 ones from TLC, but they work as long as you keep your polarities correct. Rob "Legoguy" <legoguy@idwt.net> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm going to buy about 30 feet of ribbon cable (the flat kind) and I don't really want to tear apart my current perfect-condition wires just for the brick-ends....Anyone got a couple (oh, say, 14) wire end bricks? I hope so... -Andrew -- ---...--- (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks to Chris, Mark and Jürgen, I am successfully reading LDCC IRP packets with josx.rcxcomm.LLC! (I say reading, not parsing--haven't had time to clean it up, yet!) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.trains)
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I certainly don't see a reason why the whole motor-to-sensor thing wouldn't work. Actually, it's really a good idea, I don't know how much has been done with it before, but it sounds like it could be a great little serial interface - if programmed (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For people who have already done a little programming (especially in Java or C), NQC is very easy to pick up. However, NQC isn't a good first langauge. The problem is that you're trying to learn two things at once: how to break an idea down (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I'm currently working on a project in which I'm develping a task and memmory monitor for the BrickOS operating system. I'm going to run a Java Applet on the PC side and I'm using the josx.rcxcomm to obtain the necessary data from a thread/task (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) Yes it does, thank you very much Michael, you helped me out again. I just wasnt thinking of next as being a ptr like that. i just always thought it pointed to the address of the location of the memory that it can use next. thanks again... Mike (22 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Yup, that's true. The VC is pretty much a Logitech Quickcam Web. You can download software from Logitech that should give you better quality. Its called ImageStudio. (see link below) It also has some neat features like motion detection and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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