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Re: More Speed? Re: Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:43:35 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
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So, please tell me what else the RCX needs and what other sensors would be
good to have. I’ll still take mechanical improvements, too. Thanks.
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As far as the RCX goes and in concert with most other respondees, more
resources are really what’s needed. In order of importance to me, I think
I/O followed by memory capacity followed by CPU speed would do it for me.
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I can see the need for more I/O from the RCX, but I really don’t understand
why everyone thinks it needs more memory and CPU speed.
I’m interested to hear about any projects that people have attempted which
required more of either.
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I like using NQC because of the simplicity of downloading byte code based
programs onto the Lego firmware environment.
Using NQC, the CPU would need to be at least 10x to 100x faster to run the kind
of programs I would like to run at an adequate speed. Since there isn’t enough
memory, I can’t run them anyhow which is why I asked for more memory and more
speed.
What kind of programs?
Mapping.
The average chair leg is what - inch x inch. And my house floor area is how many
square inches? That’s how many memory locations I would like to address.
JB
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) This could be addressed on the existing hardware with a better programming environment. What I have in mind is a new NQC compiler that generates a firmware file instead of a bytecode file. So you would code in NQC (or something like it) and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I can see the need for more I/O from the RCX, but I really don't understand why everyone thinks it needs more memory and CPU speed. I'm interested to hear about any projects that people have attempted which required more of either. Steve (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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