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Re: Tempted in buying my first Mindstorms invention kit - 1.5 vs 2.0 ?
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Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:59:39 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> writes:
> Roy Nelson wrote:
> > To add to Stephane question:
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> > Are there any hardware differences between between the 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0
> > versions of the RCX brick? Has anyone noticed any performance differences?
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> The only difference is that the 1.0 brick has an external power connector
> so you can save batteries while testing by plugging in an external mains
> adaptor.
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> In all other respects, the three bricks are identical.
Actually I've noticed that the 2.0 brick's IR capabilities don't seem to be
as strong as the 1.0/1.5 bricks. I don't know why this would be, if
something got changed in the hardware? It isn't an issue for most things,
but if you want bricks talking to each other, and need them to talk across a
room, this might be an issue.
Can anyone confirm this with some sort of laboratory test? (Using an IR
photon counter, or something? :-)
--
David Schilling
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