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Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:53:16 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@marktest.ptAVOIDSPAM>
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At 14:15 31-12-1998 Thursday , you wrote:
> Here are some things I would like to see changed for RCX 2. (if there
> is even one)
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> 1. More connections. At least 4 outputs and 4 inputs. The way it is
> right now, a robot that drives around can't really do much else, given
> that there is only one output to spare for a light or a motor. Another
> inut would also be nice, but not as badly needed as the output.
I don't think they are willing to change the main processor (and all the software involved) just to accomplish this... unless there are another versions of the H8 that have more inputs/outputs (?)
> 2. Smaller size. The RCX 1.0 is HUGE!. A small robot with RCX 1.0 is
> just impossible, the thing is so dang big. I would like to see the next
> version half as thick and with a top 2/3 the size. This would allow for
> some really neat, small robots.
RCX is HUGE? You should see a CyberMaster unit... that's HUGE!
> 3. Lighter. Right now the main thing weighing it down i think are the
> batteries. Why doesn't LEGO get a custom lithium ion type battery, the
> laptop kind, for RCX 2.0. That could make it REAL small. And it would
> last longer between charges.
You also should weight a CyberMaster unit. That's HEAVY!
The two internal motors are the main reason for such size and weight.
> As a first version, the RCX is pretty dang awesome, but I think there is
> room to improve. Any comments?
Something between a CyberMaster and a RCX would be ideal.
The radio link from the CyberMaster and the memory and software from the RCX.
Also, the two internal motors from the CyberMaster should be made external. That way we would have 2 external hi-torque motors with rotation sensors integrated AND without the need for connecting them to the inputs!
Yes, the CyberMaster motors only have two connections.
By the way, how can they drive a motor and receive feedback from it 50 times per rotation using only two wires ??? (have I seen this wrong?)
Laurentino Martins *<||:-)
[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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| (...) unless there are another versions of the H8 that have more inputs/outputs (?) I didn't know it was processor limited. Maybe they can do some sort of multiplexing. (At least for inputs) That way they could get 2 or more in the space of one. But (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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| Laurentino Martins schrieb in Nachricht <4.1.19981231143643....90.220>... ..... cut something out, sorry Laurentino <g> (...) times per rotation using only two wires ??? (have I seen this wrong?) You have seen wrong, I disassembled my Unit because (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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| (...) I believe another message already clarified that there are more than two wires involved. However, it is technically possible to do this with two wires. If current stops flowing through a coil (like in a motor, when it rotates around), you get (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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| Here are some things I would like to see changed for RCX 2. (if there is even one) 1. More connections. At least 4 outputs and 4 inputs. The way it is right now, a robot that drives around can't really do much else, given that there is only one (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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