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Re: Adaptor(s)
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:00:06 GMT
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Mr S <SZINN_THE1@YAHOO.COMavoidspam>
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Danny, and others,
Try <http://www.mindsensors.com>  especially
<http://www.mindsensors.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=23>

I think that might be what you are looking for, or at
least close.

--- danny staple <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I would love a way to mount other mCUs, as the 3
> RCXs, and batteries
> to support them to get some of the same
> functionality can be very
> heavy and bulky.
> 
> I agree with a standard electrical connector - I
> actually had an idea
> for a more advanced Lego electrical connector
> anyway. How about Lego
> providing a standard module for connecting active
> sensors to the RCX -
> one that contains the Diode Bridge and filter
> circuits?
> 
> What I also always wanted (not quite non-Lego), was
> large panels
> (studless - pin mounted), preferrable made of sheet
> aluminium with the
> studless connectors around the edges - made in
> standard Lego
> dimensions. The sheet would be thin-ish, and then
> bulked up for the
> connectors. This would allow me to use it in far
> more interesting
> ways, especially if curves and such were also
> provided - quarter turns
> for example, with a standard Lego unit radius...
> 
> --
> Danny Staple MBCS
> OrionRobots
> http://orionrobots.co.uk
> (Full contact details available through website)
> 
> On 24/11/05, Lane <Steve> wrote:
> > If you could have an adaptor to connect A non-Lego • item to Lego what would you
> > have?
> > 
> > At the moment I'd like a device that connects Lego • wires to standard
> > electrical
> > wire. Something like an electric brick with one of • those connectors you get on
> > cheap hi-fi's where a spring loaded button allows • you to insert the bare end
> > of
> > a wire.
> > 
> > I'd also like a camera mounting. It would have a • metal screw on the top to fit
> > into the standard receptacle on the underside of a • camera, a vertical piece
> > supporting it and some technic connector pins • coming out at right angles so
> > you
> > could connect it.
> > 
> > I'm thinking of maybe constructing something out • of one of those device's that
> > grip onto a desk and allow you to attach your • camera. Has anyone done anything
> > like this?
> > 
> > Steve
> 
> 





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I would love a way to mount other mCUs, as the 3 RCXs, and batteries to support them to get some of the same functionality can be very heavy and bulky. I agree with a standard electrical connector - I actually had an idea for a more advanced Lego (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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