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Re: First Lego League Software (fwd)
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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 04:19:48 GMT
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Barbara Nostrand <NOSTRAND@BRADLEY.EDUnospam>
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Hi.
If you are seriously considering using other processors, then this unit
is far from being the only possibility.
> Though, if one is using MSW Logo with it's current ser/par I/O capabilities
> it makes the RCX a tad pointless. Instead of the RCX get a embedded ix86
> system from EMJ Embedded Systems [1] or other PCMCIA PC vendors.
1) The Stamp microprocessors directly support programming in BASIC.
Stamps are widely used in the Sumo Robot community.
2) The 68HC11 series processors (usually in their Handyboard configuration
but others are also available) is widely used by university robot
builders.
The BIG advantage of the RCX is the way that it is self-contained and
is set up to connect directly with the Technic components without having
to hack things. After watching a pair of reasonably bright university
level c.s. students slave away at trying to assemble a HC11 board and
make a rug-rat robot (there are several vendors for the rugrat) work,
trying to hack searvos, &c., I am much more inclined to trying out the
very self contained LEGO system.
(If I were integrating LEGO robots in a Digital Systems course or a
Computer Organization course, then I would probably use one of the
HC11 boards and try hacking the LEGO electric strips.)
Barbara Nostrand
P.S. The C.S. students selected the robot kit themselves.
Here at Bradley, a pair of Computer Engineering
students have selected a slightly improved version of
exactly the same kit. I am curious to see how they
make out with their project.
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| ----- Forwarded message from Matthew Miller ----- From: mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) Subject: Re: First Lego League Software Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 03:33:31 GMT On a related note: it's really unfortunate that the MIT Logo stuff isn't publicly (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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