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(...) Once you delete a lot of the "Try me" and on-brick programming stuff, this jumps up to (IMS) 120k+ or so. Still not ideal (yeah, I'd like a Mb of memory as well :-), but much better. As to what to delete, I've taken everything off but the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thank's for setting up that list. Is there a way to tell if an adapter has been tried and doesn't work, or just hasn't been tried? Note that I did get he Kensington to work on XP and OS X as you can see from my later post. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I got my Mindstorms NXT this past weekend and built the demo unit and then the Claw with only minor programming errors. Tonight I started using some of the various programming functions. My first program was to use the sonar and detect the presence (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I recall reading about Steve's ideas of sectors to handle downed modules. Is this a given or some optional aspect? I would think it would be mandatory. I think at this point, I'm going with the KISS plan, but I'm trying to learn as much as (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <sigh> This is why one of designs I mentioned had a second, variable output. One in::two out. If the input rate was say 3 bps, then the two outputs would be equal to 3 (in this case) 1bps and 2bps. I didn't give a very detailed explanation of (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi In article <004e01c6a0b2$1ecc34...kdesktop>, Dick Swan <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> wrote (...) This, folks, is what you must shop for. (...) I am sure that everyone interested in the Lego NXT, especially so early in the release cycle, is optimistic (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I can confirm the Targus USB Bluetooth 2.0 adapter with EDR (model # ACB10US) works on the PC. $30 at Staples. The adapter is Mac-compatible, but I don't have a Mac to test the NXT connectivity. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, most of what I've been doing is playing with the software (and beta testing - that takes some time as well) and learning new tricks etc. But if you want new, have you looked at "meet the MDP" and the invention gallery? (URL) I posted (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) A simple explaination: the rate in must equal the rate out, or the bucket overflows. Period. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is what Steve and I call "clocker" modules, and they have always been present. Here's a good example of Steves: (URL) can also redirect the output to a number of directions and heights. Very useful, in fact critical for the trains, as (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sorry. I've been too busy playing to post. Steve (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) David, Sorry I can't explain this very well, but the leaky bucket will not provide an acceptable interface between the fast & slow modules, like you're suggesting. Steve (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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So, there were BETA TESTERS who now have experience with NXT (but were sworn to silence). But now NXT is shipping and customers have received their sets. So those Beta Testers and those New Customers should be PUBLISHING new and exotic models to (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have three designs on paper for leaky bucket modules. The basic version of what I had in mind was a simple large hopper to receive balls from either the faster modules, the train, or both. The output would be a simple lifter, which was run (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Or to put it another way, use a GBC train system to handle 0.5 bps at a splitter module, so that downstream of the splitter the thinned stream would be 0.5 bps. This would seem to require (a) a dedicated train (& room for it), (b) a splitter (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I guess I don't understand what you mean by a leaky bucket module. I'm imagining something that would work well for "smoothing" the flow, but it will require the output to match the average input. (...) Last year, one section of the GBC was (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) How old are they, and will they be competing in the future? And is this going to be a long-term (5+ year) program, or a flash in the pan? It would seem the NXT will end up being a significant (the only?) FLL kit in the future, as LEGO phases (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have offered to help out setting up my kids new classroom to compete in FIRST. I was asked which kid they should get, as both the NXT and RCX are available. Assuming I am mentoring, I would prefer the RCX, as I am familiar with both it and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Another thing we might try is to implement this splitter at the junction of the throughput zones to catch any ball overflow from the leaky bucket module. Then this shunted ball flow could be loaded onto several train cars and haulled around (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I can report success with a EPOX BT-DG02 dongle on both XP SP2 and Mac OS X 10.4.7. I've taken the liberty of putting this data in a ViaList (an application I've been working on for a while). It's available to all at (URL) monitor this thread and (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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