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Re: The Handyboard (was Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.)
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Date: 
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:26:17 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:13:03 GMT, Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca>
wrote:

> how to adapt the board for that kind of use.  There are probably many ways it
> could be done, of course, but it'd sure be nice to have specific instructions on
> how to do it at least one way.  If there were, I'd almost certainly be snatching
> one up right after my next paycheck.

How about using a few large plates (of the type found as baseplates in
small to medium sets), and a few basic bricks, possibly with the
addition of glue to keep it all together?

Jasper



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  Re: The Handyboard (was Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.)
 
(...) But that would do nothing towards making it truly LEGO electric compatible; coming up with a suitable compartment for the motherboard that leaves room for the expansion board, even if it's not actually connected yet; leaving the display and (...) (28 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: The Handyboard (was Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.)
 
Jasper - - You are correct. The HandyBoard is 14X10 studs and is very easy to incorporate into LEGO robots. I move mine between a tracked sensor test-bed and a wheeled cat terrorizer. The wheeled robot will also accept my RCX (and makes louder (...) (28 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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  The Handyboard (was Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.)
 
(...) more than a little impressed by it. Why didn't LEGO base their RCX unit on it? Or why not the MIT Programmable Brick? (It at least had more I/O ports than the RCX does) The 6811 microcontroller is, from what I remember from electronics class, (...) (28 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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