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Thank You Philo! ...and Gus for posting. Littlehorn (16 years ago, 14-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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A couple of months ago I worked with Philo on creating a complete set of LDraw parts for the HiTechnic sensors and multiplexers. These are now available for download from the HiTechnic downloads page. Look near the bottom of (URL). This LDraw parts (...) (16 years ago, 13-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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(...) Cool! And very impressive. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) (16 years ago, 5-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: 12/29/09 Portland Snowstorm
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(...) I wish I did!! (16 years ago, 2-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin is now open. Preorder items will be posted on the web site soon (including 2 event kits). The theme is (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: 12/29/09 Portland Snowstorm
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(...) Thanks for sharing this. A number of Technic contraptions have shown up during the past few weeks that somehow involved travelling over snow. Did you take any pictures of the things your group built? Jetro (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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9 kids (10-11yo) were in class with me when someone from Oregon State University Extension came by to announce that it was snowing outside. Our first snow of the winter and 2 inches was on the ground in very little time. The surprise storm caused (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have added a few relatively new videos to YouTube and my blog. Lip syncing robot This is a single motor that moves based on the intensity of the sound coming into the sound sensor (URL) Printer This is a robot that drops dominos in a pattern that (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc)
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OK, here comes another one! (2 URLs) This has a new (?) method of locomotion - it rolls along just by changing its shape. The wheels are fixed to the body and do not rotate. In principle you could enclose the whole thing in a plastic bag and it (...) (16 years ago, 30-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Thanks ! (...) I initially thought I would have to do that, but actually in this design the speed limitation comes from the ball splitter mechanism (in the NXC version it runs full speed without stopping). I have not tried with alkaline (...) (16 years ago, 28-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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Finally getting around to writing up some MOCs... (3 URLs) I wish I could take credit for this remarkable invention, but in fact I got the idea from (URL) here>. Not having any instructions for this one, I made my own, and tried to make it a bit (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Wow! Simply fantastic; great work Philo. And so fast that the slow motion video is really needed to see what's going on! Thanks for sharing. Alexander (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) That's VERY cool Philo! Have you investigated speeding it up by unlinking the 2 sorter levels, ie move the top level for the next ball while the bottom level is still positioned for the current ball? May need a holding pen between level 1 & 2 (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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Elegance in motion! Very cool indeed. Thank you for sharing! Jim (...) (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter
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(URL) Fast NXT 2.0 ball sorter, manages 2 balls per second... Write-up, photos, building instructions (URL) Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (16 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin will open on January 1st. We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago in June. We are presently updating the (...) (16 years ago, 20-Dec-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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Hi. Short note: I have not received any mail from your site Cheers Michael ,--_;\ / \ \_,--* _/ v (16 years ago, 11-Dec-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In that case you should resubscribe with your new email address (to which they'll probablythen send information on how to unsusbscribe which you can use for your old address) lego-robotics-subscr...crynwr.com Jetro (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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What about changing an email address for non-members (i.e. users)? There is no login associated -- perhaps there is an obvious link @ the lugnet website for users to click? ---...--- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading (...) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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What about changing an email address for non-members (i.e. users)? There is no login associated -- perhaps there is an obvious link @ the lugnet website for users to click? Original Message: ---...--- From: dcm@c-sw.com dcm@c-sw.com Date: Mon, 30 (...) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [Q] Update Email Address
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(...) right ;) Jetro (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings- I don't see a way (at least non mentioned in this email) to change my email address. I am sure this is obvious, but I don't see it. -David ---...--- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - (URL) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LabVIEW Education Edition
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National Instruments has just released the LabVIEW Education Edition, (URL) best stuff I've ever worked with in the context of LEGO robotics. The features are so fantastic that we have succeeded with few efforts in implementing a Kalman filter to (...) (16 years ago, 29-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Our robots on TV
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Hi all, Just to inform you that our robots appear in a Luxembourg TV show about LEGO. You will meet GASTON, Nic_3 (briefly), LUXPAK and our robotics team. Enjoy... and don't be afraid of the Luxembourgish language. (URL) -Claude (16 years ago, 29-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) After a concerted email campaign to aplus.net support I finally got a response and as of tonight the forums are now functioning again. I will post a message to the nxtasy blog to help spread the word. John Hansen (16 years ago, 27-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) You have to be careful here. The controller is designed to take AC or DC, but the input diodes that that convert the AC to DC are only rated for 1 Amp (1000 milliampres). Make sure your transformer/wallwart is not rated for more than this. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hello, you can put AC or DC voltage at the input of the regulator with no problem as long as you don't put more than 9VAC~14VDC. The internal circuit will take both. So a quick fix that put 4.5~5V DC at the input will ouput about 3~3.2VDC at (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think this is how you want to do it. A simple solution would be to go to Radio Shack, and buy a couple large ceramic resistors. (not sure the values you'd want, but something low). Then, take a normal 9v wire, cut it, and insert the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Years ago PNLTC used to do this for the kids table at the show. From what I recall, we just drove a screw though the controller at about the 4th notch in the black area on each side to keep it from turning too far. It is a very long lasting, (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Our club lets kids run the controller for one of the lines when we do certain events (like, right now, with Detroit Festival of Trees), but we could use a way to forcibly limit the speed on the line that they're allowed to run. One way that's really (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) To me all forums look empty and the search function says it's been disabled. If there are server problems or maintenance is being performed, maybe something could be put on the NXTasy blog to inform users of these issues... Jetro (16 years ago, 22-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Seems that now the forums aren't working. Apparently there's a division by zero in the php source code. Firefox claims that any post clicked on gets stuck in a redirect loop. Is this just me, or is this happening to everyone? (16 years ago, 22-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Infrared Tower Refuses to Communicate with or Detect RCX
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Hello everyone, I have had my RIS 2.0 for about 6 or so years. At the time I purchased it, my skills were not sufficient to realize the true potential of the system, and I never did anything advanced with it. Just a few days ago, I dug up my RCX and (...) (16 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the heads up. That's a load off! Jetro (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Just tried (URL) and it is back up again as of Friday, October 13th, 2009 at 5:14pm CST. Thank goodness! John Hansen (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) There is no way that NXTasy is gone for good. APlus.net appears to be the hosting company. They have undergone a big upgrade of hosted sites which may be the root cause for the site being down. Eric Salinas is the owner of the site but there (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Eric Salinas. (...) The "Internet Archive Wayback Machine" at least has some pages from Nxtasy, between July '06 and April '08: (URL) that helps somewhat. :-/ Ttfn, Tony (16 years ago, 13-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That doesn't sound good at all... Losing the site would be a tragedy not just because it is a great place to get answers from the people who really know, but also because of all the answers and solutions that can be found on the forum. (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wish we did. NXTasy has gone down for reasons unknown, and at least so far hasn't come back up. The only guy who has admin privileges (Eric... something. I don't remember his last name) hasn't been around for a while, and no one has been (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've been trying to read the NXTasy front page and forums for a couple of days without any luck. The site appears to be down. Does anyone know what's going on? Jetro (16 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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