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Re: Searching for alternatives
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 5 Feb 2001 16:46:59 GMT
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John Barnes <BARNES@SENSORS.stopspamCOM>
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I have been following this thread with great interest - as an avid seeker of
alternatives.
I would appreciate a link to some in depth info about the "Agenda" device if
there is one.
I also have a question;
If you are proposing replacing the compute capability of the RCX by something
else and if you are going to have to get out a soldering iron to make
"something"
which allows your "alternative" to talk to the RCX, it's presumably because
you want
the RCX's motor output and sensor input capabilities. So why throttle your
new scheme
by the 3+3 limit of the RCX? It seems to me that a simple interface box which
connects to the Agenda (wish I knew more about what "connects' means in this
instance) and which hosts a useful number of motor outputs and Lego compatible
analog inputs would be a lot more appropriate.
Maybe the real task is to devise such a box which is 100% Lego compatible, ie;
with studs, technic holes and 2x2 Lego electrical connectors, into which or
onto
which the target computing device is attached?
Well, that's my 2c worth ...
JB
- avid builder of alternatives!
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| Most of what has been discussed has been "How to make Palms or Agendas communicate using IR with 1 or more RCX bricks." I also considered for a while how to do as you say and have the PDA itself power the robot, but if you do so, you'll need a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Go to the agenda's site. Click on the Developer program button on the left site and then under QUICK links select the archives... All the info on the meat of the device. Very cool stuff... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Searching for alternatives
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| (...) All the 'good stuff' is on www.agendacomputing.com - check out the 'developer' links. (...) I wasn't proposing to replace the RCX - but merely to use the Agenda to provide *MUCH* more intelligence for the robot. I want to use the Agenda to run (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Searching for alternatives
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| What if we could get the tower circuitry made smaller (as in the classroom transmitter thread). It might be put as a 1/4" thick thing that clamps to the bottom of the device (also have lego studs on it?). Mr. Baker, could you tell us if there's any (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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