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Hej Marco! (...) At least in Germany it works this way, too. No hassles - free replacement - great service. And until now they've always responded to my emails within 3 to 5 days... Happy building, Sven (25 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I use tubing that is typically used for the fuel lines in R/C airplanes. The tubing I bought is a little more "rubbery" than the lego tubing, but it still fits snuggly and works fine. I don't recall the ID, OD, etc. I just brought the lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Has anyone tried the tubing from Pitsco/Dacta? See: (URL) It has a 1/8" ID and a 100 foot roll is $9.00. Is it like the tubing in Pneumatic sets or is it a hard plastic tubing instead of rubber? Thomas (25 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I believe that TLC has used the same tubing in a few non-pneumatic sets. I have one older pneumatic set here so I took a piece of tubing off of it and compared to some pieces that came off of the 6180 Hydro Search Sub. They appear to be quite (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) the (...) Heck, ya got me ;-) Could be rubber, extremely soft polyurethane, or any number of compounds. You'd probably have to ask someone at TLG to identify it. I just bought a few packs of tubing from S@H to make sure I had enough. I get it (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dear Tom (...) it should have been in my original post) is the *material* and *x-sectional dimensions* for the LEGO pneumatic tubing. I have several sources for different kinds of tubing, but I want to get something as near identical to the LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I suppose you could check medical supply shops... You could also try www.newark.com, and request a catalog. If you are using Netscape Communicator, just type "pneumatic tubing" (without the quotes) into the URL field, and start with those (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dear Tom (...) Thanks for your reply. You'll notice that I mentioned in my original question that the tubing available in the RC shops (which I referred to as poly tubing rather than neoprene -- my bad) is a bit stiff. I had a vague memory of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) can't (...) (vacuum (...) be (...) I don't know, I found the following on the first page of search results for "pneumatic tubing", took all of 3 seconds: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I know I've seen someone suggest a non-LEGO source for tubing compatible with LEGO pneumatics, but after half and hour of searching through past posts I can't locate it (so sorry for any repitition). I have tried auto parts stores (vacuum tubing -- (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The pbForth language has servo driving words built-in to the current release. They allow at least 128 steps of resolution for driving servos. Combined with the dead-simple circuit on my web-page, it makes driving servos very easy... (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Or go directly to (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A78DBA9.F3C3D2...ail.net... (...) way (...) using (...) narrower (...) They (...) position (...) new (...) a (...) pulse (...) that. (...) something (...) hardware (...) Well, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"J Austin David" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:200102010255.VA...gtf.org... (...) ...which is why I'm such a huge proponent of rubber-tyre based transit systems :) (Hear that, m.t.u-t? *sigh*...) Iain (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) a (...) Oops, of course you're right ! The new (2.0) firmware is included in the Lego "RCX 2.0 Beta SDK" You can find it at (URL) the right bottom corner is a link to "Hacker Info - RCX 2.0 BETA SDK" On the bottom of the appearing page you're (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Maybe this is a quibble, but aren't the parents of most "kids" likely to be using Mindstorms in the 35+ age group??? I don't see too many kids coming up with the purchase price out of pocket, but I get a lot of parents asking me what to buy for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You forgot to mention that he'll have to head over to www.lego.com to download a copy of the RCX firmware - RCX 2.0 firmware is recommended (and yes, it works just fine on RCX 1.0 and 1.5 hardware) If you can't find it on the Lego site - let (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The problem is that servo's are driven by signals that are considerably narrower than the 1/100th second resolution timers that the Lego firmware provides. They use pulse-width modulation - so the width of the pulse determines the position of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You can do either one, but it has a few drawbacks -- (a) not much variability in power -- all or nothin' (b) not much selectability -- all trains on the rails get power. I've had success making a powered truck w/ regular train wheels (2 sets, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Can you "drive" a Lego train with an RCX? The Lego 5300 has a power connector on top, or perhaps just power the rails? (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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