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Re: spybot
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:30:03 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> what can spybot do on the hardware side (output ports, built-in motors,
> power settings of motors, active/passive sensor ports, built-in
> sensors....)? Is the firmware replacable? What interface to the PC is
> used? (IR/RC...) can it communicate with the rcx?
Thomas
The Spybot is not expandable in any way (hardware or software) as far as I/O
ports.
It has 2 motors, 1 light sensor, and 1 touch sensor (all built-in). The
firmware is not replaceable.
It communicates with a PC via a serial cable.
It has some pretty cool abilities, when it comes to IR, including being able to
talk with an RCX, and track the direction & distance of it's controller, or
other Spybots.
If you want to get into some very techinical stuff, you could build external
sensors which communicate through the VLL (Visible Light Link) which is used to
communicate with the PC. That would allow it to be expanded a great deal.
But that's no small task. There aren't any off-the-shelf products to do that.
For the most part, the Spybot is what it is, and not much more.
Steve
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| (...) Actually, it is a USB cable and the communication at the Spybot-end is done via light signals. It looks a little like the computer and Spybot talk morse with blinking lights instead of sounds. (...) But even with it being 'just that', you (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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