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Re: Hardware mods to the RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:39:04 GMT
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Matt Lawrence <MATT@TECHNORONIN.COMspamless>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Stef Mientki wrote:
> FDTI chips are very easy to use, look at
> http://www.dontronics.com/dlp.html
> or
> http://www.ftdichip.com/
Those are WONDERFUL links. Thanks!
> Maybe there some usefull links at the next page under the block
> "Mindstorms Internals"
> http://oase.uci.kun.nl/%7Emientki/Lego_Knex/Lego_mindstorms_knex_index.htm
I had only found a couple of those, the others look very useful.
> Replace the IR components by a serial connection won't be difficult,
> because IR sending is just modulated RS232 and receiving is even
> demodulated in the IR-receiver component, so it's RS232.
> The most difficult part will be to modify the firmware to handle the
> higher frequences.
Actually, I was hoping to leave the existing IR circutry in place and just
switch it out when a cable is connected. That should give me backwards
compatability. As far as the firmware, I expect to be writing my own code
in Forth, so shifting gears shouldn't be a problem. I used to be an
embedded systems programmer, so dealing with the H8 looks like fun.
-- Matt
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