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On Saturday, April 19th, I'm having a book signing at a Barnes & Noble in Austin, Texas for my book The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide (No Starch Press, 2007). The signing will begin at 2PM, and I'll be bringing two robots with me (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.tx, FTX)
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| | Release of LEJOS OSEK 2.0, It supports ANSI C/C++ application flash!
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Hi, What's new in 2.0 is: - LEJOS OSEK application can be uploaded to Flash by NXT BIOS. - NXT BIOS is a Flash boot loader and it does NOT touch the lock/security bits of AT91SAM7S. - 224Kbytes Flash and appx.50Kbytes SRAM are available for LEJOS (...) (17 years ago, 7-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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(...) In the interest of keeping people from building gigantic unfolding contraptions that cover the entire playing field, we're going to go with NO, no expansion beyond 18x18 at ANY TIME. I will modify the rules to reflect this when I get a chance. (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, John Brost wrote: <snip> (...) Hey John, This sounds exciting! RIght now I only have 1 question--when it states that the 'bot must fit in the 18 by 18, is that just when you say 'go' or trhough the entire competition? (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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Ok folks, here we go, the official rules for Trash Wars, one of the Mindstorms events that will be held at Brickworld (June 19-22, Wheeling, IL). I think Bryan's original post called it "Garbage Wars", but I like Trash Wars better, and since I wrote (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | Re: New Mindstorms Events
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Cross posting to lugnet.robotics... (URL) Philo> (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | What to use? brickOS? leJOS? pbForth?
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Im a programmer so language isn't an issue. What's the status of these firmware replacements? I've looked around them some and I like BrickOs but I don't see any functions in there for the IO IR Port on the RCX! Is it just a better bet to stay with (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX Code Programming and Bot Samples?
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I've been away a long while. How are RCXs currenlty programmed? I used a C type program before and I liked it a lot, is that still used? Also, is there a good central site for RCX bot builds? Thanks! Rich ___...___ Be a better friend, newshound, and (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Need 2 RCX green battery trays
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Hi, I need two RCX battery trays (the green part) anyone have any idea where I can get them? Many thanks! Rich ___...___ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. (URL) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) Hi Philo, this is amazing. Thanks a lot. (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) Hi Claude, If you need to model your rover, I just LDrawed the solar panel and the supercap... (2 URLs) Philo (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) is that we were able to fix the problem: The issue was that we were using the Assembler code bclr #7,@0xFFC4 in order to select sleep mode instead of software stand-by mode. We already had troubles with direct bit setting or clearing with (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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Question to H8/3292 specialists (Kekoa Proudfoot, Michael Anderson, Markus Noga, Ralph Hempel, John Hansen, Dick Swan ... these are the ones I know, ... are there others... probably?) I tried to plunge the RCX into sleep mode (not the normal RCX (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Using PF modes with mindsensors NRLink device
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Hi all, I am trying to use the different PF modes (PWM for instance) with my mindsensors NRLink. I tried adding new macros to PF.txt file without any sucess. This is the file I used. I updated this macro file in my NRLink with NXT-G and afterwars I (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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../snip> (...) Please consult (URL) I propose to do the discussions in this forum. (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) That sounds wonderful, although well beyond what I can do (which is why I love reading your projects & posts). (...) Which sounds good, although ultimately I worry about what happens when the power drops really low, and the watchdog timer (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) You're welcome (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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(...) Interesting approach. Good arguments. 1. The RCX is the device of our choice for this project. 2. I think that the RCX firmware should survey the battery status and more and more disable current-intensive functions. I remember that we were (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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Thanks (...) //snip (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mars mission IV
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Hi, Claude Baumann, I would like to collaborate with you. I am very interesting in Rover projects. Juan Antonio Breña Moral www.juanantonio.info (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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