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Why would two motors, set to turn and with unlimited chosen for time out, only turn a couple of times and stop. this motor command is the only command in the program. patty (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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Besides, there's an according list on the official LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT site: (URL) certainly not complete, though, but a starting point (and they may be interested in the results of this discussion as well). As for BlueSoleil, I could not get it (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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I bought the Kensington 33085 and have had that working fine on 3 different PCs. I also bought a no-name bluetooth adapter that uses the BlueSoliel software. I was able to get that one working on the PCs as well. The Kensington, bought for about $50 (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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I bought one of those "no name" adapters (with Bluesoleil software) $10 (Australian). Of course, plug and no-go. Then I found this: (URL) working now. The adapter has been identified as "ISSC USB Bluetooth Device". (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Nxc and Mindsensors stuff
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(...) Thank you! But it worked only after firmware upgrade (to version 1.05) and using original NXT flat cables (Mindsensors flat cables are very poor quality). -- alf (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: recharging NXT battery block with DC adapter?
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My NXT Charger came with my battery. The output of the charger is 10.8 volts, 700 ma 8W. I would just buy the Lego charger. After reaching a full charge, the charger goes into a trickle charge mode. "Pavel Petrovic" <pavel.petrovic@gmail.com> wrote (...) (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Whew! I was going to put my question in past tense ("Does this mean that I should have or shouldn't have used the train controller plug ...") but it seemed better to be a fool after doing something not dumb than after doing something dumb! (...) (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: recharging NXT battery block with DC adapter?
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(...) You should. The NXT battery expects the same wallwart as the train controller and RCX. Philo (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Brian, So, does this mean that I should or I shouldn't use the train controller plug thingy that I use for the trains and my RCX? Rafe (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: recharging NXT battery block with DC adapter?
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(...) I'd say a bad idea, since it's supposed to be supplied with 9-12V *AC* (not DC) power. Like the RCX 1.0, it might work under a DC supply... but that's not what it was designed for. (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi, Can anybody confirm whether recharging a NXT battery block using 9V or 12V DC adapter is a bad or good idea, please? Seems that LEGO published HW schematics for the brick, but not for the battery block... Pavel. (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT Power Programming book
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As a convinced fan of graphical both programming environments : ROBOLAB and NI NXT toolkit, I would like to share with you how much I appreciate the tremendous work John Hansen has done in the development of BricxCC and more recently in his new book (...) (17 years ago, 28-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Nxc and Mindsensors stuff
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(...) Well, I use Linux so I completely skipped the part about NXT-G in the docs and I missed the reference to the light sensor. Anyway, that is sort of what I tried (I changed the original program so many times I am not sure). But probably I missed (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I do not have the mindsensors DROD-Nx sensor but I have read the documentation from their website. It says that the sensor is an analog sensor which you can read using the standard NXT-G light sensor block. That means you need to configure the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Nxc and Mindsensors stuff
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(...) To use the DIST-Nx sensor from mindsensors.com you can use the code at this url: (URL) sure you initialize the sensor using the correct type and properly energize it after you configure the port as a lowspeed port. The sample program is setup (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Nxc and Mindsensors stuff
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Il giorno 12-nov-2007, alle ore 16:59, GiP ha scritto: (...) Hi, I finally got my mindsensors stuff (including a DIST-Nx) and am still figuring out how to use them with NXC. It seems we need only two functions: - a "do a full initialization" one: (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: RoboLab
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Tom. I just read your website. Very Interesting work Just my 2 cents. I'm sure there are more input from the guru out there though. --Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | RE: RoboLab
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[--] "...Are you suggesting I purchase ROBOLABT 2.9 upgrade from my RoboLab 2.5.4B? Tom, but you must be aware of the risk of using an obsolete product. Honestly though, 2.9.4 is SO solid for most of the rather sophisticated algorithms already for (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Looking for VisionCenter Examples
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I will be developing a program that distills a real time image into a aesthetic number using frequency & spatial filtering, quantitative, morphology and pattern matching through the VisionCenter. My reference work will be to use known masterpieces (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: RoboLab
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(...) Thank you Elizabeth, I am moving towards using LabView with a patch to allow me to run my RCX robot. I am concentrating on RoboLab 2.5.4B and the RCX. (URL) I have a few questions: Are you suggesting I purchase ROBOLAB™ 2.9 upgrade from my (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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