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Re: interfacing PCs with LEGO?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:45:12 GMT
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B van Dam <bvandam@zonnet.nlSTOPSPAM>
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> 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?
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> Thanks,
> - Joe
You can do the same thing, but much less bulky by using a PIC. The 16F877
for example will cost about 8 dollar, and has 33 I/O pins. Each pin can
either be an input, or two of them can control a motor (using a TC4427A).
More info on my website www.vandam.tk in the Micro Controller section.
Have fun,
Bert
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| (...) Well, it's not the same thing -- I'm talking about applications involving machine vision, for example; a single 640x480 32-bit image is 1200 Kb, which would exceed the entire RAM of most microcontrollers several times over, even assuming you (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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