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(...) Linmix, Thanks for the compliment! Let me know if you need any help along the way including deciphering the BrickOS code. I used separate RCX's one for the base one for the rail. Unfortunately I never figured out LNP. I'm happy with the code, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Awesome! I'm adding it to my Christmas list of things to build... linmix (...) (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, New render old moc. (URL) (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX) !
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| | Re: control lab up for grabs 9751 pc serial interface b
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(...) Auction announcements are not permitted in the .robotics group, so please confine them to .market.auction in future, thanks. ROSCO (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This item didn't sell so I reduced the price by $30 dollars now $169.95 new link: (URL) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.robotics)
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WOW !!! WOOOOWWW !!! This IS the best thing I've ever worked with !! Congrates to the LabVIEW NXT team... especially Paul !!! I never would have expected such a thing. Some tips for teachers or students not disposing of any LabVIEW version. You may (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I googled a bit by myself, but it isn't always easy o distinguish which tutorial might be good. I've seen and bookmarked the cplusplus.com website and will have a closer look later. (...) I'll definitely take you up on that! Thanks in advance. (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sorry for the self-reply, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention the all-time classic C reference, the book that literally defined the language and that I used so many years ago... The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) References for "classic" C programming are getting rather scarce, but the top hit on google for "c++ tutorial", www.cplusplus.com looks like a good place to start. It begins with the basics, and only gets into object-oriented programming in (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Good links! I love those original synchro drive sites. They inspired me originally and looking at them again reminds me of a few ideas I have let slide from my brain. At the risk of this looking like link pimpage, I offered one improvement on (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Interesting! I never knew all those languages were from the same 'family'. Being a 'natural' language teacher I can see how knowing one helps to learn another related one, and I also appreciate the need for practice, practice and more practice. So (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, I think the new capabilities of the NXT are going to give us all a new perspective on the challenges we've taken on in the past. (...) Cool! There are other benefits to synchro drive as well, I suppose, such as the ability to change (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You are touching on the exact reason I am playing with the synchro drive platform. Previously, to maintain "sync" between the rotation of different wheels I had to use locked gearing or a chain. you can see examples here: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@comcast.net> wrote in message news:J9w4L2.GBu@lugnet.com... (...) I wonder how much more viable this camera would be if TLG looked into the possibility of outfitting it with something similar to BlueTooth? While the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Copy the Tyco "terrain Twister" screw drive?
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I remember seeing something like this made of lego a long time ago... I believe it was made with the flex tubes. Also, there's a GBC that uses an Arquimedian screw to lift the balls. I'm afraid I have no links to any of this things but maybe I've (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No...I don't think you do. (...) The RCX has nowhere near enough memory to deal with images from cameras. The Lego camera connects to your PC through a cable - so it's not much use for mobile robots. The PC could do image processing and send (...) (18 years ago, 7-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is probably the best advice I have *ever* seen given to someone who is just starting out trying to learn how to program. Spotlighted!! (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yep - that's definitely the case. Once you have learned one C-like language (and I'd describe JAVA, NQC, C++, Python, Pascal, JavaScript, PHP as 'sufficiently C-like') - it's quite easy to learn another. I needed to learn PHP for a project I (...) (18 years ago, 7-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This looks pretty cool, and I can well respect any attempt to design a cool device out of LEGO, but I wonder how necessary something like this is with the NXT? It seems to me that the new servo motors with their integrated rotation sensors are (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) The LEGO camera is actually a Logitech USB camera, and cannot be interfaced directly with the RCX. It needs to be connected to a PC (or some other USB Host device) in order to operate. This restriction means that you probably need a PC (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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