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(...) You might wanna cancel this post. I guess it's a drawback of having mailing list portals. ROSCO (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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I AM BELLO AHMED AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN NIGERIA. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS BUSINESS TO YOU,THIS IS 100% RISK FREE. A DELIBRATELY OVER INVOICED MONEY IS HERE IN MY COUNTRY, NIGERIA FLOATING IN CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hmmm The blip and LCD clearing, while useful for debugging may be messing things up. The characters are coming in way faster than the blip time, so you may not be reading the buffer fast enough. I would put code at the end of getHeader that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) snip snip (...) ===...=== Ralph, any idea on this? Thanks (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I don't think it would be easy to do, but it seems like the scanning element could make a good line-following sensor. (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have been given a "broken" multi-function office machine (i.e. FAX, printer, scanner). I am wondering if there are any worthwhile bits in this type of machine that can be used to make homebrew sensors for the RCX? If anyone has ideas or experience (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Unfortunately, BricxCC is still not downloading the brickOS firmware correctly. I will look into this problem and try to fix it. In the mean time, you can use firmdl3 which works correctly. John Hansen (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Steve (...) motors. Presumably also if you're driving one way but falling the other then slow down. It looks too easy! I'd expect your code to differentiate the LIGHT_1 value: d_LIGHT_1 = LIGHT_1 - prev_LIGHT_1 prev_LIGHT_1 = LIGHT_1 CenterPoint1 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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(...) Your page should get linked on the main Robotics page. There aren't a lot of entries. I'll post mine as soon as I find the receipt to get the purchase date. (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Um, the back-EMF of the motore isn't related to the motor load per se but rather the relaxation of the current in the coil when it moves off the stators. It's also very fast (ie E=Bc) so the RCX isn't likely to get good readings for this. It's (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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(...) If it's of any help, I have may have the lowest number: 000560 (a version 1.0). It will download firmware from Mindstorms, Robolab, LeJos (and I suppose others though I don't have them so I can't test that) BUT it gives an error message on the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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Guess I only have the second highest: #756734, bought via LEGO Shop At Home in mid-December 2003, as part of the RIS Kit (2.0 plus a few bags of extra parts, a remote, a capacitor for some reason, etc.) Love the product, would love it more if it (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've released version 3.3.7.7 of BricxCC today. It adds a Spybot EEPROM tool window. It adds a new configurable watch tool window. It adds a new generic set source value tool window. It adds a hot key (F2) for the pbForth console. The position of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Thanks again for testing this for me! (...) The Send Messages tool window can send any IR message from 0 to 255 to a brick. John Hansen (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Its true, Before John "fixed" the older OS issues, I was at my whit's end and was prepared to do damage to myself with a fork -- after unsuccessfully trying to install BrickOS.... but now, thanks to John and Bricxcc my cutlery is safely (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Yesterday, I replaced the two installers I have up on my bricxcc.sourceforge.net site with slightly modified versions. The new installers contain a new cross compiler which I built from 2.95.2 myself (rather than the one Hitachi provided some time (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) When trying to balance, there are really just two questions to ask. 1) Is the current angle/tilt/distance-to-floor changing? 2) Are the wheels turning? If you answer no to both, you are balanced. It really doesn't matter what the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Allen / Steve (...) using an offset. (...) Steve: From reading your code, it seems that you "recalibrates" the "zero" point very so often by assuming that the bot is vertical. So slow changes in reflectivity shouldn't matter. I've only been working (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't think there's a good source for this data (motor back-emf) using an RCX. Yes, Legway just used the motor commands to simulate the wheel velocity. It would have greatly increased the complexity of the wheel assembly to add rotation (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Has anybody successfully added an RCX to 7471 Mars Rover?
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Ever since I picked up the 7471 Mars Rover a few months ago, I thought it screamed out for an RCX modification. I saw a lot of discussion about the possibility, but didn't find where anybody had actually successfully done it. Now that BrickFest PDX (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.scibrick)
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