 | | Dwarves for Distance Competition at BrickCon 09!
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Hey All! Getting tired of the those pesky dwarf minifigs hanging around and getting in the way? Launch 'em! At BrickCon 09, Castle will be hosting a seige engine competition called "Dwarves for Distance". This event is in honor of the convention (...) (16 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
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| | 3804 - robotic arm help
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Hi, How come in the "Big Blocks", the "raise arm" and "lower arm" blocks use the C motor when it should use A motor. The "rotate left" and "rotate right" blocks also use the C motor (as it should). Anybody else ever built this model? This is the (...) (16 years ago, 10-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LDD - Robotic Gripper
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I modeled a robotic gripper end effector in LEGO Digital Designer. This design is the result of work I have done and a combination of techniques I have seen on Brickshelf.com. (URL) I have used this design on some of the Chassis prototypes I have (...) (16 years ago, 8-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) been updated. There is just one minor Bibo-specific update this time, patch 40. 40: H8/300 TOOLPREFIX - This patch comes from Debian, where "h8300-hitachi-coff-" is added to the list of (...) (16 years ago, 7-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NQC Linux Patches
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I have updated the earlier NQC patch and uploaded two additional patches. Patch 1 - Update of the NQC USB and TCP Patch (URL) * Updated for compatibility with gcc 4.4.x * Removed the DESTDIR patch for the Makefile (moved to another patch) Patch 2 - (...) (16 years ago, 7-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NXT and Windows 7
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(...) It's 32-bit Win7. (16 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NXT and Windows 7
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(...) Is this the 64 bit driver issue coming up - again? Ralph (16 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | NXT and Windows 7
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I have Windows 7 RC on my netbook and I can't get the NXT software (version 1.1) to install. It hangs when the installer presents its progress bars and starts copying files off the CD. Does the 2.0 software work with Windows 7? By the way, RIS 2.0 (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) been updated. New for this update are patches 36 through 39. 36: RCX tty config file - Extends patch 32 so that /etc/rcx/device.conf will also be checked for a default tty. The (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) I will try this! Thanks. (16 years ago, 26-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) Yes, that is easy, the display & keys unit can be unplugged. You'd only have to resolder the two speaker wires. (...) Yes. It doesn't make much sense to swap the motherboard, because without the LCD/keyboard and the motherboard the rest is (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) Thank you, Bill. Ed (16 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) I'm not sure when it was originally posted, but there is a nice interview and picture of Richard "Meet a MINDSTORMS Mastermind!" on the LEGO website at (URL) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | refurbishing dead NXT's
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We have about 54 NXT sets. Our oldest ones, purchased just as soon as the sets were available, are now 3 years old. After about 100 running hours, they are finally giving up the ghost. Some have bad ports, others have no displays, and two are all (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Great Ball Contraption At BrickFair
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BrickFair this year will have a Great Ball Contraption display. Come join the fun as we beat, twist, spin, push and toss Lego™ soccer balls along a string of modules. The Rube Goldbergesque collaboration is always a big hit at any convention. For (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jul-09, to lugnet.events.brickfair, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Steve Hassenplug NOT building a robot!
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Steve Hassenplug was one of the Brickworld 2009 Combo Build contestants. Each person was given three Exo-Force sets, courtesy of Steve Witt and LEGO, to use to build anything they wanted. (URL) See what Steve built at (URL) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Hello!
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Well, I'm the new guy on this list. Hoping to get some help and ideas for my Mindstorms creations. Jake, Editor of Micro 100 Magazine (16 years ago, 13-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) You are correct---there is a tilt sensor and a distance sensor value available in the sensor value block. These get shown even if the motor blocks are not being shown, so I don't know why I missed them before. The values are 0 if no WeDo (...) (16 years ago, 11-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) I saw a "WeDo 2 Puppet" project on the Scratch website that specifically mentions the use of the tilt senso so I suppose it must be possible to use sensors as well. "The scratch project uses the tilt sensor to decide when they spin" Jetro (16 years ago, 11-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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So far as I can see from the Scratch interface, there is control of one motor, but no sensors. (There are sensors via the ScratchBoard, but not through the WeDo interface.) I don't have the WeDo hardware, so have not investigated further. Kevin (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: list of NXT sites
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Remember information concerned with list of NXT sites to opt for the professional (URL) writing service . :handshake::-p (16 years ago, 10-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) Thanks. From the description I get the impression you can use 1 motor and 1 sensor at a time. Can anyone confirm this? Jetro (16 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Would the last person to leave, please turn out the lights?
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(...) On a funny side note, I saw this posted today over on RTL (yes, it still exists in some places) CAUTION: for the sensitive ears, the post has some foul language, but makes a funny point: (URL) What it boils down to, AT&T (the ISP) will (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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The Scratch Programming laguage ((URL) now includes blocks for controlling WeDo motors. Kevin Karplus (16 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: WeDo +RCX?
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(...) I have sucessfully written a third party app that will let you drive the WeDo from your Windows machine. Linux will be supported fairly easily once I get the driver relinked, Mac when I get a Mac for development :-) Contact me offlist if (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | WeDo +RCX?
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I saw the WeDo sensors and hub available separately on LEGO Education website the other day and I started wondering if I could use them for anything... No one appears to have tried or managed to use the hub without the official software until now (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(...) Damn. I met Richard at NI Week one year, and had a chance to enjoy his company. Not only was he a tremendously creative person within LEGO, but he was a lot of fun to just hang around with. I'm very sad to hear this, and he will be missed. (16 years ago, 7-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Holt grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO
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(URL) grad killed in crash was top designer for LEGO" Man, 41, was living in Denmark, visiting area with 2 daughters Melissa Domsic • mdomsic@lsj.com • July 7, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal HOLT - Richard Siegrist was looking forward to meeting (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 (!!): how to disable or delay the "auto power-off" function
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(...) Thank to Jetro and Philo for the hint (thanks Philo for your compliments too!) SteP (16 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 (!!): how to disable or delay the "auto power-off" function
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(...) (URL) (...) (snip) (...) A RCX newbie perhaps, but your cableway is really awesome! Philo (16 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 (!!): how to disable or delay the "auto power-off" function
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(...) You may also set it using the "Diagnostic" window of BrixCC. Philo (16 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 (!!): how to disable or delay the "auto power-off" function
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(...) Maybe this is what you are looking for: SetSleepTime(minutes) Function - All Set the sleep timeout the requested number of minutes (which must be a constant). Specifying 0 minutes disables the sleep feature. SetSleepTime(5); // sleep after 5 (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX 1.0 (!!): how to disable or delay the "auto power-off" function
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Hi to all, I'm seeking help for something which could seem anachronistic, but that's it. I used my old RCX 1.0 (programmed with NQC) to power and control a "3S" detachable cableway. Hereunder I post some link to a couple of youtube movies. (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXT and iPod touch
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My kids are planning to upgrade the OS on their iPods to 3.0. Apparently this upgrade will enable the bluetooth functionality that has been there all along. The question: does anyone have any experience with iPod Bluetooth and our beloved NXT? (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Are You a Hardcore LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT User?
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Do you want to have a seat in our closed web forum, the MINDSTORMS Community Partners, where we involve you in our development and tests of new ideas, concepts, prototypes, products and discuss various issues around our SW, HW, FW and wetware…? Then (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) been updated. New for this update are patches 25 through 35. 25: Cleanup in the util subdirectory - Updated lnpmsg to more cleanly handle and process command-line arguments - Removed in (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: 8527 manual, instructions
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(...) Here: (URL) (16 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: 8527 manual, instructions
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(...) There's a Dutch, German, French, Japanese, English and I think Italian version. However, the localization depends on where you buy it and if you can get the set where you live it will probably be in English (as it is in Spain). There's a (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Brickworld - WGN Broadcast
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover Thank you again for registering to attend Brickworld this year! We are looking forward to a dymanic event this weekend. To kick things off, we just received final confirmation that WGN-TV will be visiting (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - Exhibit Setup Information/Logistics
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover With only a couple days to go until the big event, please take note of the following information for setup and takedown: Location: The Westin Chicago North Shore 601 N. Milwaukee Avenue Wheeling, Illinois (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | 8527 manual, instructions
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Hello Can anyone tell me about those? Does the set comes with both? Which languages are available? And does it come with a powersupply, do I need an adapter (being in Estonia, using standard european plug) WBR Sonnich (16 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | square-root revisited
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I worked on a fast square-root algorithm for the RCX and found a very interesting method. It is directly derived from an Abacus algorithm. Please consult: (URL) (16 years ago, 10-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: parking sensor
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What the heck? Do we have spam bots lurking and waiting to post "on topic" ads? What a crazy world we live in. You might be able to find something useful here: (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | parking sensor
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PARKING SENSORS PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT AND KEEP YOUR VEHICLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION tmoriss8 [url=(URL) Sensor[/url] (16 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX ROBOLAB Dacta sets instructions
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Anybody ever managed to find good scans of the instructions that came with these sets - assuming they do have building instructions? Are there CDs with instructions that come with these sets? Any good, complex models for it? (RCX only, please) I'm (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Is there an example of remote control to home electronics with NXT IR-link sensor?
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I think it is enable but can't find real example case. anyone know it or tried it? (16 years ago, 5-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New 'Combo Build' Contest at Brickworld 2009!
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is excited to announce a slight schedule change for Brickworld 2009. In place of the 'Speed Build' that was to be held on Friday night, we will be trying a new 'Combo Build' event. The (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - Registration Update
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover On-line registration for Brickworld 2009 is now closed. We are thrilled to have 556 registered attendees coming to this year's event. We think you will all make this the best Brickworld event yet!!! If you (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | MacNQC 4.05b, RCX 1.0 and OS X 10.4.6 can't program the brick
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Hello with a query from the past... I used MacNQC for ages on other computers but I find now that I can't write a program out to an RCX 1.0 brick using MacNQC 3.04 or 4.05b. I can send the firmware with no problem but when I try to download a (...) (16 years ago, 22-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RCX 1.0, MacNQC 4.05b OSX 10.4 can't program the brick?
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Hi, a blast from the past... My iBook running 10.4.6 has no problems downloading the firmware from MacNQC 4.05b but when I try to download a program I always get "communications error" and it fails. I've tried both the USB IR tower and the serial IR (...) (16 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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Doug, I share your frustration very much. as a child and a teenager i was a Lego Technic freak. In the last year i wanted to go back to my "roots" of enjoyment, and decided to buy the mindstorms NXT kit as a starter, because it seemed to me a cool (...) (16 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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The Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) has been updated. This update adds a handful of patch files--20 through 24. 20: Nice group of Linux error/warning fixes from Carl and posted to SourceForge at (URL) Thanks, Carl! 21: (...) (16 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Brickworld - The BIG Announcement
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is thoroughly overwhelmed right now. We have set a record attendance level and are fast approaching what seemed unattainable a few short weeks ago. There are presently 427 registered (...) (16 years ago, 22-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | Brickworld - Collaborative Mansion
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover For Brickworld 2009, we want to build on the collaborative display that was started last year, the LEGO Mansion. This year, let us try to build on the theme of lighting (in keeping with the World of Lights (...) (16 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(...) Attention everyone!! Okay - is everyone listening? We are modifying the conditions of the BOTS challenge in response to feedback received from the community. 1) You do not need team mates. You can compete as an individual or a team. 2) You do (...) (16 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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(...) I've been meaning to contribute more, but all too rare are the moments when my kids are asleep and a decent chunk of my brain is not. But anyway: I've fixed one little bug that stopped rcx_comm.c from compiling on Linux, plus some warnings and (...) (16 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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I've again updated the Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) update adds two new patches--18 and 19. 18: For the host utilities, this patch attempts to standardize the command line arguments and their processing. There is also (...) (16 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Brickworld - LEGO Store Event & Discount
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover We have received a lot of communication regarding LEGO Brand Retail involvement with Brickworld this year. Well - here you have it. Now, you know what we know. Brand Retail is once again a major contirbutor (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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I have again updated the Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) big change this time is the consolidation of the code bases of util/firmdl and util/dll-src. Working with all the similar-but-different code was getting a bit (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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Hey folks I've created a very basic site here: (URL) I say very basic I mean VERY basic.. it's just an empty instance of mediawiki, but I'll look to adding content when I get a chance. Any help appreciated. Cheers Tom (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Simple Lego traffic light
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After all the amazing post across lugnet the past few weeks, it feels a bit lame putting this one up: (URL) guess once it's running up on an RCX it'll be a bit more interesting. On the topic of RCX - and the whole old-school Mindstorms preservation (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Brickworld - Thursday Workshops
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is in full swing preparing for the event. We are thrilled to have 5 leaders lined up to head workshops on Thursday. The Thursday workshops are each 3 hours in length. There is a limit to (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld - Mindstorms Competitions
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is proud to announce the following Mindstorms competitions for this year’s event: Stock Sumo – Are you a Mindstorms expert? It doesn't matter for this competition. Come and see if you can (...) (17 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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I have updated the Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) primary changes are in Patch 11, which provides DCC support, and the key change in that patch was the modification of some assembly code that performed motor controller (...) (17 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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Patch 10: This works for me under Cygwin with a USB tower, but some of the files such as rcx_comm.c have a bit of platform-specific code. Patch 11: I've noticed that the linker command file is a little different in Bibo than it was in BrickOS. If (...) (17 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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Fantastic! Sweet set up. Everything looks so clean and tidy. Your set up is very nice. Looks like people will be able to get up close to your display to see how it works, rather than the caged industrial robots. Funny, don't be surprised if your (...) (17 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) I am going to take some video at the show. The lighting there is spectacular. I really hope to get more details published. Getting ready for the show has taken sooooo much time. Chris (17 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXTGCC update 0.0.12
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There is an update to the NXTGCC toolchain. I have added a complete download package including arm-elf-gcc, Elipse, and a converter (from IAR to gcc). Check it out at (URL) (17 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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(...) specific patches from the Bibo set. However the symptoms are identical under BrickOS so I assume they would be linked to the same patches there. Patch 10: Under Ubuntu with the usb tower, this causes firmdl3 to exit with error "read: resource (...) (17 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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.../snip (...) Wow, absolutely fantastic work. Congrates! This is worth a web-site with details, programs, photos, building instructions, comments, descriptions... that could be inspired from Philo's site. -Claude (17 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) The robot is set up and ready to run Tuesday thru Thursday at the ABB Technology Days! Check out some of the photos. (URL) (17 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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(...) (URL) . Unfortunately (at least from a code merge perspective), their "version 1.2" is based on BrickOS 0.2.5. The lnp_printf functionality has been adapted and included in the recently-posted rollup patches, but incorporating other (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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Now for Bibo.... I have merged these patch rollup collections with Bibo (where appropriate) and have posted the resulting diff files to (URL) of this follows the pattern of the previous patch rollup collection for BrickOS, with the following notes: (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) That doesn't make sense. If it's rotating internally such that the "weak point" could be alligned, then it's already slipping, isn't it? (...) The range probably has to do with speed of rotation. Rotate it at a really slow speed, and it should (...) (17 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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A very useful site is the cs university page here: (URL) of useful tutorials and instructions. It would be unhelpful to have it disappear. All of the stuff at the legos/brickos sourceforge pages, however a backup probably isn't needed of these. A (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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We are using the NXT in a research paradigm delivering food stimuli to human participants, and have utilised the NXT# thus far. I have a quick query with regard to how it would be possible to adjust the speed of an already moving motor ? e.g. if I (...) (17 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Nice to see a few of us share the interest. :-) The best I can offer for a list of patches is what I listed in the post here [ (URL) ], along with Carl's follow-up post. That list was culled from links I've collected over the years. As was (...) (17 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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After surfing through many sites, and (sadly) even more 404s I have been unable to find a definitive list of gcc, binutils, BrickOS etc. versions and patches that I should and could be using. Presumably everybody here has up to date versions of all (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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Hi all Lately I've noticed a lot of old-school Lego Mindstorm resources are starting to disappear from teh webz. I've blagged about wanting to preserve this stuff here: (URL) the-brick If anyone knows of any resources you think should be maintained (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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First (zeroth?), thanks to all the information and helpful hints. I should have realized that the worm gear doesn't fit with the rack, as their pitches won't match up. That's really obvious and I should have seen that. Second, the worm -> gear -> (...) (17 years ago, 6-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New LEGO Education set - 9580 WeDo Robotics Construction Set
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(...) To be fair, I think WeDo is targeted at much younger audience than the RCX and NXT. The chart on page 2 of the Dacta catalog actually specifies it as elementary school only, while the NXT is elemetary school through college. Which means WeDo (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New LEGO Education set - 9580 WeDo Robotics Construction Set
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(...) It would be nice to see if the sensors can be stacked on top of a motor allowing read and write actions on the same port. Also, I'd love to know if these new parts will work with any free software. I've seen the parts (sensors and hub) for (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Brickworld - World of Lights Display
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover This year Brickworld will host a new collaboration. The idea was unveiled during the closing ceremony at Brickwrold 2008. The idea is simple. Illuminate your display/MOC. Use your imaginations. Use LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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This is a new Power Functions-based LEGO Education product that works similarly to how the old Dacta Control Lab did. At the core is a USB breakout box with two Power Functions connections. The programs are written in yet another LabView-based (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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(...) I have found the following related to the removal of h8300-*-hms from binutils: 1) (3 URLs) current Debian version of binutils-h8300-hms is 2.16.1-8 - (URL) the package page ( (URL) ), there is a downloadable *.diff.gz file. That diff file, (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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Hi, (...) I had worked to assimilate those patches prior to the second version of the performance patch being posted, so I'm glad to hear that it also works well. (...) When I went back through to add TCP support to other things, that "similar but (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: PF train motor
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(...) So am I. However, I'm also into R/C aircraft so I have a long history with batteries and motors and could talk your ear off about them. I could also explain why the battery pack costs so much! (...) Yes, I give you permission to go home. You (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: PF train motor
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(...) Eric: Thanks for the awesome explanation! I learned new stuff today...does that mean I can go home now? :-) I'm excited to see how the new motor and battery box pull. I think the new PF trains could add a lot of functionality to existing 9V (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: PF train motor
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(...) They made it 7.4V because all lithium polymer battery cells are 3.6 - 3.8V. Since this is a pack with 2 cells in series, you get 7.4V. A 3 cell pack is typically 11.2V. As you can see, keeping the old 9V system was not really an option if (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Brickworld Event Schedule Outline
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team excited to announce the preliminary event schedule outline has been posted on the Brickworld web site at: (URL) You will notice that 3 of the 4 classes are set. As soon as the 4th class is (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: Super NXT?
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(...) Hmm, have a good look at your calendar :) Jetro (17 years ago, 1-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Super NXT?
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Hi Matt, I think that it is a viral marketing campaign. (17 years ago, 1-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Super NXT?
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---...--- Original message ---...--- From: "Matthias Paul Scholz" <matthias.scholz@int...jects.com> (...) Is it still mysterious if one considers that it is April 1st? (17 years ago, 1-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Super NXT?
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Have you seen these three brand-new blog entries on THE NXTSTEP today (Wednesday): (2 URLs) ? Mysterious, isn't it? /MP (17 years ago, 1-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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Hello, 2009/3/31 Carl Troein <carl@thep.lu.se>: (...) For some unknown reason the address suddenly pointed to the old server again which was shutdown in December last year. I noticed it myself only by chance. It seems that the dyndns record has (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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(...) Case in point: when I first started on this post some weeks(!) ago, hoenicke.ath.cx wasn't responding. (...) And it's not getting easier if we've collected different sets of patches and then make further changes based on those... So yeah, we (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Using the new PF remote for Technic
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(...) BTW, forgot to mention that the protocol indeed defines 7 PWM steps in each direction (forward/backward) plus the Float and Break states. (17 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Using the new PF remote for Technic
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(...) Hi Eric, Thanks for sharing with your findings about the new PF remote with us! I haven't played with it yet, so was very curious to know about some implementation details and you gave full light on those. From your description the remote (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Using the new PF remote for Technic
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(...) .... (...) ... (...) ... (...) .... (...) Thanks for the feedback! Im not surprised the power level is not continuous, its a digital signal not analogue! iirc its 2 bytes of data, thats the mode and data for both channels in combo mode. (There (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Using the new PF remote for Technic
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Hi everyone, I just got back from Brickfest in Portland and was lucky enough to see the unveiling of the new 10194 Emerald Night train and the new Power Functions elements which can be used with it. (URL) I'm not a train guy, but I had been (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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