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Re: Replacement Firmware Released
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:46:48 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, dan miller <danbmil99@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I too am impressed with the amount of work that went into this release. After a few days playing
> around with it, I have a few comments:
> 2) possible bug. The following code snippet is expected to vibrate the motor left and right.
> Lego firmware behaves as intended; the new firmware seems to turn the motor predominantly in the
> forward direction.
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> for(i=0; i<40; i++):
> SetDirection(OUT_A, OUT_FWD)
> OnFor(OUT_A, 3)
> SetDirection(OUT_A, OUT_REV)
> OnFor(OUT_A, 3)
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> Hopefully these observations will be helpful.
I did exactly the same thing today, and found I needed a figure of about twenty
to acheive reliable back and forth motion. I think it may be something to do
with the fact that the rcx firmware(s) will not let you switch motor direction
instantly (without tweaking). I beleive their is a timing value that controls
this behaviour.
Steve
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