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Move the processing?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:20:14 GMT
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Christian Jacobsen <XTIAN@NET-nomorespamCOLLECT.COM>
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OK, another newbie question before I get my MindStorms this weekend. (Thanks
for the tip, Janos!)
There is a lot of talk on this list about what can and can not be done in
the RCX... memory stacks, neural nets, and what have you...
There has also been talk about legOS and other approaches to completely
removing the LEGO firmware(?) and replacing it with another.
My question is: Is it possible to create a communications link between a
desktop PC (which is better at computing than the RCX) and the RCX (which is
more mobile than the PC) so that the "heavy" software runs on the PC, and
sends just the resulting commands to the RCX?
Is the speed of the connection fast enough to do this, realistically? (I
don't want any 2 minute delay between input and action like the Mars
Rover...)
Can the RCX firmware just be a simple mechanism that receives commands,
executes, and responds?
I'm just trying to think "outside the (RCX) box"...
- Christian
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Christian Jacobsen wrote in message <004701bf32a9$f6bce6...@xtian>... (...) (Thanks (...) is (...) Yes, you can do that. The time it takes to get a message from your PC to the RCX is about a second. A little too long to avoid collisions etc, but (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Powering the RCX and expanding I/O
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| Barbara Nostrand <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:l03102803b45b0e...42.230]... (...) No commercialized products. There are some homebrew solutions out there, but nothing you can buy. (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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