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Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 01:55:38 GMT
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I have to disagree here. I have looked at all the current Mindstorms books
and NONE of them are much use to the advanced user. I have only been into
Minstorms for 4 months, but everything in these books, I had either figured
out for myself, or found on the net inside a week of buying my RIS.
As I have been discovering, there is very little available for the
"advanced" user. By advanced, I mean, they have a solid grounding in all the
engineering, physics, and math as applied to robotics. And lots of practice
applying it.
I would love there to be some useful stuff for "advanced" users either in
print, or online, but it doesn't seem to exist.
Gordon
PS This is in no way an attack on this book (or any of the others) it is
just a comment regarding the usefulness of these books to advanced users.
In lugnet.robotics, Robert Fay writes:
> For an advanced user, you will enjoy this book. I brings together some of
> the best of people.
> Michael Gasperi's part four in the book gets into passive and powered
> sensors. There include, the coin detector, Stick in ring switch, Thermistor
> temp sensor, A crude camera, Galvanic skin response, Battery tester, etc.
> Then he gets into home brew Powered sensors, Optointerupter, light sensor.
> These are in detail so they can be built by a first time electronic builder.
> Dave Baum contributes some additional programming in NQC.
> There is a section on pbForth and LegOS programming.
> Well worth having.
>
> --
> Bob Fay
> rfay@we.mediaone.net
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> http://bobfay.users5.50megs.com/index.html
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
> "DJA" <dastolfo1@home.com> wrote in message news:GArJ0C.L5G@lugnet.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking at buying the book - Extreme Mindstorms. Any comments • welcome.
> > I am an advanced user, and am looking for some ideas.
> > For those who have it, what customized sensors do they provide • instructions
> > to build?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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| (...) Some of the "advanced" (according to Gordon's definition) engineering, physics, and math topics covered in "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms": Engineering Aside: Feedback Engineering Aside: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design Engineering (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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| (...) Perhaps this is because many of the authors have had Mindstorms webpages up before they published any books. True, if one is willing to spend a few hours researching on the web, one can find more info on Mindstorms than any one book can cover. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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| This may have to do with the (debatable) fact that the Lego Mindstorms RIS is _not_ an "advanced robotic platform" It was engineered so that the average 12+ year old could play around with robotics concepts. It was never meant to to be the be-all of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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| For an advanced user, you will enjoy this book. I brings together some of the best of people. Michael Gasperi's part four in the book gets into passive and powered sensors. There include, the coin detector, Stick in ring switch, Thermistor temp (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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