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(...) I agree that a modular approach would be both more Lego-like and more userful. Say a processor unit, a display unit, an input unit, a hub, and a memory unit accepting CompactFlash cards. Let everything run off standard Lego 9V, so you could (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi i've posted it some time ago but there was no big response maybe because there was no possibility like this wish list if TLC is going to use liftarms as the basis of their models 2x2 connector brick is, i would say, stupid (however it's great for (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Same for me. I'm using serial tower and 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 RCXs. Downloading from NQC works fine in both modes. Mario (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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What they need to do is make it like a PDA with a compact flash slot. Then you could expand as needed. You could connect two controllers to communicate via 802.11 or bluetooth, etc. Or a CPU with CAN? It would be fairly cheap. Connect everything (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Have you ever tried using NQC to download the firmware? If so, does it work? Using RcxCC to download your firmware means you are stuck in the serial tower world and slow firmware downloading. Have you tried both slow and fast mode firmware (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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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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| | RE: CD Languages
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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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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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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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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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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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| | Re: CD Languages
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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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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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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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| | RE: CD Languages
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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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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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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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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Jordan, I guess I'll represent the populace of the Official Lego MindStorms Forums here. We've had a discussion going on this very topic (mechanical and mindstorms-specific) for about four years now on and off. As with most forums we often go (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Just got Gigamesh but from Denmark, so naturally the instructions are in Danish. Is the CD multilanguage? If so do we need to find a hardcopy in English of the instructions? I'm assuming not? Thanks! (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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I'm giving a presentation about Mindstorms on Wednesday. I have a slide near the end that talks about all the stuff I know people want to see added. Here's what I have so far: RCX === RC communication (but keep the IR port, too) more I/O ports (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BricxCC & fast firmware download
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Hello John, Worked fine for me, with the following setup: RCX2.0, USB tower, BricxCC 3.3.7.6, firm0328.lgo, Win2000. Distance between tower and brick: 20 cm. Download time: 1'25" I tried also 50 cm away (worked) and 1 m away (failed). Philo (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Mark, Thanks for posting this. I've been trying to figure out how to do that, but I don't know enough about the IR messages and baud control of BrickOS to do it myself. (...) I don't know if this is printed anywhere, but here's some more info (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Thanks, Mark, I was indeed using standard firmware through NQC... Philo (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: BricxCC & fast firmware download
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John, I have yet to get fast or slow downloading to work with BricxCC on my RCX 1.0 with either the USB or serial tower... Ralph (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | BricxCC & fast firmware download
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I've had a report that fast firmware downloading doesn't work with the latest release of BricxCC (either tower). In my tests, with an RCX 1.0 brick plugged in, low ambient light, short distances from the USB tower, and all the firmwares I have (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Hi Philippe, I've been adding support for the Spybot and Manas remotes to my custom firmware LDCC. The idea is to allow 3 people to each control a seperate train using these remotes. This is how I discovered the problem with RCX 1.0 not (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Hello Mark, How did you managed to receive Spybot remotes messages with your RCX? I tried several settings, no luck :-( Philo (22 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: International Shopping
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(...) Elad, thank you for your indication! This site is very good, good price and good shipping. They have shipping to Israel, what is most important. And its good to know that we have people in Israel that are interested in MindStorms too. Would (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | to analog as rcx is to programming plastic
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With electronic circuit design, as with the plastic mechanics and computer programming of the RCX, do people play somewhere near here? I ask now because recently my local planetarium sold me an "Elenco snap circuits" kit: (URL) me, those Elenco snap (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego S@H has Ultimate Builders $48
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Just FYI... shop.lego.com has Ultimate Builders on sale. I thought it had been discontinued. ___...___ Randy Krakora ICQ#: 104321806 Current ICQ status: + More ways to contact me ___...___ (22 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lnpd+liblnp + brickos-0.2.6.10
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(...) Paolo has done some work in this area for Windows OSes and I am worked on integrating it to brickos with USB support under Windows. I will post my work at some point. Ed (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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(...) a need for communications on a single pair of wires with up to 256 devices. Sound familiar? What we do is hold the line steady and the device applies load across the line so the loop controller can measure current pulses to decode information (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | brickos sound-related crash
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I've been having some trouble with the 0.2.6.10 brickos kernel compiled with gcc 3.3.2. Whenever I try to use the dsound_play or sound_system functions, the kernel crashes immediately. In some cases, the RCX really goes haywire and motors start (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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(...) Well, if it ever gets out of vapourware, this ((URL) might be promising. They say it will be in production this december, but after seeing the production date getting pushed back a number of times already, I've stopped holding my breath. (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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(...) [snip] (...) In fact, NMRA has a proposal on the table which specifies how DCC decoders can talk back to the command station. The decoder basicly sends a reply in between DCC packets (during which time track power is removed) using a current (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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(...) And at $395 US for just the brick I'm sure we'll all line up to buy one :-) NOT! Seriously, we all know there's a need for something bigger (not necesarily better) We've had discussions ranging from one "superboard" to smaller collections of (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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Oh man, wish Lego's next RCX was as featured as this... :) (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | lego reflectance sensors
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Hello, we are using Lego reflectance sensors for an experiment and the HB is showing a rather strange behavior. If we plug a single sensor in the expansion board, it works fine, but when two of them are connected, then none of them work. Even more, (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: International Shopping
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Hi Well , i am also from israel, and looked up this subject. Found this : (URL) They ship to israel, and the price is quite good. Good Luck :) Elad (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8455 Alternate Model - Pneumatic Biped
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(...) It takes very looong strides, but slowly. Not nearly as fast as pedmatic the small cylinder biped. Kevin (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8455 Alternate Model - Pneumatic Biped
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(...) I can't believe you made that work! (...) Must make a cool sound when it walks too! Psssh-Psssh-Psssh :) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Gyro- advanced biped
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Introducing my latest biped, Gyro. Its name comes from its mechanism, which mimics the effect of a gyro stabilization system and keeps the upper torso parallel to the ground while the rest of the walker leans side to side, keeping the center of (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8455 Alternate Model - Pneumatic Biped
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I finally got some pictures uploaded of my biped made from the 8455 set. This model is built from the parts of one 8455 set. The hoses are not from the set, so your colors may vary. It took quite a while to find geometries that work using the 8455 (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Grand Challenge autonomous navigation contest, 1M prize
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(...) post (I know that because I pasted it somewhere else where it wasn't needed...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Grand Challenge autonomous navigation contest, 1M prize
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(Just found the definitive link I was looking for!) THe official DARPA site: (URL) Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : (URL) : (4 URLs) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d-- s:+ a+ C++++$ UL+++$ (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Grand Challenge autonomous navigation contest, 1M prize
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(...) You missed out the link! You're probably talking about this one: (2 URLs) FUT o-t.geek (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Grand Challenge autonomous navigation contest, 1M prize
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I just found this and I thought it was pretty cool. The vehicles being used here are on the scale of things like older SUVs, not LEGO bots... but it's still cool. LA to Vegas over rough terrain, autonomously... winner (of 100ish teams entered) gets (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spybot MessageEvent
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In lugnet.robotics.spybotics, Joseph Woolley wrote: <snip> (...) The official API contains the following code // these all correspond to using VLL() as the source #define EVENT_TYPE_ENTRY_FOUND 4 #define EVENT_TYPE_MSG_DISCARD 6 #define (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I realize that I may be reinventing the wheel with this, but I was not able to find another way of accomplishing the same thing. After setting up a VLLEvent using: #define VLLEvent 1 SetEvent(VLLEvent, VLL(), EVENT_TYPE_VLL_MSG_RECEIVED); then (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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(...) I've fixed the broken link problem. Extract this ZIP into the Help directory below the directory in which you installed BricxCC. My apologies for misspelling hexadecimal in my earlier post (and, sadly, on the Memory Map window). :-( At least (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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(...) [snipped a long list of many new cool features] Wow! (...) The link on your site ((URL) work for me. Thanks for your continuous improvements to BricxCC! Ciao Mario (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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sorry it took me so long to reply, working with remote administration and moving and other stuff.... anyways it has been my opinion that using the bushings has a tendency to slide when there is a slightly significany ammount of resistance involved. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to call SCOUT ROM subroutine from NQC
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(...) Sorry for late response. I am now very busy but I will upload some small snippets for calling directly Scout ROM subroutines (recently I am not be able to concentrate on this issue) as soon as I can. Thanks, Liem PH (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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I've gone ahead and released a new version of BricxCC. Get it while it's hot! :-) There are a few rough edges in this release, primarily in the pbForth console. Also, the leJOS .hlp file was so large I did not include it in the main installer. The (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) [snippage] (...) I will be releasing a new version of BricxCC shortly (by the end of the week, with any luck) which will include a fix for this bug. It is already fixed but I'm trying to get a couple other items done before I publish a new (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) [snip] (...) Mark, Thanks for shooting this so quickly. Kevin (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) As we discussed in email, it appears to be the firmware downloader causing the problem. I just tried downloading BrickOS 0.2.6.10 with both NQC 2.5 a1 and BricxCC 3.3.6.2 and experienced growling motors. I then downloaded BrickOS using firmdl3 (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) Me too. Without any program loaded, it seems to do funny things with the motors. But once I get a program downloaded, it works fine. The only thing that I find freaky is the different values for light sensors. There's hex percentages and dec (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) Rob, I've had the same problem with BrickOS. The installation I used came with BrickOS already built. I reloaded the RCX with LEGO firmware and all three motor ports worked fine. I concluded it was a BrickOS problem that I would wrestle with (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Mine have been apart more often than I'd like, too! :-) (...) My guess would be mostly for increased communication speed. With the higher baud rate, the duration of the 2-byte Spybot/Manas packets is halved. This allows for fewer collisions (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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(...) That is the part that really bites me. Are you able to reproduce the error? If yes, try to put out the batteries for a longer time. Anyway, it seems worthwile to have a look at the brickOS initialization code for the motors. If you can (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LDCC.java
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I've developed an LDCC protocol stack for lejOS. Well, 1/4 of it. It's currently receive-only and only on the RCX platform. It needs another pair of eyes to make sure I haven't done anything stupid or inefficient, as this is only my second Java (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: BrickOS motor port horrors
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Well, I don't know much about it being possessed, but you should try to divide the problem probabilities in half. Try loading the original lego firmware. (Yes I know, this brings horror to some of you fellow programmers out there, but its just (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BrickOS motor port horrors
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I was writing some simple programs to test out BrickOS last night, and had some really strange behavior. I hooked up a motor to port B and a rotation sensor to port 2. My programs were just testing out various motor speeds and positioning accuracy. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Serial port control in Robolab
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(...) something wrong. I tried to open new inventor vindow, and insert this using "select a vi" icon from tools bar - did I something wrong? I guess I still didn't cross even beginners level (just looked throuhg your page - it'a awesome. Too pity (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Serial port control in Robolab
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(...) Yes, have a look in ..\Robolab\Engine\VI...Serial.llb You'll find some applications about this theme on our site (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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The file name that is executed is LaunchRIS2.exe. By default it is located under "C:\Program Files\LEGO MINDSTORMS\RIS 2.0\". The file launches at startup because of a key in "\HKEY_Local_Machine...sion\Run". The REG_SZ key name is "RIS2PostReboot". (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Translating RIS software -- help needed
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Did anybody try to open any of the *.lif files located in HDDATA directory of RIS 2.0 software? -- I tried to translate RIS 2.0 to czech since there aren't many kids aged 9+ with such a good skills in english to have fun with RIS, but I succeed only (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS2.0 and win 2000, tips and trick
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Here's the registry information for Windows 2000 and launchris.exe: (URL) <chrismaker@noos.fr> wrote in message news:Hn6F3A.1CIG@lugnet.com... (...) turn (...) on (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Hello Mark, Thanks for your answer, this will keep me from dismantling once again my RCXs ! So it seems that LEGO modified RCX2.0 to get better compatibility with Spybots/Manas. Now a question remains, why did they increased carrier frequency (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) OK thanks for your reply! But the bad thing is that two RCX2.0 could not communicate properly....Am I wrong?? Chris. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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chip 1138 / chip 1176 Strange... 38 + 38 = 76 What does that mean? Rob "Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Hn6xKJ.1o68@lugnet.com... (...) its (...) reflected (...) axle (...) same (...) post on (...) on (...) messages. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) I think there might be an explanation for this and I've been meaning to post on this topic, but never seem to have gotten around to it! :-) I've opened up my RCX 1.0 and the IR receiver has the markings "TSOP 1138" on it. After looking this (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) we ' ve told about this thing with Philo few days ago cause he had the same problem. So I' ve made several tests with 4 RCX: 2 RCXv1.0 and 2 RCXv2.0 . It seems RCX emitter is the same in 1.0 and 2.0 versions. But 2.0 receiver is less sensitive (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: RIS2.0 and win 2000, tips and trick
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(...) Yes. Note that you can auto simply disable the auto startup, rather than deleting the file, if you want. There are various utilities around that let you control the items that launch on startup (Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel is excellent), (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Spybot NQC API file
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In case anyone would like to have it, here is my spy.nqh file in its entirety. With respect to the ROM subroutines, it is important to note that most of them use global variables, timers, and events which must be assigned a particular number by the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: RIS2.0 and win 2000, tips and trick
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(...) Cool. Will this work for Windows XP? I have the same problem where RIS starts automatically. thanks, TJ (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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A problem with RIS 2.0 on win2000 is that RIS automatically start when you turn computer on. LEGO provides a patch to correct this error, it may work on winXP but not on win2000. So I find the easier way to correct this thing: Just find and delete (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: International Shopping
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(...) Try BrickLink: (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | International Shopping
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Hello. I wanted to buy the MindStorms and a couple of accessory sets, but where I live (Israel) there is no place where I can buy them all, and what I do find is extremely expensive (+-3 times the retail value in the USA). Someone knows of a good (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms add-ons such as Exploration Mars
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(...) in (...) (URL) listserv may have mangled the URL, so you may need to reconstruct it. (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | lnpd+liblnp + brickos-0.2.6.10
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It seems to be not possible to use lnpd+liblnp with brickos-0.2.6.10. Is there a patch available to get the liblnp package to work? (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mindstorms add-ons such as Exploration Mars
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(...) That's the one. Please let me know if you find any more here in the US, I struck out last week. 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, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Will RCX 1.0 work with USB IR Tower and RIS2.0 Software?
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I'm working with exactly this setup right now - it works fine, and as far as I'm concerned better than the serial tower... Ralph (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | size limit on the programs for the RCX
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is there a size limit for our program? Like it cannot exceed a certain amount... by that i mean, if i have say several programs, is there a limit on how much each could size so that i can fit them all on the RCX at once and be able to run? because (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, FTX)
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| | Will RCX 1.0 work with USB IR Tower and RIS2.0 Software?
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I have RIS 2.0. I am planning to purchase additional RCX Brick 1.0 (for external power supply) from bricklink or ebay or so. My question is will RCX 1.0 work with USB Tower and RIS 2.0 Software after downloading firmware? Would I need anything else? (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms add-ons such as Sports, Exploration Mars
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(...) If you are referring to 9736 Exploration Mars, it was released in the US in 2000. You can still sometimes pick these sets up at Retail outlets including (but not limited to) ToysRus, Lego Outlets, and Tuesday Morning. I've purchased these (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | hady board short circuit...
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Hello, when I switch the HB on, first both -- batt and pow -- lights are on for a second and inmediatelly, both become off again. The U13 voltage regulator gets very hot in few seconds. I've changed that unit but there is no change in the board's (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: deleting legOS firmware fails
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Take the batteries out for a couple minutes so the firmware erases. Then, reload as necessary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hecke Schrobsdorff" <hecke@ihateunwanted...s.gwdg.de> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | deleting legOS firmware fails
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Hi all! I have the problem, that my RCX doesn't let me erase his legOS firmware, to give him an update. I hit the RCX-Buttons a thousand times in all possible combinations and order, but he doesn't notice this. thanx for help Hecke (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms add-ons such as Sports, Exploration Mars
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(...) Exploration Mars is not a "new" set, it released about 2 years ago. :-) I' ve checked the French shop@home, Ultimate builder set, exploration mars and ultimate accessory set are still available. I understand LEGO can not inform us about futur (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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