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Hi Rob ! Well, there is probably a cheaper way, that would be making the IR - communication faster through changing the program software. But I think that it's more effective to change the IR - communication by a RF - module or bluetooth, because (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Linked Lists in BrickOS
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(...) If you install cygwin and the cross compilers using my pre-packaged installer ((URL) and my pre-packaged and pre-built brickOS/leJOS installer ((URL) then you should be able to write your brickOS programs using GNU Pascal. (see below) (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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(...) I'd be very interested to know the reason why LEGO choosed to make the worm gear so short :-( Philo (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Mike Thorn wrote: [snip] (...) Nope. Worm gears are not an integral number of studs long. They are about 1/4 of a stud short. Not enough for a small pulley (1/2 bushing). (...) Kevin (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: replacement for IR-communication
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That seems like a very expensive solution. Isn't there a cheaper way? Also, could there be an internal solution (keeping everything inside the RCX and tower)? Rob "Mike Reddy" <mreddy@glam.ac.uk> wrote in message news:HMDouD.Dww@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: leJOS auto power-off
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(...) your programs, lest you forget to turn off the RCX while a program is running and waste a set of batteries ... Like while(System.current...meMillis() < 600000) { // 10 minutes timeout ... } as a main loop instead of while(true){...} Jürgen (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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(...) Ah, that's it exactly! Thanks a lot. (...) Very interesting. Fairly small, and I imagine it moves pretty quick. Actually, in the application I want it for, it will be cranked by hand, so a motor isn't needed at all. (...) Hmm...I wonder why (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Linked Lists in BrickOS
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(...) Yeah, this was the problem. It hadn't occurred to me that BricxCC wasn't saving the file before making. Whoops. (...) Yes, tremendously (...) It looks like this was the problem line. I didn't know the syntax for a pointer to nothing. (in (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linked Lists in BrickOS
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(...) BricxCC can't know for sure what compiler to use unless it can tell what type of file you are editing. It figures this out using the file extension. In order to compile C++ and C code, BricxCC needs the file to have a .cpp or .c extension. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: INT_MAX in BrickOS
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(...) Yes, very much, thank you. That explains why I was getting odd results when I set an int to 65535. Now, I know what to do. Thanks Steve (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: INT_MAX in BrickOS
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(...) Hi Steve, Here's a handy table: TYPE BITS MIN MAX ===...=== char 8 0 255 unsigned char 8 0 255 signed char 8 -128 127 int 16 -32768 32767 unsigned int 16 0 65535 unsigned 16 0 65535 long 32 -2147483648 2147483647 unsigned long 32 0 4294967295 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: leJOS auto power-off
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Works for me! Thanks for the pointer (I think I searched everywhere *but* lugNET :O). (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: How to make a barecode?
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(...) Disregard previous... I see that that *is* the program you have in hand. -Rob. (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: RCX Communications problems
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Hi everyone, I did take a look at LNP, but I need to be sure that the RCX received the packet. As far as I Know, LNP is an UDP kind of communication. LLC is more reliable way to communicate as it uses ACK. I’m thinking know in recompile the RCXPort (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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What's the max value for an INT in BrickOS? Is it +/- 2,147,483,647? (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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(...) I once built one of these, just to see how it worked. It's pretty ingenious. I kept adding worm gears to see how big I could make it. Once you add more than two, there's a big gap in between the gears and the end of the housing you build for (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: I Need Some Advice!
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(...) You'll probably love them. There are a couple of pre-made games that use 1 player and 2 bots. You can use NQC to give the bots custom behaviour. The software that comes with the Spybots is decent, but really aimed at kids. You can also buy my (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: leJOS auto power-off
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(...) It can't be done. (URL) Hansen (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: How to make a barecode?
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(...) The CodePilot program from LEGO is still available for download through the Internet Archive: (URL) progam allows you to create your own barcode sheets. -Rob. (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | I Need Some Advice!
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Hi All, I recently purchased two of the spybotic sets at a cheap price (10 bucks)! What I am wondering is whether I would enjoy keeping a set (or two) for myself or whether to just sell them. I don't want to bust open the boxes only to find out that (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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