 | | Re: Micro-Switches, Mux
|
|
"Stef Mientki" <s.mientki@ids.kun.nl> wrote in message news:3A9C14C9.76834B....kun.nl... (...) Nice work. I've found the contact resistance of the LEGO switches vary so much you can't get a 4 way mux to work reliably. With real micro switches I'm (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
|
| |
| | Re: Positioning with the RCX - a pragmatic approach
|
|
I have daydreamed about the concept of 'mapping' a room using the datalog. The general idea would be to use the rotation sensor to measure out a room in 20 X 20 cm sections and log a 'zero' for clear sections and a 'one' for obsructed sections. I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Re: Simple RCX-PC communication
|
|
I to am working on a final year cs project and had exactly the same problem :) - I solved it by using the cygwin on win2k solution..very good :) And I wrote a small java package to deal with all the lnp stuff, so I could use java, now this will work (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Re: Cygwin question(s)
|
|
(...) Unfortunately not. :\ (...) Depends on how much you want to learn. If you really, really want to learn Unix, I strongly recommend the encyclopedic "Unix Secrets" by James Armstrong. Well written, great examples, and covers everything you might (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Re: Simple RCX-PC communication
|
|
(...) I guess I ought to add that WinLNP isn't any good to me since I want (as far as possible) to use the same code on both linux and windows, and besides I don't have any suitable windows dev tools. Kieran Elby (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Simple RCX-PC communication
|
|
Hi! I'm working on a final year CS project which involves getting a lego robot to explore and map its maze-like environment, locate start and finish markers, then run between them. This is working pretty well, but I'd like to be able to download the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Re: Cygwin question(s)
|
|
Hi (...) Yep, that works ;-) (...) Yep, that also works ;-)) Getting to grips with Unix by yourself is no easy task. Can you recommend any good sites or books to save me pestering people?? thanks mike (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Re: Cygwin question(s)
|
|
I've used Cygwin some time ago, so my knowledge is not the best. Here are some thoughts based on my experience with Linux. Hope they help. (...) bash uses the backslash (\) as an escape-character. On Linux mount e:\ /e is equivalent to mount "e: /e" (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Specials, Feb 28 - Mar 06, 2001
|
|
Searching lugnet found the following: (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Specials, Feb 28 - Mar 06, 2001
|
|
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Carmack" <amenpage@earthlink.net> To: <lugnet.market.shopp...gnet.com>; <lugnet.robotics.rcx...ugnet.com> <snip> (...) It looks to me that these last two pieces aren't offset by 1/2 a stud, they are sitting (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Specials, Feb 28 - Mar 06, 2001
|
|
Does anybody know what is in Technic Set 5291--Liftarms&Triangles? I am specifically looking for some piece(s) dubbed "Technic Liftarm 1 x 7" (32065.DAT?) so I can build the small killough platform as shown on (URL) where can I get such a piece, and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | problems installing LNP
|
|
have downloaded dllx.tgz, lnpd+liblnp.tgz and lnpd.static have unpacked them into the $HOME/legos/host directory in lnpd+liblnp i have: make realclean make depend make all good so far in dllx i have: fixed the Makefile so that: (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
|
| |
| | code for game of tag
|
|
I've written programs for multiple bots playing tag as both the tagger and taggee, available from (URL) I think the neat thing about the programs is that the robots can actually "see" each other at a distance and chase/evade each other. I haven't (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Visual NQC 2001 Beta 3 release
|
|
Guys, Visual NQC 2001 comes with version 2.2 r1 of NQC. Newer versions can be downloaded from Steve Baum's site. The only thing that's not working in the beta 3 version is sending messages to other RCX's. I hope to fix this soon. The source code is (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Re: Micro-Switches, Mux
|
|
"Stef Mientki" <s.mientki@ids.kun.nl> wrote in message news:3A9C14C9.76834B....kun.nl... (...) (URL) job Stef, that's a really helpful page. I built a version of TFMs mux ((URL) a while ago but I used resistor values that are not ideal (10k, 20k, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
|
| |
| | RIS SDK - Comments and questions
|
|
I have just started to try this - is it ever cool. I notice that the Brick options are RCX, Scout and MicroScout - Does this mean that I can program the MicroScout using the RIS Tower ? - If so, do I use LASM ? - I assume that I put it in P-mode ... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
|
| |
| | Re: Visual NQC 2001 Beta 3 release
|
|
Ronald: Netscape (4.5 under WinME) doesn't seem to be able to download the program because it has a space in the filename. It just gives a message "The parameter is incorrect." in the central frame. It works if you replace the space with it's (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | LVI on SourceForge
|
|
The move have been made, and now lVI is up on SourceForge here. The page sucks now, but I will add additional features as I get to them. The Geocities file will still be up for a few weeks, but will not be updated. Andy (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
|
| |
| | Re: Visual NQC 2001 Beta 3 release
|
|
hi Ronald, is the source code available ? (...) Stef Mientki email: s.mientki@ids.kun.nl tel: 024 361 3905 fax: 024 354 1211 Postadres: KUN / fmw 171 Instrumentele Dienst Postbus 9101 6500 HB Nijmegen Bezoekadres: F.C.Donderslaan 2 6525 GJ Nijmegen (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
|
| |
| | Re: Micro-Switches, Mux
|
|
There was some doubt in another newsgroup (lugnet.robotics) about my suggestions, so I've made an overview, with drawings om my website (it has also some more pratical values of the resistors), (...) met vriendelijke groet, (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
|
