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Re: interfacing PCs with LEGO?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:07:09 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Joe Strout wrote:
> 
> All this has led me to ask...
> 
> My Question: Can anyone point me to resources about interfacing an ordinary PC
> with the LEGO inputs and outputs?  Instead of an RCX, I'd like to get the guts
> of a cheap PC, stick it in a largish LEGO robot, and have that control
> everything (and program this board by plugging in an ethernet cable and simply
> SSHing to it).  Is this doable, without going through the RCX?  What sort of
> interface hardware would I need?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Joe

Lego Dacta Control Lab has 8 input and 8 output ports.  Still not a lot for all
the actuators for both arms and legs.  But still, it's more than the RCX.



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  interfacing PCs with LEGO?
 
Disclaimer: I'm not into LEGO robotics yet, so I am quite likely full of baloney. I hope you'll humor me anyway. Preamble: I'm thinking ahead to when I might get into LEGO robotics, and the sorts of projects I'd like to do. I'm a software engineer (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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