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RE: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:41:37 GMT
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<rhempel@bmts./ihatespam/com>
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> Oh man, wish Lego's next RCX was as featured as this... :)
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> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3151969824&category=18996>
And at $395 US for just the brick I'm sure we'll all line up to buy one :-) NOT!
Seriously, we all know there's a need for something bigger (not necesarily better)
We've had discussions ranging from one "superboard" to smaller collections of
smart controllers on a single power bus.
Unfortunately, many of us have this thing about being constrained to "pure LEGO"
solutions, where the Meccano-men (as they call themselves) are not above scrounging
stepper and servo motors out of old printers for their creations.
I'm not sure what my point is, but I sure would like to see something different
from LEGO too, probably using smart bricks that use a single power bus. I really
like the DCC protocol for this kind of thing, plus it's public domain so there
are no patent or IP issues as far as I know.
The one thing missing from my initial reading of DCC is the lack of two way comms
except through the acknowledge bit. Perhaps this could be extended...
Thoughts, comments?
Ralph
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 | | Re: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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| (...) [snip] (...) In fact, NMRA has a proposal on the table which specifies how DCC decoders can talk back to the command station. The decoder basicly sends a reply in between DCC packets (during which time track power is removed) using a current (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Have you guys seen Meccano's "RCX" ?
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| (...) Well, if it ever gets out of vapourware, this ((URL) might be promising. They say it will be in production this december, but after seeing the production date getting pushed back a number of times already, I've stopped holding my breath. (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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