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(...) There is a good page about this here: (URL) his tests found that the the new 9V geared motor provides at least twice as much torque at a similar RPM. In practice, some pretty amazing torque can be obtained with either, and sometimes I favour (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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It's CRANE TIME ast Elwood & Bubbas' workshop. After a two year - hiatus, E & B are back at the drawing board, hard at work on their biggest crane ever. My quest is for performance measures of the old & new Lego motors: which one produces more work (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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I have finally found a tiny solenoid valve for use with the RCX. It fits into a 2x4 stud brick, and runs off one of the motor outputs. All I had to add was a resistor, a zener (the valve runs on 3 VDC), and a diode (reverse voltage stop). It's (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Details of pneumatic stuff inside Otto
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(...) Kevin and others asked for some more details about the pneumatic devices inside my robot Otto. I just put some more pics on the page, hope they help: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: My simple pneumatic switch
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Looks good. Thanks for sharing. Ryan -- reply to: rjschave at home dot com (URL) <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:B5E5F934.3FF1%a...one.net... (...) obvious (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Announcing new set database
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LUGNET is pleased to announce a new and improved LEGO set database: (URL) over the previous database include: New Display Options Chose compact lists, thumbnails, or fully-detailed pages to browse through. Smarter Searches Display any range of set (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce) !!
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Hi, I saw a message a few days ago asking about Director. I would be most interested to know if you could use Lego with Director as well. I am currently playing around with the Handy Board for the sole reason that I don't think I can use Lingo with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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For those of you who are interested, I've got a photo up of my Plano 758 box up. (URL) Wilcox Senior Web Developer iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham 160 Gould Street, Suite 130 Needham, MA 02494-2308 Phone: 781.453.2900 x 237 Fax: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I got a couple of the power packs. One color theme of the styling pack is silver. The big panels are silver and so are the flexible rods and most of the flexible tubes. The flexible rods are no good for drive shafts, they twist too easily. The rods (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: C/C++/ActiveX interface to Quickcam or Vision Command??
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YES. Take a lot at VideoServer. It is a very simple interface to access any camera from windows to do any image processing. Here is the link (and it is free for non-commerical use): (URL) Original Message ----- From: "Amos" <amos@ite.his.se> To: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: sound design (Re: 2nd RCX AND PNEUMATICS)
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(...) Yup. You really have to use a belt somewhere in the drive train with these motors, which allows it to slip instead of jamming. (...) I'd tend to agree, although they can be useful in functional applications if you are very careful. Sometimes I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Two original Technic creations
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(...) Thanks - I did things this way simply because I too love reading such material, not just about Lego but on many technical subjects. Looking forward to checking out your Robot Diaries ASAP. Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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 | | FA: gears, Intelligent House (2 micromotors), Duplo and more
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I have a bunch of LEGO auctions up now with lots including all different types of gears, 2 Intelligent House sets (w/light sensor and 2 micromotors), Duplo Toolo and Early Simple Machines, and more. Thanks for the read Ebay username - SaraJoey (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: My first Lego robotics competition
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(...) If you have the Cybermaster touch sensors, you can multiplex all three on a port, see (URL) . Use a task to look at the raw values and decode which sensors are pressed, e.g. in NQC: #define TOUCH_SENSOR SENSOR_1 int touch_sensor_state; #define (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does there exist a C/C++/ActiveX programming interface (custom-built or supplied by the companies) that allows a user to control and process the image captured from Quickcam or Vision Command, preferrably under Visual C++ environment?? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | sound design (Re: 2nd RCX AND PNEUMATICS)
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(...) Yes, my two also emit a rather unpleasant high-pitched sound. Personally, I tend to always use gear motors. In the beginning I used a minimotor for steering a robot, but it was very slow and jammed often. I'd say they are better for rotating (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Since this topic has come up, I would like to share my simple pneumatic switch design. It's robust, it works great, and it should be fairly obvious from the picture and description provided in the link below how it works. (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Speaking of rattling, I recently bought the little red servo motor and that blasted thing is *loud*! Is this normal or did I get a bad model with a flaw? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think it´s running out so get it while you can! ;) The catalogue inside was from 98, in the 2000 catalogue it´s only very small and not featured at all and in the online catalogue I can´t even find it. Now that I´ve assembled it I must say (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Converting the (MS)2 from 6 to 10 outputs... Aide?
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I've been thinking of upgrading my (MS)2 Expander from it's current 6 ports to 10 ports. For those of you that aren't familiar with the (MS)2 Expander you can look here: (URL) the (MS)2 gives you two banks of 3 outputs. Each bank is independent and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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