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Jordan: My approach to a MindStorms 3.0 would be more distributed. The system I came up with is called RoboBricks and can be seen here: (URL) Each sensor/actuator has a dedicated microcontroller that deals with any real time sensor issues. -Wayne (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Why not use Bluetooth for the wireless. I dont know a huge deal about it but from what I have read, it would work great. (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hns82p.1ItF@lugnet.com... (...) latest (...) plugged (...) firmwares (...) attempts (...) but in (...) it (...) BricxCC? (...) 2.0 (...) I have never been able to get bricxCC to properly (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) John, (and group) IM(very)HO, I've always felt a more distributed modular "brick" would be the way to go, AND still follow the original design of the concept of the core brick. these guys are my inspiration: (URL) a future RCX, some sort of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) [snippage] (...) [more snippage] (...) Glad you like the chart. Trying to find a way to present the information in a useful manner was the trick for me, too. :-) I'll have to throw up a web page or something. As to figuring it out, credit has (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Thanks a lot for posting this very useful information, Mark! I don't know how long I've been beating my head against the brick trying to make heads or tails out of the values I calculated for the various possible combinations of button (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Well, this whole thread has been visited before as has been pointed out, but it never hurts to air the subject again. And of course, I couldn't resist joining in ;) As far as the RCX goes and in concert with most other respondees, more (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) You're welcome! (...) Well, I did try it out and it does work... somewhat. For example, when you set the channel to 5 using the technique mentioned above, only some of the remote packets reflect 5 as the channel number, while others still (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I pretty much agree with what's there. Top priority has to be a power input jack, for running static exhibits. A proper angular input sensor, and an angular output (i.e. servo). Gyro/compass would be a big help. If it's going to stay on (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) I think all these would be nice. However I think the 2 I'd like to see first are more I/O and more memory. (...) I think this is mostly a software issue, and AFOL solutions (well at least (URL) one>) are already available. Note that more (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Did you mean 'RF' communication? Thanks Bruce ------- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM ---...--- Real embedded Java and much more www.jrealtime.com and www.tstik.com +1-801-534-1017 Salt Lake City, USA (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I meant also to ask whether this is a new situation, i.e., whether BricxCC used to work but now it is broken or whether you have never had success with BricxCC. Thanks, John Hansen (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have it on good authority that the CDROM is English-German-French. Your instructions are probably German-French as I don;t think the packaging was ever done in Danish. Ralph (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Yikes! Do other forms of tower communication seem to work fine from within BricxCC? Does NQC download firmware in either fast or slow mode with your USB or serial towers? What errors, if any, are reported (and when do they appear - right away (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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What I'd like to see is MUCH more elaborate expansion capability fot a completely new RCX paradigm. Using something like, say, pcmcia-ish cards to add new capabilities to the unit as desired. One card might add a dozen sensor inputs, while another (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As cool as this sounds, it's not right. :( Sorry about that. There are just the two bits (like Mark said above). See, this is why I haven't been able to get my Spybot remote to work with my RCX. :) Steve (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Very thoughtful of you but I'm not sure we need it. Maybe we do... We have a CD, (but lazy us didn't install it yet) but the paper instructions are in Danish... if the CD is multilanguage we are OK CD wise, although getting English paper (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) TECHNIC (...) see (...) besides (...) good (...) I'd like to see color camera (and sound?) support without having my bot lug around a 15' cable. How about some wireless camera or a camera that will plug in to said RCX and send data through (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've got a spare CD I can wing your way, Larry. Ralph (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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"Jordan Bradford" <bradfj23REMOVE_THIS...uwosh.edu> wrote in message news:HnsHtA.12z9@lugnet.com... (...) near the (...) what (...) intensity) (...) high (...) TECHNIC (...) see (...) besides (...) good (...) I'd prefer a DC connection over AC. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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