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Here is my current favourite MOC: (2 URLs) It's a Lego implementation of an amazing mechanical puzzle invented by Oskar van Deventer and Bram Cohen, as seen here: (URL) I can't improve on the explanation given in this second video - just watch it! (...) (16 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Developing a "button pressing" RCX system
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Hello, I have inherited a hand-me-down RIS kit with a functional RCX unit that I would like to learn to use and put to a purpose. I would like to build a system whereas the RCX is setup to press buttons on controllers (think remote control units) to (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: How is this?
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(...) I can see how this can happen and it depends on the sequence of events. This sequence will cause this behavior: touched AND distance < 9 - Motor turns on touched AND distance > 9 - Motor running, waiting for distance < 9 untouched AND distance (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | How is this?
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One of my students built the chainsaw model from nxtprograms.com. He wanted to make the blade turn only when it was at a distance less than 9 inches from the table. So he attached an ultrasonic and made one mod to the program. The program in NXT-G (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Question about gearing Power Functions-based trains
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I've noticed that because the Emerald Night's two sets of driver wheels are locked together, the engine struggles to go around corners: the outer wheels have further to turn, so the wheels slip and the engine's movement becomes jerky. Would it be (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | dSwitch Aquasaurs Temp Monitor
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Hey gang I just finished this MOC. This one use a LEGO Mindstorms NXT and a dSwitch to control a 120V light to aid in heating an Aquasaurs tank. More info at the link below: (URL) (16 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | PC - NXT communication with C language
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Hi everybody: I would like to communicate a NXT with a PC through Bluetooth. The NXT program would be NXC, so there is no problem there since NXC provides a set of functions for BT communication. However, I need the PC program to be written in C. Is (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | DualGrip - NXT Rover (DG) - my latest creation
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Hey folks, It's been a while since I last made a bot. My latest is DualGrip - NXTRover (or DG for short). I wont go into great detail as all info (with videos) can be found at my site (URL) but DG has both tracks and wheels and uses an acceleration (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LDraw Parts of HiTechnic Sensors and Multiplexers now available
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Thank You Philo! ...and Gus for posting. Littlehorn (16 years ago, 14-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | LDraw Parts of HiTechnic Sensors and Multiplexers now available
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A couple of months ago I worked with Philo on creating a complete set of LDraw parts for the HiTechnic sensors and multiplexers. These are now available for download from the HiTechnic downloads page. Look near the bottom of (URL). This LDraw parts (...) (16 years ago, 13-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Re: A fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter
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(...) Cool! And very impressive. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) (16 years ago, 5-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: 12/29/09 Portland Snowstorm
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(...) I wish I did!! (16 years ago, 2-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin is now open. Preorder items will be posted on the web site soon (including 2 event kits). The theme is (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-10, 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: 12/29/09 Portland Snowstorm
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(...) Thanks for sharing this. A number of Technic contraptions have shown up during the past few weeks that somehow involved travelling over snow. Did you take any pictures of the things your group built? Jetro (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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9 kids (10-11yo) were in class with me when someone from Oregon State University Extension came by to announce that it was snowing outside. Our first snow of the winter and 2 inches was on the ground in very little time. The surprise storm caused (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Some new videos
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I have added a few relatively new videos to YouTube and my blog. Lip syncing robot This is a single motor that moves based on the intensity of the sound coming into the sound sensor (URL) Printer This is a robot that drops dominos in a pattern that (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Motorized sausage
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OK, here comes another one! (2 URLs) This has a new (?) method of locomotion - it rolls along just by changing its shape. The wheels are fixed to the body and do not rotate. In principle you could enclose the whole thing in a plastic bag and it (...) (16 years ago, 30-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Thanks ! (...) I initially thought I would have to do that, but actually in this design the speed limitation comes from the ball splitter mechanism (in the NXC version it runs full speed without stopping). I have not tried with alkaline (...) (16 years ago, 28-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Automatic synchro drive
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Finally getting around to writing up some MOCs... (3 URLs) I wish I could take credit for this remarkable invention, but in fact I got the idea from (URL) here>. Not having any instructions for this one, I made my own, and tried to make it a bit (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Wow! Simply fantastic; great work Philo. And so fast that the slow motion video is really needed to see what's going on! Thanks for sharing. Alexander (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: A fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter
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(...) That's VERY cool Philo! Have you investigated speeding it up by unlinking the 2 sorter levels, ie move the top level for the next ball while the bottom level is still positioned for the current ball? May need a holding pen between level 1 & 2 (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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Elegance in motion! Very cool indeed. Thank you for sharing! Jim (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter
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(URL) Fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter, manages 2 balls per second... Write-up, photos, building instructions (URL) Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Registration & Brickworld Indy
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin will open on January 1st. We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago in June. We are presently updating the (...) (16 years ago, 20-Dec-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: Recreating Vision Center in RoboLab 4.9
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(...) I completely missed your question. Sorry about that. But I see that you found help. Great! (16 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Recreating Vision Center in RoboLab 4.9
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(...) I found the link to CEEO's VIsion Tutorial. (URL) is the go to place to study the Vision Center. I was able to adapt GPS8.vi in the GPS_Camera8.llb part of: (URL) from Claude Baumann of the Convict School in Luxembourg to perform the Vision (...) (16 years ago, 14-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | NO MAIL
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Hi. Short note: I have not received any mail from your site Cheers Michael ,--_;\ / \ \_,--* _/ v (16 years ago, 11-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Recreating Vision Center in RoboLab 4.9
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I am working on recreating Vision Center vi in RoboLab 4.9. Currently my Vision Center vi: Threshold, MorphOpen, MorphClose, MorphProperOpen, MorphProperClose, MorphThin and Invert causes a clear outline in the build window. When I try to recreate (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: [Q] Update Email Address
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(...) In that case you should resubscribe with your new email address (to which they'll probablythen send information on how to unsusbscribe which you can use for your old address) lego-robotics-subscr...crynwr.com Jetro (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: [Q] Update Email Address
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What about changing an email address for non-members (i.e. users)? There is no login associated -- perhaps there is an obvious link @ the lugnet website for users to click? ---...--- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading (...) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: [Q] Update Email Address
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What about changing an email address for non-members (i.e. users)? There is no login associated -- perhaps there is an obvious link @ the lugnet website for users to click? Original Message: ---...--- From: dcm@c-sw.com dcm@c-sw.com Date: Mon, 30 (...) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [Q] Update Email Address
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(...) right ;) Jetro (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [Q] Update Email Address
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Greetings- I don't see a way (at least non mentioned in this email) to change my email address. I am sure this is obvious, but I don't see it. -David ---...--- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - (URL) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LabVIEW Education Edition
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National Instruments has just released the LabVIEW Education Edition, (URL) best stuff I've ever worked with in the context of LEGO robotics. The features are so fantastic that we have succeeded with few efforts in implementing a Kalman filter to (...) (16 years ago, 29-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Our robots on TV
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Hi all, Just to inform you that our robots appear in a Luxembourg TV show about LEGO. You will meet GASTON, Nic_3 (briefly), LUXPAK and our robotics team. Enjoy... and don't be afraid of the Luxembourgish language. (URL) -Claude (16 years ago, 29-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) After a concerted email campaign to aplus.net support I finally got a response and as of tonight the forums are now functioning again. I will post a message to the nxtasy blog to help spread the word. John Hansen (16 years ago, 27-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Reducing voltage
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(...) You have to be careful here. The controller is designed to take AC or DC, but the input diodes that that convert the AC to DC are only rated for 1 Amp (1000 milliampres). Make sure your transformer/wallwart is not rated for more than this. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hello, you can put AC or DC voltage at the input of the regulator with no problem as long as you don't put more than 9VAC~14VDC. The internal circuit will take both. So a quick fix that put 4.5~5V DC at the input will ouput about 3~3.2VDC at (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think this is how you want to do it. A simple solution would be to go to Radio Shack, and buy a couple large ceramic resistors. (not sure the values you'd want, but something low). Then, take a normal 9v wire, cut it, and insert the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Years ago PNLTC used to do this for the kids table at the show. From what I recall, we just drove a screw though the controller at about the 4th notch in the black area on each side to keep it from turning too far. It is a very long lasting, (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Reducing voltage
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Our club lets kids run the controller for one of the lines when we do certain events (like, right now, with Detroit Festival of Trees), but we could use a way to forcibly limit the speed on the line that they're allowed to run. One way that's really (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) To me all forums look empty and the search function says it's been disabled. If there are server problems or maintenance is being performed, maybe something could be put on the NXTasy blog to inform users of these issues... Jetro (16 years ago, 22-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) Seems that now the forums aren't working. Apparently there's a division by zero in the php source code. Firefox claims that any post clicked on gets stuck in a redirect loop. Is this just me, or is this happening to everyone? (16 years ago, 22-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Color Sensors Showdown
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(...) Thank you for another great review/test. I've been wondering for some time if it would make sense to order the HiTechnic Colour Sensor since I already have the LEGO Colour Sensor. Now I know. Jetro (16 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Infrared Tower Refuses to Communicate with or Detect RCX
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Hello everyone, I have had my RIS 2.0 for about 6 or so years. At the time I purchased it, my skills were not sufficient to realize the true potential of the system, and I never did anything advanced with it. Just a few days ago, I dug up my RCX and (...) (16 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Color Sensors Showdown
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(URL) A comparison between LEGO NXT 2.0 color sensor and HiTechnic color sensor V2. Read it (URL) here> Enjoy! Philo (16 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) Thanks for the heads up. That's a load off! Jetro (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) Just tried (URL) and it is back up again as of Friday, October 13th, 2009 at 5:14pm CST. Thank goodness! John Hansen (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) There is no way that NXTasy is gone for good. APlus.net appears to be the hosting company. They have undergone a big upgrade of hosted sites which may be the root cause for the site being down. Eric Salinas is the owner of the site but there (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) Eric Salinas. (...) The "Internet Archive Wayback Machine" at least has some pages from Nxtasy, between July '06 and April '08: (URL) that helps somewhat. :-/ Ttfn, Tony (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That doesn't sound good at all... Losing the site would be a tragedy not just because it is a great place to get answers from the people who really know, but also because of all the answers and solutions that can be found on the forum. (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NXTasy down
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(...) I wish we did. NXTasy has gone down for reasons unknown, and at least so far hasn't come back up. The only guy who has admin privileges (Eric... something. I don't remember his last name) hasn't been around for a while, and no one has been (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NXTasy down
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I've been trying to read the NXTasy front page and forums for a couple of days without any luck. The site appears to be down. Does anyone know what's going on? Jetro (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX not listening to IR remote
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(...) Oops, my bad. Jetro (16 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX not listening to IR remote
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(...) They are talking about the old IR remote (#9738), not the PF one. So, it should work like a charm. Cheers, Matija (16 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX not listening to IR remote
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(...) I'm not at all that certain the RCX can actually listen to the remote. If I recall correctly, Bob Kojima got the RCX to work as a remote control for the PF IR-Receiver, but to do so he used BrickOS and it would only work with an RCX 1.0 I (...) (16 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX not listening to IR remote
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Firstly, do you have the firmware on the RCX in question? If the screen shows 00.00.00 then you should be good (i think). Turn on the RCX, and start pressing buttons. Connected motors and lights should start doing "things" repsonding to the (...) (16 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX not listening to IR remote
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Chris, I don't think the RCX will "listen" to the remote, unless you've loaded the firmware. The firmware will need replaced, if the batteries have been removed (or have died). On the RCX, it will show the program number (1-5), and it will also (...) (16 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX not listening to IR remote
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I just dug all my old Mindstorms RCX gear out of the closet because my 4-year old son is now ready to play with gears and motors and stuff. Programming is a bit off yet, but he loves the technics parts. I was trying to get the RCX to work with the (...) (16 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Anyone Still Have the Visual Storms / Sharp Storms Source?
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Recently, I stumbled across an article in JOT discussing the compilation of .NET assemblies into programs for the Lego MindStorms RCX. As I didn't see a project name or project URL in the article, I initially had some trouble tracking it down, but a (...) (16 years ago, 11-Oct-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) our next event... (...) Some people have all the luck :D Jetro (16 years ago, 10-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) I've posted a short video of my walking robot (but not the competition event) at: (URL) I built the robot after arriving at BrickCon, starting late on the night before the competition. Gus passed the prize on to me because he works for (...) (16 years ago, 10-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) Simple: he didn't want it. Perhaps he has enough sensors. -- David Schilling (16 years ago, 9-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) ¿Are there any videos of the event? Secondly, I'm a little confused: if Gus Jansson made the quickest run, how come Steve Putz won the prize? Jetro (16 years ago, 8-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition Results
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Hey how cool! Congrats to the winners and to the contestants. Bravo HiTechnic! (16 years ago, 8-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) We had several great entries for the Walking Robot competition at BrickCon. Third place: Bryan Bonahoom at 70.55 seconds Second place: Steve Putz at 39.54 seconds First place: Gus Jansson at 30.79 seconds As they've done for so many previous (...) (16 years ago, 7-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition at BrickCon 09
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(...) Hi Bryan, I will be there. Not sure if my walking robot is competative but I will enter it. Looking forward to seeing you next week. Gus (16 years ago, 27-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition at BrickCon 09
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(...) Looks like you might win by default! Anyone else out there planning on entering the Walking Robot Competition? -- David Schilling (16 years ago, 25-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: I have RCX 1.0, what more do I need?
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Looks like you didn't get any answers? The towers make no difference to the RCX brick at all. The originals with serial port work with some things better than the newer USB version. I have both to play with. A serial port on your pc would be a (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8263 Snow Groomer
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My daughter and I just finished the primary model in the 8263 Snow Groomer set tonight. I bought two primarily because the set inventory looked like it would yield a lot of handy robot building parts. That was a good decision. It has a nice yield of (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Walking Robot Competition at BrickCon 09
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I will have a robot ready to compete. Who else is planning to be at BrickCon and compete in this event? Good luck, Bryan (16 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | I have RCX 1.0, what more do I need?
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Hi all. I have recently come into possession of an RCX 1.0 brick (the one with the power socket), but nothing else that would come with it. What other things do I need to purchase to make my new brick useful? I understand that at the very least I (...) (16 years ago, 18-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Source Code for Enhanced Firmware 1.28
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Hi, Recently, John Hansen's Enhanced Firmware version 1.28 was posted to BrixCC. I'm trying to find out if the Source Code is available for that version. The source package (URL) appears to be for the old firmware (1.06) only (as of Sept 16 2009). (...) (16 years ago, 18-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) Hey all, Just a moment to brag a little. I just learned that my Flexpicker robot was featured on the MAKE magazine blog ((URL) and the Singularity Hub blog ((URL) Singularity Hub blog has some very interesting comments about DIY robotics that (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: GCC 3.4.6 vs. 4.4.1
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Hi, (...) I would just like to add that this matches my experiences, although using some 4.0 version of GCC at that time: I wasn't able to produce working programs (not even sure about BrickOS kernel) using any GCC version newer than 3.4.6. This is (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Bibo Rollup Release
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I've been asked if I could make the patch collection updates available as a full-distribution release. Actually, I can't say that I blame that request. Most of the changes have already been covered in prior lugnet postings under the "BrickOS Patches (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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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 41 and 42. 41: Makefiles and the Esterel Synchronous Programming Language - The makefiles were updated to support building Esterel source (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | AW: RCX with Visual Studio
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Hi, Using the the IR from and independant PC sound like a good solution. The camera is not connected directly to the RCX, but to the PC, that sends the IR command depending on the camera pictures. Thanks for your help Philip -----Ursprüngliche (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT and iPod touch
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No, it will not work. Due to Apple's restrictions, any device that a developer wants to talk to over Bluetooth must be brand-new and approved by Apple. The developer of the iNXT Remote app says that if the restrictions are changed, he will gladly (...) (16 years ago, 12-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT and iPod touch
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No, it will not work. Due to Apple's restrictions, any device that a developer wants to talk to over Bluetooth must be brand-new and approved by Apple. The developer of the iNXT Remote app says that if the restrictions are changed, he will gladly (...) (16 years ago, 12-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX with Visual Studio
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It won't be easy to write a program with Visual Studio that runs ON the RCX. It should be pretty easy (for a programmer) to write a program that runs on a PC, and uses the IR tower to send commands to the RCX, telling it what to do. Also, you can't (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I was wondering, if it's possible to program a RCX with Visual Studio (either with C# or with C++(using something like SDL as an interface)). I kind of a newbie with mindstorm, so what I imaging is the following: Actually I plan to attach a (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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There will be a walking robot competition at BrickCon 09 this year. We'll be following the rules for "regular" robots found at (URL) with a couple of minor adjustments for LEGO robots: - All robots must be completely built of unmodified, non-glued, (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: list of NXT sites
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(...) NXTGCC: (URL) (16 years ago, 9-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | GCC 3.4.6 vs. 4.4.1
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While working on Bibo, I observed some unexpected differences between GCC 3.4.6 and gcc 4.4.1. Specifically, one of the XS Lisp demo programs that is fine when built with 3.4.6 is too large (section .bss not within region ram) when built with 4.4.1. (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NXT utilities for Mac OS X
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(...) Since the nxtasy forums require that you be a member before you can download any attachments I have also uploaded the NeXT Tools Mac OS X application to my BricxCC website. There is a link to the utilities page in the NXT News section near the (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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Some other programming sites that support NXT/RCX: LeJOS: (2 URLs) one may find a lot of programming development on http:www.sourceforge.net and then conduct a search on NXT, Mindstorms, etc. Now, let's have some fun! (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Cross posting to lugnet.robotics in case this announcement got missed in the nxt subgroup. If you use a Mac and have an NXT you might be interested in trying out the Mac versions of most of the tool windows from BricxCC. (URL) Hansen (16 years ago, 31-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I uploaded a new nxttools.zip late last night which now enables the tools to run on Tiger as well as Leopard. See my post from last night in the thread above. John Hansen (16 years ago, 28-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've posted a zip containing some very early versions of my NXT utilities (tool windows from BricxCC) for Mac OS X. Currently they appear to require Leopard to run and they also require the LEGO FANTOM drivers for Mac OS X. (URL) are GUI issues that (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: another comparison
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(...) Now the new LabVIEW NXT tookit 2.0 that includes firmware 1.26 drastically beets the RCX performance ( (URL) ). We repeated the experiment and now the NXT runs the DFT much faster than the RCX with more features: power-spectrum (needs floating (...) (16 years ago, 20-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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(...) I didn't think there would be a programming software on the disk - but the box and the instruction manual indicated that there were instructions for additional models on the disk. (16 years ago, 17-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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(...) (16 years ago, 17-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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Oops.. absolutely correct - do I feel like an idiot? :) As Doug says, the brick can only be programmed in a limited sense using VLL. The way we do it is via a Spybotics robot, programmed using NQC and connected to the Microscout via a light-tube. (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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(...) Actually, the Droid Developer Kit and Dark Side Development Kit contain the Micro Scout which is not really programmable. See (URL) details on how to program it with a VLL. The CD was a marketing mistake as the only think on it was the same (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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(...) You can find the CDROM on Bricklink at (URL) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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Hi Mark If you can't get your hands on the original dev kit CD-ROM, you should be able to program it with NQC. If the hardware is the same as the Dark Side Development Kit (pretty sure it is) NQC works brilliantly. Cheers Tom (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Looking for replacement CD-Rom for Droid Developer Kit (9748)
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Picked up a used Droid Developer Kit (set #9748) via garage sale. Had the instruction manuel, the micro-scout and missing less than a handful of parts (easily replaced). However, it was also missing the CD_Rom. Anyone know where I can get a (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Original Mindstorms software on Win XP
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Forgot one of the most useful parts... (...) (16 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Original Mindstorms software on Win XP
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By trial, error, and lots of googling, I found a recipe for getting to the programming feature in the RIS software that came with my old original set. When installing, let it install quicktime 2 and 3 as well as the old DirectX; only do the minimum (...) (16 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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