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(...) The MEGA long ones come in the Mars Explorer sets (Mindstorms). They must be 2x the long ones in the RIS set. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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"Richard Sutherland" <richard@webbox.com> wrote in message news:G4Fss5.L77@lugnet.com... (...) few (...) am (...) Sure do! That's Bob Fay's Shop: (URL) Iain (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Nope. The really long ones are Mindstorms. They come in handy for remote control. The shortest one (15) and the long middle (70) are from the space shuttle. The 20.5 come in ZNAP and Mindstorms. I don't know about the shorties being in the expansion (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | For More Information on the CueCat (tm) than you'd ever want to read
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Go check out: (2 URLs) that is a legit. URL) and finally, for you heavy-duty hardware types (URL) fun! Z (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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BrickBots.Com contest number two is starting a day early due to the upcoming U.S. holiday. The goal of the second contest is to sort a shuffled deck of playing cards into a black and a red pile as quickly as possbile. For complete details visit (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am sorry if there has been a major misunderstanding here. My point about cue cat was that it is a source of supply for free sensors, in terms of LEDs and phototransistors. I fully intended to take 90% of the guts and bin them! JB (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If I :understood the original :poster correctly, the :idea is to :disassemble the :Cat and :remove its light :sensor. I don't think the :idea was to use the :Cat directly. :Kekoa (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I believe the 2 middle lengths are from Minstorms RIS. The longer ones are used in the 8480 Space Shuttle and the very short ones came in the Minstorms expansions (ie: Robo Sports and Extreme Creatures) as well as the smaller Z-nap sets. Fred (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here's what you'd need to know about the 'Cat... -The 'Cat operates as a keyboard wedge, i.e. it goes in the same port as the keyboard and behaves the same way. Directly connecting it to the RCX isn't going to happen (unless of course you know (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks! Yes, I meant the wires. Do you know which lengths came in Mindstorms? -John Van "Duq" <Duq@nlgateway.net> wrote in message news:G4E5uE.4zC@lugnet.com... (...) connectors (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Guessing you mean the wires, I've got 4 lengths, coming from the Space Shuttle and Mindstorms: 15 studs, 20.5 studs, 70 studs and 164 studs, all including the connectors (2x2's). Duq "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not yet. I am still collecting. I want to try and build an array, if I get enough donations. If you are interested in single light sensors, I have two suggestions; A Cadmium Sulphide cell (like the sell in Radio Shack) is fine as a wide-ish (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G4E010.Co2@lugnet.com... (...) I assume you are asking about electric plates which come as a 2x1, 2x4 and 2x8. S@H #5037 had 2 of the 2x1s, 4 of the 2x8s, and 3 of the 2x4s for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sure you can! :) You can order a "serial" cable for your Visor from the following URL: (URL) Ordered mine about two weeks ago. My plan is to use it with my RCX as well as my GPS. (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Martin is right, the Handspring Visor uses a different connector than the Palm devices, and so they are not directly compatible cable-wise. You can get TTL level serial comms out of the Visor by hacking the USB cable they sell. Split open the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can someone tell me the length (in studs, preferably) of the short and long electric leads? -John Van (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not really. The guy who does OmniRemote is a friend of mine (I had the springboard module before they were on the market, nyah nyah) :) and it was extremely non-trivial for him to support the IR, and it continues to be non-trivial to support (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So is mine, but you can't plug serial devices in because of the different connector. If you want to control the serial tower with it, you should just get a used palm pro. If you want to ALSO use the IR on the palm, get a used palm pro with the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Have you adapted the sensor to work with the rcx, or have you just taken out the light sensor? If you have adapted it successfully, how did you do it? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) and * (...) available (...) the (...) leJOS ((URL) has sqrt, pow, sin, cos, tan, atan, atan2, and log. If Java is not your language of choice, I guess you can translate the code in Math.java to C. It's released under MPL. Regards, --Jose (25 years ago, 1-Jan-96, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think you're exactly correct John. There has to be very low level control of the port. The trick, I suspect, is that the control may not lie within the Palm SDK (which I suspect fully supports only IrDA), but rather with machine coding of the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I thought the same thing - but I do not understand the technology in any way, shape or form. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Something doesn't make sense to me here ..... IF someone sells a piece of software which allows the Palm to learn and speak "arbitrary remotese", then there has to be low level software control over the port. Doesn't that mean that who ever knows (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hmm. I had assumed I could programme the RCX using a palm (via the RIS tower). However, after reading your post, and a good deal of the other 56 messages in this group, it appears this is not the case. I already have a LEGO remote, so that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.palm, lugnet.robotics)
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Jason writes: >Since the cue >cats are completly, one hundred percent free, (I just walked into a >radio shack, asked for a cat, got one and walked out), they would make a >sensor that you could have as many as you want, an virtualy unlimited >light (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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The short answer is it doesn't really matter.....'cause none of the Palm or Handspring units really work directly with the RCX. If there is a Holy Grail to this robotics/Palm group, it would be the successful programming of the Palm IrDA port to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.palm, lugnet.robotics)
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Is there a list of Palms which I can use with my RCX etc? I am thinking of getting used one just to use with my RCX - but I don't want to by the "wrong" one. I'm grateful for any help given... as always. Scott A (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.palm, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am in need of the sqrt function on RCX. I understand that I have to build the function by myself. But it would be great if the math.h and library could be integrated into the legOS. Does anyone know about this? or having other suggestion? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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everyone knows that radio shack is giving away cue cats free, don't they? The cue cat is an optical reader used for reading barcodes. Inside the cat is a light sensor that might be useful for robotics. I think the light sensor in the cat is fairly (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually I thought that looked really nice...functons seem like they would work pretty well too. You could try to use a "worm" gear to gear down the turntable; it can usually get the job done without using too much space... (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Three things, all related to the new way 0.2 manages programs: 1) 0.2.x has a separate kernel which must be uploaded prior to any legOS programs, making the procedure somewhat more complex. 2) 0.2.x program files are in a binary format rather (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Tank (Re: Tracks)
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(...) Me too, so I tinkered with the Cybermaster Tracks sunday afternoon. (URL) notes: - The tracks are longer than the RIS tracks, but still too short. - The original support structure from Cybermaster looks awful, due to its wedge shape. - The (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) ...and I always figured those "RIS tracks" to short LOL! This can come in handy, thanks for the info! /Tobbe (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here is the URL: (URL) luck, I have a funny feeling you'll need it :) /Tobbe (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think I got mine in the USA for $179.98 (or was it 169.98 or 159.98???) at www.ebworld.com. This is the website for electronics boutique. Last I checked, their store fronts also sell the RIS 1.5 for 179.98. However, I don't know if it will work, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Pacbell has some kind of intermittent problem with forwarding e-mail accounts like mine. Sorry you got a bounce. I'm aware of the throwbot worm assemblies, but unfortunately, I need the yellow 7x2x4 worm box. I guess I'll be buying some tread (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, Sorry, but the web server I used died, and they didn't have any backups... But I am able to put up my work at another site, though this one will be temporary: (URL) pyroelectric sensor is a differential sensor, meaning that it can only detect (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Cheapest price I've seen in the UK is at www.maplin.co.uk - £159.99 search with product code LEH99 (...) here in little ---...--- Sent from a WebBox - (URL) Web based Email, Files, Bookmarks, Calendar, People and Great Ways to Share them with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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