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Hi, I was thinking about sending away for some extra sensors and maybe motors for my RCX and I was wondering what to get. I'm willing to spend up to $80 - $100 US. I was thinking about two rotation sensors, and a extra motor and maybe a remote. Does (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you buy from LEGO Shop at Home, the shipping is included, so it doesn't matter how much you get. From what I hear, the IR remote device isn't all that useful, so I doubt that I would bother with it. The rotation sensors are cool, and only (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) doesn't (...) all (...) -I disagree. It lets you do a lot of testing without firing up your computer, via the "motor on" buttons. It lets you send 1/2/3 messages, which lets you use it as a literal remote control for your bot. I also find it (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The IR remote control is great for debugging and testing your contraption before you get around to write the software for the RCX. I'm working on car with steering for example, and the remote control is great for just playing with it to see if (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have been soundly disputed. I had not realized that the remote could be used as a remote for the _entire_ front panel on the RCX. I thought it would just have the three motors and three GP buttons. I stand so corrected. DLC (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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From: Jonathan Woodward <woodward@guesswork.com> (...) You can do this via the front panel of the RCX itself. You press the view button until you get the motor, then press the program or run button to run the motor forwards or in reverse. I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) view (...) run (...) in (...) often -You can't run more than one motor at once using that technique. -JW Jonathan Woodward woodward@guesswork.com (URL) find your elitist-through-anti-elitism attitude annoying, ad hominem, and altruisticly (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thumbs up for the remote! While it's true that you can only send 1/2/3 messages, I've written some code to combine these into 5-digit (trigit?) sequences. Because of the possibilty of mis-keying or mis-receiving a sequence, sequences that end with (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wow, thanks for that magic trick! Howcome I didn't know until now? Jacob Schultz -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX infrared remote (was Re: RCX Accessories)
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The remote is definitely more friendly. It allows you to control all three motors simultaneously, e.g. A and C forwards and B backwards at the same time. Also, if you control motors with the remote while an RCX program is running on the RCX, only (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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