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Re: USB IR tower?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:27:46 GMT
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Marco C. <marco@{AntiSpam}soporcel.pt>
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At 19:47 03-07-2000 GMT, Greg Betzel wrote:
> Does anybody know if a USB version of the Mindstorms' IR tower has been
> seriously considered, and/or if one would happen to be in the works?
I'm almost certain that the upcoming RCX 2.0 's IR-Tower is USB.
> (FWIW, a USB-enabled PBrick with a decent cord, like the upcomming Vision
> Command system, would be nice to have too. But one thing at a time :) )
A RF comms would be even nicer, like my Cybermaster :)
The only advantage of a USB-PBrick instead of a RF-PBrick(+IR to
inter-PBrick comms) would be that the PBrick could draw power from the USB
instead of the bateries... ? hmmm... dunno if it would be the best solution
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