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RE: Is Scout powerful?
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Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:31:42 GMT
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I have to agree, the Scout is great. While it will never be as powerful as
it's bigger sibling (not sure on the gender here....), it still has plenty
of fun inside. And it's being discounted at places like BestBuy for $79.00
which makes it a good deal.
If you want a third motor output, you can use the VLL output to control a
MicroScout. If you want more than that, run the VLL output thru a
phototransistor, and put the phototransistor in series with a battery box
and the fiber optic unit from the Extreme Creatures expansion kit. With
one regular motor and a touch sensor on the Scout driving the fiber optic
unit, you can independently control up to 8 ( ! ) MicroScouts. I don't
have an application for this, but I still think it's cool. ;>)
Make sure you get the Scout SDK, which includes a useful monitoring tool
"ScoutTool.exe", although I seem to remember that RcxCC works too.
The sensor inputs are more limited, but you do have the "raw" mode, so a
lot of the standard homebrew sensors will work. Interestingly, if you put
a standard Lego light sensor on an input, it makes a good IR detector.
Jeff
Jeffrey Hazen
North Mill Technology
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott A [SMTP:eh105jb@mx1.pair.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:26 AM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: Is Scout powerful?
I think the scout is great. We build quite a lot of simple models to be
controlled by the IRRC, it is perfect for this. It is also good for
checking
out larger models before the RCX is cranked up. It is biggest draw back is
the
it only having two power outputs. But then if it had 3, I'd only want 4.
:-)
Scott A
In lugnet.robotics, Mauro Vianna writes:
> I just acquired the Discovery set that includes the Scout. At first I
> always face the scout as a simpler version of the RCX with the following
> disadvantages:
> -2 motor outputs only
> -2 inputs only
> -inputs are restricted to touch sensors only
> -less memory
> -less suns and tasks
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> But then I noticed a few aditional feautures:
> -built in light sensor
> -third output connected to a VLL output (LED)
> -more built-in functions
> -lower firmware download time (at least with the new beta version). Does • it
> happens at all??
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| "Jeffrey Hazen" <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01C039AF.73F65F...thmill1... (...) I could think of some applications for that, but I'd have to win a lottery before I could afford 8 Microscouts!! About Microscouts: when I first (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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