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Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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Sat, 2 Jan 1999 09:51:52 GMT
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Jakob Nebeker writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
>
> As a first version, the RCX is pretty dang awesome, but I think there is
> room to improve. Any comments?
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> -PV
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> Purple Viking (Jakob Nebeker) ____________________________
> email: jakob@writeme.com | the sentence below is false
> ICQ : 6245080 | the sentence above is true
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Multiple ports are possible if you buy or build a Handyboard. Check out this
URL.
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/
Kind regards
Rob Visscher
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| (...) more than a little impressed by it. Why didn't LEGO base their RCX unit on it? Or why not the MIT Programmable Brick? (It at least had more I/O ports than the RCX does) The 6811 microcontroller is, from what I remember from electronics class, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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