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Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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Date: 
Sun, 3 Jan 1999 17:34:03 GMT
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Peter Ljungstrand <PETER@INFORMATIKnospam.GU.SE>
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At +0100 1/3/99 17:13, you wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:15:51 GMT, Jakob Nebeker wrote:
A standard RS232 connection to the RCX would be useful too. I drained
the 9V battery of the IR tower in one week - I *hate* throwing away
money and binning (in the recycle bin of course, but still) polluting
things like batteries.

What about connecting a small 9V DC power supply to the IR tower? Get one
cheap at e.g. RadioShack.
Why use batteries when the IR tower is stationary...
Just make sure you get the polarity right when you solder the wires.

Still, I agree it would be great with a standard RS232 connection  on the RCX!
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  Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
 
(...) How about an I2C bus, AFAIK an industry standard, low-cost serial, daisy-chain bus (connect one piece to the next, from there on to the next etc) on which you can address a large number of devices (input and output), including displays, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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