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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 19:11:25 GMT
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Joel Shafer <joel@connect.{ihatespam}net>
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It's not a standard 9 pin connector and the serial interface is a MAJOR
drain on the batteries (at least for my Cassiopea E10)
At 09:30 AM 11/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
> 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
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>
> -----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
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> 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.
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> rajackson@qnx.com once suggested this solution:
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> "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?
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>
> Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
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 | | Re: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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| FYI, the serial interface on a Casio E-100 (Right in front of me) Is compatible with a the standard RS232 port. And you can buy a 9-pin cable. Regards, Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Shafer <joel@connect.net> To: Mark Hoy (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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