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Re: new Mindstorms servos?
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Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:48:17 GMT
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On 20/01/06, Steve Hassenplug <Steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote:
> On Fri, January 20, 2006 11:25 am, danny staple wrote:
> > I thought that straight away too. There has be much mention of hoping
> > for more motor and sensor ports. I can understand trying to get that
> > many H-Bridges in the box may be awkward, although with the digital
> > motor protocol and "intelligent servos" I would expect all of that to
> > be onboard the motors. There is only so much room for connectors too,
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> (as you may have seen in the WIRED story) I can not possibility convey to you
> how
> much we wanted more motor ports. And we told them. Really.
Dont forget sensor ports too though! I have been in many situations
where more motor, or sensor ports or both would have been very handy.
> I mean, really, we did.
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> We told them so often, I think we started to annoy them.
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> Here's the problem. LEGO simply has to comply to a VERY high standard.
> That's what
> made the product we all love. We don't always agree with their decisions, but
> you
> have to agree they don't do anything "just good enough". This is no
> different.
Understood Steve - and real kudos to you for putting it so well. You
know what would really go down well, a Lego multiplexor, with
connections for additional power supply. If they could do it as an
addon, with much lower price point than buying a second NXT, that
would be a real win.
> For most people, it would be "good enough" to use 6 AA batteries to power 4
> motors.
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> LEGO is not most people. They know what people want, but they also know what
> their
> toy will support.
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> Now, it will be up to us to figure out how to best use what we have.
Very true - even if that does include hacking a way to get more
motors/sensors into it.
--
Danny Staple MBCS
OrionRobots
http://orionrobots.co.uk
(Full contact details available through website)
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| (...) (as you may have seen in the WIRED story) I can not possibility convey to you how much we wanted more motor ports. And we told them. Really. I mean, really, we did. We told them so often, I think we started to annoy them. Here's the problem. (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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