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RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:30:27 GMT
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Mark Hoy <mhoy@mainbrace.*Spamless*com>
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Probably much simpler to just plug into the serial port that all CE systems
use to dock with their Windows/NT hosts. It's typically COM1 and you will
probably just need a 9-9 pin converter.
-=-
Mark Hoy
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Shafer [mailto:joel@connect.net]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:01 AM
To: Graham Stalker-Wilde
Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
At 02:32 PM 11/19/99 +0000, you wrote:
> <snip>
> COM components are processor specific, so no, spirit.ocx won't work.
> I have the Jornada 680 - the H/PC version - and it's a fantastic machine • with
> an excellent screen, but there are limitations. One of the most frustrating
> things is that the IR device is limited to IRda, so it can't be used to • talk
> to the RCX (or the TV, stereo, etc. it's been tried). You could, in theory • at
> least, buy or build a consumer IR device for the CE and write to that, but
> it's not trivial.
rajackson@qnx.com once suggested this solution:
"Since IRDA can operate as a simple serial device. It would be simple
to build a IRDA to RS-232 converter (it will need a IR led and Photo
diode and some level shifters). The you could plug the RCX tower into
the converter and the CE device could then signal the tower using it's
IRDA port."
I wonder if anyone has tried this?
Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
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