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Re: Book question
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:18:05 GMT
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Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440SPAMLESS.net>
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> 1) Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly)
> 2) Dave Baum's Definite Guide to Lego Mindstorms
> You can email me personally to keep personal bias off the list ;)
Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing some honest reviews of
both books, especially from people who have both.
Anyone? Anyone?
I went with Dave Baum's because I was told it had better
description of building technique, which is where I'm
weak.
But then I saw Knudsen's Minerva model instructions at
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/building/minerva1.5/StepsA.html
from the Unofficial Guide to LEGO Mindstorms. It's
really clever and economical in its use of motors and
sensors. He gets forward and spin-in-place movement
without a differential, plus lifting and grabbing.
I'm really curious about this book!
--Sean
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| (...) I have both books mentioned. I found the "Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly)" book to be more informative for myself. It talks about quite a few programing languages in enough detail to give you a good idea of what's involved. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Regarding reviews, I won't try to influence you. However, the books have been reviewed before: (URL) reviews at Slashdot and LUGNET are pretty informative. No doubt there are plenty of other reviews if you dig a little deeper. Regarding (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I am not new to programming, but I am new to Mindstroms. I am wondering which book is the better one to get: 1) Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly) 2) Dave Baum's Definite Guide to Lego Mindstorms You can email me personally to keep (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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