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(...) This may be where some people get into trouble. The height & placement of the in & out baskets is a hard requirement. So is the minimum of 1 bps. People MUST follow the standard, in order for the GBC to work. Last year at BrickFest, every one (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) They are a little bigger and a little heavier. If either of these is a problem for your module, then it's a problem. :) They will work with most of my modules, but not all. However, they are good for shooting with an NXT... Steve (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Hassenplug" <Steve@TeamHassenplug.org> wrote in message news:35326.66.84.205...air.com... (...) Thread HiJack!!!!!! The new Bionicle sets have some shotting balls in them and they are a little bit bigger than soccer balls (and a little (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ahh the lamentations of the GBC slave...I feel your pain. After beginning my primary GBC module a week after BF'05, I am *still* testing it. It is extremely complicated and and I've had to make countless design decisions and tradeoffs. At one (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Rafe, It sounds like all this info jammed up in your brain, before it finally leaked out... :) All these thoughts & calculations are good. As you pointed out, for one module, it's ok if 90% of the balls pass through. However, with ten modules (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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All GBCers, This will likely be a long post, so be forwarned. It contains some rambling thoughts on development and reliability of GBC modules. Now that I have started writing, I'm not sure exactly where this is headed, but I have this need to try (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh let me tell ya Brian... I have a whole list of non-measurements that just aren't measuring up. (...) I have a feeling my "real" doctor did the exact same thing... there is no bloody way she earned a real degree... she makes Barbie look like (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Exactly. You see, you may have been waiting for the RCX for many years: without proper documentation, you have no data to extrapolate from. Furthermore there is the statistical nature of the shipping process to consider, so there are (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What exactly seems to be the problem? Can you connect to the NXT from the programming environment? (...) Note that if you don't want the "Try Me" and on-brick programming options, these can all be deleted freeing up some room. From the memory (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm fairly pleased with that as well, although now I've got big dreams of how to really use it (and then, I'll probably be complaining about how it doesn't have sub-0.1° resolution :-). (...) We all do. NXT-G is a big jump for many of us (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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