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  OmniRemote and Mindstorms Update
 
I had lunch with Charlie today, and we discussed the Mindstorms IR on pilot issue somewhat. First of all; Someone did send him an email, and he's sorry he hasn't gotten anywhere useful with a reply. He's been fairly busy. Lego actually contacted him (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Searching for alternatives
 
(...) Right - which is why I only want to use the PDA as the 'brains' of the robot with the RCX acting as a 'slave' that deals only with the low level mechanisms. (...) Well, I think speed (of communications) *is* an issue - but short of redesigning (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Searching for alternatives
 
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)
 
  SV: Searching for alternatives
 
(...) system? Actually it is: "Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0: All the tools you need to start developing for The Microsoft® Windows® powered devices. The eMbedded Visual Tools include eMbedded Visual Basic® and eMbedded Visual C++® and the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Pneumatic tubing...
 
(...) I'd pretty much echo what John has said - it is good stuff, with a couple of limitations, the main one being that the inner diameter is too small to allow it to be pushed onto flex system tubes. I've used it on the bucket section of my skid (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)


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