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here's a question to boggle some minds ok here's what i'm trying to do, i have the remote control module from the supersonic racer set and i'm trying to connect it to the input port of the rcx and then having it output to the motors. i dont know if (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What I would do (2)
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(...) If the mechnisms for control are still applicable, then yeah, you could port over the code that is used to activate the various sensors. In terms of uCOS, after reading half of the kernel book and actually working with it a little bit (the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why [no single language] is good for Mindstorms
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(...) ...snip... (...) Steve, I totally agree with you. A few remarks: 1. There doesn't exist any non-buggy programming language. 2. There doesn't exist any best language. The reason that different languages exist is that there are different people (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What I would do (2)
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(...) Hitachi processor to an 32 bit ARM7 processor, one would need to rewrite brickOS kernel for the ARM7 processor. But why reinvent the wheel when there is already several really good real-time operating systems for the ARM, including uCOS-II? I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why [no single language] is good for Mindstorms
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(...) Version 3.3.7.10 (2005-10-05) Version 3.3.7.7 Version 3.3.7.6 (2003-10-27) Version 3.3.7.5 (2003-05-22) Version 3.3.7.4 (2003-03-24) Version 3.3.7.3 (2003-03-07) Version 3.3.7.2 (2003-02-12) Version 3.3.7.1 (2003-01-16) Version 3.3.6.6 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why [no single language] is good for Mindstorms
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(...) Hey! I use Linux every day and I don't use X as a GUI. And I program 8 hours a day all within vi. I will admit that I may not be the typical mindstorms programmer. In the end it really comes down to what folks are most comfortable with. In my (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question Burst
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(...) Brian missed a method that worked for me. I put a 14 long lift arm on an RC Buggy motor and created a feed mechanism to put in one ball at a time. The resulting distance was about 25-30 feet. Ultimately, Steve threatened me with the addition (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question Burst
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(...) Well, there's a few methods that have been tried. The first was just to have two closely-spaced wheels spinning rapidly - when a ball falls between them, it's shot out. This seems to require heavy wheels and RC motors (gear motors have been (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Using NXT in a name - legal?
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I was wondering if there is anyone from Lego or someone well versed in legalese that can tell me if it's ok to use 'NXT' in an open source project name? e.g. "leJOS NXT" (20 years ago, 25-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why [no single language] is good for Mindstorms
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(...) Ahem, I'm using debian right now as a server, and haven't even installed a graphical interface on it. And yes, I regularly have to go delve into config files etc with vi. (...) In fact I did exactly that with LegOS (as it was then) and NQC for (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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