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I can't believe I didn't find the description on your site. It was the first place I looked!! Since no easy repair appears to be possible I've contacted the seller who has graciously accepted to take the motor back and give me a refund. Thanks to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am curious; have you ever had a situation where bad firmware locked up the NXT? And if so, what was the process to restore it to working order? (I don't have a bricked brick, I'm just asking for future reference.) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I've downloaded firmware to NXT 100s of times with no apparent ill effect. (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Flash memories all have a limited number of write cycles before they become unreliable. Usually, the on-chip write controller will "load-balance" the writes so that different memory locations all get used the same number of times, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) This is very good news. Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for this for a long time, particularly to have a look at the rather weak graphics capabilities. I've had an expanded font (and a much smaller one) kicking around for a while now. (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Hi all, Unfortunately, there are very little chance that you may repair your 71427. Most of the motors I have seen with locked shaft have their permanent magnet (made from sintered magnetic powder) partially turned back into powder. That's (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Concerning the motors... a while back I discovered that I had a number of the 71427 style motors that had been removed from ZNAP sets and never used (nor tested). Someone expressed an interest in buying them, so I got out the train power (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) After doing some Googling... (URL) the internals of the 43362 motor and some of the 71427. Cheers, Merlin. (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have not taken my locked motor apart (see below) but if it is a gear that is stripped then, as a last resort, these can be replaced with a custom made one. If you are lucky enough to know someone who is a machinist, or in the local Model (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can any on successes with operating brickos & matlab ilan -----Original Message----- From: linmix [mailto:linmix@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:32 AM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Locked motor I've just received a 2nd hand (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ROSCO (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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"linmix" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:457DDC45.306060...ail.com... (...) The 9v motor you mention may have come from an older set, I've had one motor which failed, I got it from the 8479 Barcode Truck set myself, when I opened (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've just received a 2nd hand lego motor (peeron #71427), and to my surprise and (... well let's leave it at that) it's jammed. I remember seeing a website that showed the internals and possibly a way to solve this (except for complaining to the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up about this! (And also the pointer to the v1.04 firmware update, too!) It is amazing how far TLC has come since the early days of the RCX. Even for those who don't plan to change the firmware, there is certainly a lot to (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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LEGO has released an update to the standard NXT firmware. Version 1.04 is now available for download. (URL) Hansen (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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LEGO has posted the standard NXT firmware source code today. You can get it on the NXT'reme page: (URL) direct link to a EULA is here: (URL) Hansen (19 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !!
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I saw this video of New Hampshire's state champion FLL team, the Flying Geeks. They flawlessly accomplish all of the missions -- the robot even makes a pit stop back at the base to pick up a new tool without the kids snapping it to the robot. Check (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'use locomotion' nor am I suer how a race would work, but your ideas are appreciated. I hadn't thought about not using electricity at all. The only train stuff I have is a couple of blue rails... another (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey John, That's a really nice bot. I'd like to write an NBC program to make it autonomous using the Ultrasonic sensor. Have you thought about posting building instructions or at least pictures showing how you built it? Dave (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I see your point. Trouble is I don't have a 2nd RCX nor any real rotation sensors. Using the speed computers doesn't allow me to know if I'm rotating forwards or backwards. Still the device is impressive enough to give it a try. I'll just go with (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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