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Re: What is your current Mindstorm project?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:00:47 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm!Spamcake!.org
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Karim <knassar@mindspring.com> wrote:
> OOOhhh! what's that? tell me more :)
Check out http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/, and in specific
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/lego/nqc/index.html
Not Quite C is (as the name implies) a C-like programming language for the
RCX. It runs on MS Windows and MacOS, and as soon as Dave gets around to
working on the serial code, on Linux.
It's _much_ more powerful than the graphical programming language -- you can
have up to 32 variables, 3 timers, 8 (i think) subroutines, and 10 tasks,
which you can stop and start. Very ultra-cool.
> My current project is a design for a SolarVane (Sun Tracking Unit) that only
> uses 2 light sensors (Ideally you'd have 4, but I came up with an elegant little
> fudge to solve that)... Now I just need a second light sensor :)
Neat. What's your kludge?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Each pair of light sensors is used to determine variance above and below the "ideal" position, with one pair controling each axis of motion (when both light sensors in a pair are in shade, the head is pointed directly at the sun (or bright (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) OOOhhh! what's that? tell me more :) My current project is a design for a SolarVane (Sun Tracking Unit) that only uses 2 light sensors (Ideally you'd have 4, but I came up with an elegant little fudge to solve that)... Now I just need a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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