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Does anyone know of any info on the web about using an HP48 series calculator with the RCX? Using the calculators processing ability or memory, or things like that? Using IR to communicate between the 2. I have found some people talking about (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has the RIS 1.5 been discontinued??
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The 2.0 may have improvements, but at $110 or so US, the 1.5 is hard to pass up, for someone just starting out with the RIS. LEGO certainly won't be lowering the MSRP on 2.0! :) Andy (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Handy board
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(...) For information try : (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Handy board
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If the handyboard is so handy (as its name implies) does anyone know where I can pick one up in England? Kit or complete form. And where can I get more info on it? (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RIS 1.5 language: French to English possible?
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I may be able to obtain a French version of the RIS 1.5 for a good price. However I do not know French at all. I would like to know answers to these questions before I descide to go for it: Does the CD-ROM come with English version of the software? (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | www.hammacher.com having sale
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I realize this is not the correct newsgroup, but i fugured you all would be interested. At Hammecher Schlemmer's web site, Mindstorms RIS is going for $109, excteme creatures and robo sports are both going for $29. Best prices i've been able to find (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Which should I get first -Exploration Mars or ultimate Accesories?
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Definitely the Ultimate Accessory set if you don't already have one. It also has an angle sensor, which can be quite useful for sensing which way your robot is facing using a differential. The Exploration Mars doesn't have that many pieces in it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has the RIS 1.5 been discontinued??
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(...) USB tower. No battery. You will soon see a new host of software that can poll all the time. The Power Adapter port is back. This should really save on Batteries. I have 3 1.0 bricks. Would not buy a 1.5. And it's rumored that the extra 16k of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: proximity detection with laser?
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(...) In my current project, I mount a wireless camera on top of the mobile robot, to look for barcode tags as the landmarks. The idea is: In the computer it stores a topological map of the locations of each barcode tags. A typical session: I: (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: proximity detection with laser?
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(...) When I said one dot is enough, I was thinking about those IR-based distance measuring sensors from Sharp, (See (URL).), but you are right, two dots simplify things a lot. In my current project, I mount a wireless camera on top of the mobile (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has the RIS 1.5 been discontinued??
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Dean wrote: >The 2.0's should be out any time now. 2.0 is WORTH waiting for! Why? I thought it was basically the same thing? Yellow brick with two motors, two touch sensors and a light sensor. They haven't added anything special have they? and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has the RIS 1.5 been discontinued??
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(...) I'm guessing that LEGO's 1.5 stock is about used up. YAY! The 2.0's should be out any time now. 2.0 is WORTH waiting for! Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX & Motors
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.... Can I attach two motors to the same input? I want to the control to be identical, but driven by two different motors so that I dont need to use any axles. ..... (I assume you meant output?) Yes you can, I do, often! There are two things to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX & Motors
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Hi, Here is a very stupid question. Can I attach two motors to the same input? I want to the control to be identical, but driven by two different motors so that I dont need to use any axles. Also, does anyone know of a source for small DC motors (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ping Pong Ball Lobber
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Hi Raoul, This has been a great experience for me. Perhaps I am not that creative, but I ran out of building steam for a while and these contest proposals have certainly solved that. I am looking into adding some voting system to the site, but with (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | We have a Climbing Winnner and New Contest Proposals
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The Stair Climbing Contest as BrickBots.Com ended last night and 'Slowpoke' by Thatch was the winner! Congratulations on a elegant design that easily could have qualified for the pure RIS 1.0/1.5 bonus with a bit more building time. However, with a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GPS
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(...) That for sure isn't easy. But there is a serial protocol called NMEA that's used by most GPS manufactures. So with (useful??) time and effort it SHOULD be possible. We used the NMEA protocol with a 6.270 board (little brother of handy board) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has the RIS 1.5 been discontinued??
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(...) As Christmas just passed, I (strongly) suspect they were popular holiday gifts. In any case, last Thursday, I called all around the greater Boston area (even into New Hampshire) trying to find an RIS in stock, without much luck. Until, that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Canadian price goof up...
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(...) The price "mistake" is still there. Don't be fooled by the product listing page. If you add the product to your cart or even view the product details the lowered price is still valid. As for the "instant rebate" it is not available through (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GPS
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All this talk about using GPS is very interesting. And I am sure there is some oem board level product out there that can be adapted. But what I really want to know is; Ok, so you've found your 1 inch square GPS, so how do you get the navigational (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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