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(...) I think this is fantastic, Brian. I look forward to seeing future posts on the results of your studies. I am working with Dave Baum to incorporate the new Spybot API features into the official NQC API. One aspect of that involves documentation (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I've started a new project to explore the Spybot's capabilities, (now the John Hansen has given me access to them ;). I plan to undertake s series of "studies" which each explore a single feature or function. I'll post then as I go. This first one (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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External power Flash memory (no more losing the firmware and programming when power is removed or batteries die) An extensible 2-wire sensor bus allowing up to about 16 sensors attached to just one port on the RCX (freeing up 2 port locations) A (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: More Speed? Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Ah hah! And the reason I don't want to waste time and effort making my memory map (excuse the pun) any harder to code than it has to be is because I am busy building special sensors and other gizmos to solve the short range navigation and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | 9747 (RIS 1.5) comes with 2.0 RCX brick?!?
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Hello, I opened a new 9747 (RIS 1.5) today and was slightly surprised to find a 2.0 RCX brick inside. Has anyone any clue how this can be? Kind regards, Wessel ...who wished they'd accidentaly put the USB tower in instead of the serial but alas. (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
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(...) Dear Scott, Unfortunately it is still true that Interactive C does not support the USB-tower, but I am pretty sure this will be changed with the further releases (I recently bought a serial-tower at Shop.Lego for 16.99 Euro only!). But it (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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maybe this help (URL) Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:HnwoB5.EEM@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
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(...) I'm just passing the following on for everyone else to read. scott Hi Scott, I don't have posting privs to all these lugnet lists, but just want to let you know that actually IC does support encoders (rotation sensors). It's just not (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) As long as you are using OS X you'll be fine. NQC includes its own driver code for working with the USB tower under OS X. For Mac OS 9.x you'll need to install a driver from Lego. You'll also need to download firmware to the RCX. MacNQC can (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Speed? Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Two words... "sparse array" The cpu in the RCX is plenty fast enough to handle the proccessing overhead incurred in accessing such an array. To work out how much space in such an array your house would require, add the perimeters measured in (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Anyone got a link to the datasheet(s) for the H8 in the RCX? For example, the pinout of the thing. And details like how large the address space is. Also, does anyone have a "Memory Map" for the current RCT (i.e. this address range is ram, this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Now this is a good idea. Basicly, a small simple socket that exposes the data bus, address bus and also some control bus lines (like Read/Write or whatever else is needed) plus power (obviously) would be perfect. One would need to have (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is the perfect idea: Basicly, the new RCX comes with several components: 1.sensors, motors and so on as now (perhaps with some new ones) 2.a large "base unit" that would have a good CPU, communication with the host PC for programming, LCD (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. I'm running MacNQC on a G4 Powerbook with the USB tower - no complaints. I should add, however, that I migrated to MacNQC after installing Robolab (a LEGO product, sold on the educational market), so that likely set up the drivers for the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Speed? Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Superficially, that seems true... but it falls apart as soon as you start dealing with dead-reconing errors. In practice, recovery from slew errors is significantly more difficult with a location grid-based mapping instead of an obstacle-based (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Amid crowds, I wish to ask a question..... (RCX IR communication emulation)
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(...) I'm not completely sure what is going on here, but I have a theory. The remote sends message packets that contain a bitmask to specify which buttons on the remote are being held down. It does so until the last button is released, at which time (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Amid crowds, I wish to ask a question..... (RCX IR communication emulation)
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Ok, here’s my dilemma: I have a Compaq Ipaq 3835, RCX 1.5, Lego remote, and PDAwin learning remote control on Ipaq, and VitoTechnology o-Scope software (IR scope on the Ipaq). I had both pieces of software learn the “beep” command from the Lego (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
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Hi A while ago I looked at using IC for writing programs. At the time there were 2 major turnoffs. There was no support for rotation sensors and you needed to own one of the serial infrared towers. It was easy to install and it had its own firmware. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | RIS 2.0 USB Tower on a Mac
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I am fairly new to Lego Mindstorms so forgive me if I end up beating a dead horse. I have a RIS 2.0 kit which, as you all know, comes with the USB tower. I plan on using MacNQC to code. Is it possible to do everything (code and transmit finished (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Speed? Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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(...) Still, no one's been able to convince me that the RCX needs more speed or memory. I can see the desire to map a room, but given the building materials, I think very few, if any, builders would be able to even build a LEGO robot that can (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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