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The RCX uses the H8/3292, a member of the H8/3297 series. (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've picked up some good books recently: "The Robot Builder's Bonanza 2nd Ed", (URL) has some Mindstorms contents and circuit diagrams for new sensors, but is mainly aimed at constructing robots from wood, plastic, metal, etc. "More Advanced (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hitachi makes several versions of the H8 processor. Could anyone tell me which version (H8/3???) is in the RCX? Thanks. Bill Taffe Plymouth State College (NH) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What's there to say? The pictures say it all, excellent pice of work! - Minimalistic design, (I like that). - Ingenious solution/construction. - Really good programming. I have try build one by looking at the pictures... //Harri Manni -"Do not (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am very impressed with that robot, the first time i saw the movie, month ago or so, I made the same "whoa" sound as the other people did in the clip. I'd never guessed a line following robot could move so fast, but I'm just a novice, I've only had (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Since my original posting I have added an animated GIF of the robot going around my test track. This animated GIF was made from a QuickTime .mov file. This was my first attempt at making animated GIFs. They are pretty cool but they do require a fair (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I used to regularly drive LEGO 9V motors at about 12V with no observed damage. I assume the increased power/torque would be proportional to the voltage, i.e. 33% more voltage gets you 33% more power/torque. However, I don't know how to get more than (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just put up a page with photos and NQC code of my SteerBot robot. SteerBot is an edge tracking robot that steers like a car. (URL) background: Since getting my first Mindstorms kit a few years ago, I attempted several times to build a line or edge (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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You're right, the one I got is 'Extreme Mindstorms' "Killer Mindstorms", "Extreme Mindstorms"...all this hyperbole flying around...I got confused, sorry for any misunderstanding... (URL) it's not bad, and after reading more of it last night, it's (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hallo Marc, warum nicht ?!? Viele Deutsche mit schlechten englisch Kenntnissen wuerden sich bestimmt freuen. Andererseits teilt man hier seine Ideen mit einer groesseren Gemeinde. (Why not ?!? Many of the germans with bad english knowledge would for (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi All! Is there any need of a german language based lugnet newsgroup? I think it would be nice, how do YOU think ? Bye, Marc. (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: killer mindsorms robots [I just got it!]
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(...) Are you sure it's not called "Extreme Mindstorms"? amazon.com lists some more books to be released: Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms by Benjamin Erwin (release 2001-04-06) Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book by Joe Nagata (release (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Chris, Do a search for "CM-RCX Comm" thread, in lugnet.robotics :) That's (still) my main current project. It works. It's possible to make a CM and a RCX communicate with each other through "eletric" (or light but I didn't test the input through (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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My wife surprised me and actually *went* to my wishlist on amazon, and ordered me 'Killer Mindstorms an Advanced Guide' I'm gonna sit down with it more this weekend, but I already am planning a trip to the local Radio Shack to get parts for the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Nope, it's a genuine Intel Pentium 233 MMX. It was a fresh install of Win98SE too, just to use the box for the webcam. (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Are you running an AMD Processor on your TX5 ? I found some obscure references that say the logitech software and the LEGO(R) stuff won't run on certain K6's. My K6-300 and my K6-233 do exactly what you describe : ( I took mine to work and it works (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It could be that I am misinterpreting it, but the original post seemed to ask the question "How do you get more power out of the Lego motors?" It was not about gearing or rotation sensors at all. These things are important but the implication (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BrickBots.Com Contests Extended - Balancing a Pendulum is HARD!
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Hi Richard, There has been an inverted pendulum balancer done using RCX and legos before. Here is a link to one of these projects (made by the author of the biped1 robot): (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I brought my VC camera into work to use as a webcam last week. I've yet to get it to work. I had it working fine at home on a PII system, but something about this ABIT TX5 board just gives me a black screen. I also tried the "Fix it" button, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BrickBots.Com Contests Extended - Balancing a Pendulum is HARD!
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Hi Folks, I have decided to extend the current contest (Top Spinning and Inverted Pendulum Balancing) at BrickBots.Com for two more weeks. The top spinning contest had one entry during the original timeframe, and a great one at that! You can see (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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