Subject:
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Re: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:51:00 GMT
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Original-From:
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Eric Krueger <warrior@uslink.net*AvoidSpam*>
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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 <mhoy@mainbrace.com>
Cc: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 1:11 PM
Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
> 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
> >
> >
> > -----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
>
>
>
> Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
>
>
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